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Paris Flea Market Expands With U-Haul Rentals on Site

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Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across to increase convenience for customers while helping our environment is just one of the programs that support U-Haul Company's Corporate Sustainability initiatives.

Paris Flea Market can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and supplies designed specifically for moving household furnishings, including moving vans, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and auto transports. Paris Flea Market also will offer sales items to protect their customers' belongings and make moving easier, such as heavy-duty boxes, which are made of up to 90 percent recycled content and are available in a variety of sizes.

"We wanted to offer the much-needed service to our local area and to generate more revenue for our company," the Joneses said.

"U-Haul is proud to be partnering with a quality independent business such as Paris Flea Market," exclaimed

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U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."  Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel-efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100% biodegradable.  Learn more about these facts and others at uhaul.com/sustainability .

Senior Travel to Paris Flea Market | Senior Citizen Journal

Having lived in Paris for an academic year as a graduate student, I had experienced just about everything that a tourist would ever want to see including a visit to “Les Egouts” (the sewers of Paris).  One day my curiosity got the best of me and I just had to check out one of the less famous Paris attractions , the Flea Market.  I found it to be gigantic and full of every kind of bric-à-brac the mind can imagine.  It was full of what are called in French “brocanteurs” or second hand dealers. 

This particular flea market is legendary.  It has been operating according in some form since the Middle Ages.  The name itself originated at the biggest and most famous, St.-Ouen, just outside the city’s ring road at Porte de Clignancourt, where back in the 1880s (according to ParisPuces.com, a Web site run by the Association des Puces de Paris St. Ouen) an “unknown bargain hunter” looked down from nearby fortifications, observed junk dealers selling scrap metal, rags and old furniture, and exclaimed, “My word, but it’s a market of fleas!”  You won’t find many fleas but you will see many signs that read “soldes” meaning “bargains.” I suggest that you read up on some of the market’s history  prior to your visit. 

The Puces covers 7 hectares (17+ acres) and is the largest antique market in the world, receiving around 200 000 visitors each weekend.  This may be low your list of things to see and do in the “City of Light”, but if you want a memorable experience and simply love to watch people, this may be it. Here you will find furniture, old art pieces, clothes, shoes, porcelin, time pieces, military pieces, pictures, new and second-hand clothes — all at rock-bottom prices (especially if you’re adept at haggling) and tons of just plan “jonque.” There’s a jovial fairground atmosphere, with the aroma of food wafting in the air and people crowding round the stalls, hoping to pick up a 1970s leather jacket or rare Louis XV chest of drawers. Make sure to bring cash; the ATMs are far away.

Frommers has good advice for seniors.  They write…”Les Puces de St-Ouen is more like a small town filled with antique shops. It is divided into several markets, each with its own specialty and character. It is impossible to cover every market in a single day, so make sure to do your research beforehand and decide on which markets to visit.”  TripAdvisor advises that you…”skip all the street vendors selling clothes, t-shirts, cheap jewelry, and souvenirs. This part of the market is crowded and messy – watch out for pick pockets. Head straight for rue des Rosiers and explore all the little antique and vintage stores.”  I agree. A wonderful film called Le Ballon Rouge  (The Red Ballon) includes a visit by a young boy named Pascal to the market.   Rent this movie and see the Flea Market with Pascal.  It won best film of the famous Cannes Film Festival way back in 1956.  I used to show it at least twice a year to each of my French classes.

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