Skip the Line Eiffel Tower, Paris- Tripplanning

 
While browsing the internet, I stumbled upon "Skip the line: Eiffel Tower tickets" and other Paris attractions. The idea really appealed to me. I hate waiting in line. And in my recent trip to America, I wish I had paid a little extra to skip the cues. We are talking about 3 hour cues for a ride at Disneyland, 2 hours cues to get up to the Empire State Building. My brother and his girlfriend took a weekend soujourn to Paris in the heat of summer and told me it took them 3 hours to line up for the Eiffel tour.

I read through some reviews on Tripadvisor and found generally positive reviews for the Eiffel Tower + Small Group Tour package. Most of the reviewers were happy with skipping the line, and the guides seem to be a hit or miss. As always I read the negative reviews too. Well it was nothing I didn't know- I would only skip the first line and this is an expensive option. And the other lines to the top level would take a minimum of an hour. Is it worth it? Given the reviews, I'd probably skip the talking tour and just get a piority pass to the top. Ticket costs:

• Skip the line: Eiffel tower (ticket only) (US$54)
• From the Eiffel Tower website. 8.5 € to the second level , 14.5 € (approx US$20) to the submit.
• (You can book a time slot 2 months in advance)

• Skip the line Louve Museum (US$49)
• From the Louve Museum website. €12- €16. (approx US$16- 21)

If you can, try to purchase the tickets from the official website. Once they sell out, you can decide whether paying U$30 is worth perhaps 2 hours from the base. Or if you are a poor uni student, have plenty of time, or want to spend time chatting to your travel companions, take a gamble and just wait in line. As for me? Given the limited amount of time I'll be in Paris, I'm going to try to get my hands on a piority pass the cheapest way possible. If I can't, this will be my plan B.
 Attractions include: You can find these at Viator.

• Eiffel Tower (US$54)
• Eiffel Tower + small group tour (US$80).
• Louve (US$49)
• Louve + small group tour (US$69)
• Catacombs + small group tour (US$61
• Wax Museum (US$30)
• Palace of Versailles (US$54)
• Versailles + Small group tour (US$101)
• Versailles + Small group tour fountains (US$161)
• Versailles + Grand Canal Lunch (US$210)
• Hard Rock Cafe Paris. 2 Course meal (US$29) 3 Course meal (US$33)

• Extra pricing for special days, e.g. Valentines day, New Years Eve

These tours include:

• Priority access (first line- if there is another line inside the attraction, this is excluded)
• General admission to the attraction so you can explore at your own pace
• Small group tours are add-ons, max 20 people.

"Skip the line" also appears to offer similar services in other cities and attractions. Would you pay to Skip the line in Paris?

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