Thanks to all for your input. When I asked the question we had not thought it through and were hones

This will be our first time to Paris from June 30 to July 5. Since this is high season I'm wondering if the additional cost for some of the advertised "skip the line" tours is worth it. It sounds as if there may be 2 hour queues to get up the Eiffel Tower and similar lines at other sites. fort lauderdale airport hotel Does anyone have experience and/or advice fort lauderdale airport hotel on this? Should we pay the extra cost and does it really save us time? Thanks.
I don't know what the advertised "skip the line" tours are so perhaps you could mention them or give a link. Paying the extra cost depends on how much and what you get for your money. Again, without knowing what you're looking at it's difficult to help you.
Mahkeenac, it seems from what I've read it's a good way to save an hour or two in line. Thanks for the confirmation. Do you recommend any particular tour operator? At this point we may be limited to whoever still has availability.
I looked at the site you gave a link to (Eiffel Tower) and it states fort lauderdale airport hotel "Bypass the notoriously long lines" but doesn't clearly say if you're bypassing the ticket purchase line or the elevator line. And you're not going to bypass the line to descend the tower. It doesn't say that you'll skip the line to the 3rd level. There's only 1 elevator fort lauderdale airport hotel to the top and the lines to go up and come down are quite long.
It's kind of funny because many of the skip the line tours are sold out in the near term. Now I wonder if all those tours are sold out, perhaps the long lines will be for the people that bought the skip the line tickets, fort lauderdale airport hotel and the regular fort lauderdale airport hotel lines will be less! How ironic fort lauderdale airport hotel if that is the case.
I am trying to get my head round the ethical difference between paying a significant sum to a third party to enable you to "skip the line" and just pushing in, which is the subject of another thread.
It seems that it is wrong to go to the front of the queue because you are pregnant, but OK if you have paid 50. Surely it can only be right to pay to gain advantage if the money you pay goes to the people whose places you took.
Well the way we look at it, we're paying thousands of euros to get there as we live a long distance away. We have an extremely limited amount of time to see the sites in and around Paris. So in that context, is paying an extra 35 euros to improve our time efficiency, worth it? We think so. In addition, the 35 extra euros includes a brief tour with a local guide which is not included in the standard 14.5 euros ticket, so there's a little added value there.
Thanks to all for your input. When I asked the question we had not thought it through and were honestly looking for opinions. After reading more and getting additional information, you helped us arrive at our decision. That's all. We're excited to see Paris and are sure we will have a wonderful time, lines or no lines.
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