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We are a non-profit organization, not an agency

Yet we are complementary to them
An agency subcontracted us for a request it could not fill (Catherine is leading the visitors).

 

We collaborate with chosen agencies. Our entries let them obtain contracts they might not have otherwise and their experience lets us work with groups of large size.

 

 

Yet our origins, our wish to promote an unconventional view of France and the fact that many "privileged entries" require us to know our visitors, mean that we function differently.

In particular:

 

 

      • Use of the "Four Ps" (ways of defining a business)

 

• Product: Our proposals are personal and impossible to standardize. They have been created over a generation. Agencies may have a few comparable entries, but not dozens.

 

• Publicity: There isn't any.

 

 

• Public: We work with private visitors and with groups whose budgets are too low to interest most agencies.  
 

• Price: Agencies often subcontract out-of-the-box requests to people (like us) who have the necessary contacts: Our network is wide enough to avoid that extra commission. As well, we have no office or salaries and pass the savings on to you.

     

     

    • Required practices

     

    • The Board is disinterested. Catherine Aubin guides in history, to present an approach that one cannot find otherwise and donates the fee to PEF. Other members have no professional link with it.

     

    • Income is re-injected into the organisation, not distributed to members or shareholders.

     

    • To benefit from PEF, you must join it. Dues, however, are inexpensive and if you come to Paris, membership lets you attend the convivial occasions by which we follow our artists' evolution or test new events.

     

    • Our goals do not include reserving theater tickets, making travel arrangements, etc. Please read on...

     

     

    • So as not to compete with agencies...

     

    we recommend suppliers and make the informal reservations. You confirm these if necessary, and make the payments. This gives you (a little) more work. On the other hand, you know exactly what each element costs and avoid the usual commissions.

    Do you pay us for this work? Yes, in that it is part of our basic fee. That motivates us to stretch your budget – we want you to know how reasonable the costs are.

     

     

     

    Photo Claude Abron

    Unexpected Paris guided tours