First of all you need to settle down one query, what apartment rental in Paris will be the most appropriate for you, furnished or unfurnished one. You have to think carefully about those things. If you have come to France for a few weeks it will be better to have a furnished accommodation, it will relieve your headache about purchasing different things and you may freely install yourself in a new city. But from the other hand it will be much more economical to get an unfurnished accommodation if you will remain here for a couple of years. It is simple to go to a market of secondhand things and look for some furniture on your taste that will be appropriate for you and your pocket.

So, you have got only two ways to find an apartments in France, they are: the “do-it-yourself” method and the “agency” way. But remember that selecting the second way you will have to pay an additional month rent for the company services. There is no other method to find Paris apartment.

The easiest method is to call for a company. You will have to find a company with English speaking employees who will understand the language well enough for you to tell them about the apartments you require. First of all you are to find in yellow pages the section “immobiliers” (French notion for real estate) and then phone in the agencies that you will see. After you've phoned to a company you have to tell them 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') which implies “Good day, do you speak English”. And if the reply is affirmative, you may tell them what you need. Remember that there can be 2 terms to pay for Paris short term accommodation: half of a month's and full month term.

The “do-it-yourself” method can be also so simple one as the method with the help of a company. Only here you will be saving quite a lot of money. The problem what you might have here is to converse with the lessor. Here, you require an assistance of somebody who is local resident here, it may be either one of your friends or a person that you have met on the web, for example. If you don't have such a man you will have to look for an English speaking landlord that will certainly limit the number of the accommodation that you will visit, but do not be afraid you will find such people. And you are having got this advantage with you that quite a lot of landlords (they accept it or not) prefer giving rooms to the 'native' English speakers.

You may start your search from the place that is called the “American church of Paris”. This is the area where you will find a great number of English speaking persons and other English resources. There is a “FUSAC” journal that you may purchase not far from the main gateway of the church. (It is the best English speaking source for Englishmen and Americans in Paris). And short term apartment Paris may be also get with the aid of web sites.