I”am deperting : Paris 2024 Summer Olympics announces…..

Welcome to the Road to Paris! With less than 21-months to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games officially kicks off with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 26th. While 21-months may seem like the distant future, many family, friends, and fans like you whom are interested in going to the Summer Games are already starting to plan their trips to Paris, France. I recently visited Paris and can enthusiastically say how exciting it is to see the preparations already under way for this once in a lifetime event!

Over the coming months, as more information is released I will provided detailed articles each section below. Be sure to subscribe and bookmark this page so that you have the latest information at your fingertips.

Whether you are a veteran traveler to the Summer Games, or if this is the first trip that you are planning for Paris 2024 — the Ultimate Guide to Paris 2024 will provide you helpful tips and tricks that you can use in your planning and while you are on the ground in Paris. With Paris 2024, many of the details that Olympic travelers have come to expect have changed in a major way and this guide will walk you through the big ones.

Still, planning this early it can be very challenging to find the information you need to prepare your visit to Paris 2024. Even the most veteran of Olympic fans & travelers can struggle to piece together the information required to plan their trip. Many new and first-time travelers to the Olympics often feel overwhelmed with the lack of information and uncertainty. With so many choices, it can be difficult to know where to start and how to plan your journey to the 2024 Olympics.

This is where the Fan Roadmap to Paris 2024 comes in to help you. In this roadmap, I will cover all the basic you need to know to get your planning started. Each area will have a deep dive published over the coming weeks and months, where you can learn all the critical details the instant, they become available. This roadmap will be constantly updated in the lead up to the Summer Games and during the games, meaning you will always have the latest information at your fingertips. Bookmark it and subscribe to my medium feed to stay up-to-date on the latest.

• The 2024 Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 to Aug. 11. The Opening Ceremony will be held on July 26, and the Closing Ceremony on August 11. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Summer Games in Paris and this event has already proven itself as an exciting spectacle for spectators around the world
• The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 33 sports and 339 events. The games will be spread across the city, with some events held in each of the 20 arrondissements.
• 5,000 Athletes are expected to participate at Paris 2024.
• There are 4 “new” sports for Paris 2024, 3 that were brand new in Tokyo (Sport Climbing, Skateboarding, and Surfing) and Breaking (breakdancing) will make its debut.
• Opening Ceremony will be open to the public for the first time, with both ticketed and non-ticketed areas as the festivities kick off along the Seine River in Paris. Over 650,000 spectators are expected to attend.

Budgeting:

You will often hear me say that I know people who spend $2,000 to attend and experience an Olympics dream trip and I know people that spend $2,000,000 (yes, that’s $2M) to attend and experience the same. Rest assured, there will be people that fall into those buckets and many others when the Paris 2024 Summer Games roll around. The good news is that having a dream experience at Paris 2024 can fit into just about anyone’s budget, including those who travel only airline miles and hotel points. Starting earlier in the process and mapping everything out will help you in saving the most money for the budget conscious.

Itinerary:

The most important planning step in your Paris 2024 experience is deciding which of the historic events you want to attend and will be able to attend based on time, location and ticket availability. Your event itinerary is the centerpiece of your trip and after it is completed, you can start to build out the specifics of your event tickets, flights, hotels, tourist attractions, and transportation once you are on the ground in Paris.

A few things to keep in mind while building your itinerary if you do not plan to stay the entire 2 weeks of the Summer Games at Paris 2024:

• Certain sports run during the first week of the two week event, others only run the second week. For example, if you have your heart set on seeing Swimming events, you will want to plan your itinerary for the first week of Paris 2024. Conversely if you are a big Athletics (Track & Field) fan, then you will want to target the second week of Paris 2024. Want to attend both, perhaps you plan on going for a week in the middle.
• The volume of events varies dramatically between the first and second week of the Summer Games, with there being 2–3x the number of ticketed events the first week and far less events occurring the second week. The reason for this is early on during the Summer Games, many team and other events have preliminary rounds where every competitor is competing. As you move into the single elimination tournament phase in the second week there are fewer and fewer events as competitors are eliminated you approach the Gold medal matches. If you want to attend a large variety of events including multiple per day, the first week may be your best bet with the second week featuring more Olympic medals awarded.
• You should also note that the price of events generally increase as you progress towards the gold medal matches, meaning that it will cost substantially more to attend the same number of events in the first week as the second week.

With that in mind, you may want head over to the Paris 2024 website (https://www.paris2024.org/en/competition-schedule-paris-2024/) to lay out the events that you would like to attend.

Tip: While Ashley and I routinely attend 30 events during our visits to the Olympic Games, it can be very challenging to do more than 2 events per day based on the location of the venues, travel times, and security. As you map out your itinerary plans, make sure using the official Paris 2024 venue map, understanding that travel times can be longer during the Games times and be sure to allocated enough time to for security checks and to enjoy the venues!