Here’s Why We Love the Shangri-La Paris
Surprise your loved one with a dream marriage proposal at the venerable Shangri-La Paris, one of France’s most renowned palace-level hotels. The Shangri-La is unique for its unmatched views and ideal proximity to the Eiffel Tower, making it the perfect backdrop for this life-changing moment. No other location even comes close to providing such breathtaking vistas.
To ensure a perfect proposal, book an Eiffel Tower terrace suite for the night. Note that not just any Shangri-La hotel room will suffice; you will need a physical terrace with an Eiffel Tower view. Consider the following suites: Paris Panoramic Signature Room, Duplex Terrace Eiffel View Suite, La Suite Gustave Eiffel, La Suite Chaillot, and La Suite Shangri-La. We are happy to explain the differences, provide examples, and make the booking for you.
Renting a suite for the night offers the benefit of not having to vacate the terrace after 1-2 hours. Your private oasis allows you to enjoy your first exciting kisses, lifts, and dances as a master musician plays your favorite tunes. After the proposal, take photos around the luxurious interiors of the hotel, enjoy a private exquisite dinner served by a butler, and relish your first night as newly engaged in a beautiful palace-level suite.
Important: Choosing the Shangri-La for your Paris proposal requires enlisting a coordinator or full-service planner to ensure flawless execution of every detail, from setup to cleanup. The coordinator’s fee is already included in all of our private rooftop packages.
DETAILS
Important Fine Print
The venue is not included in the package because the rates for the Eiffel Tower Terrace Suites at the Shangri-La vary significantly based on room type, season, and length of stay. However, we have extensive knowledge of the Shangri-La Paris and are happy to recommend or book the perfect suite for you.
Location
Shangri-La Paris Hotel.
Duration
The proposal duration is 1 hour or less from the scheduled time unless you add a romantic dinner with private butler.
Clean-up
Our fee includes clean-up, a hotel requirement, so you can focus on getting engaged and having fun.
Set-up and manpower included
Our fee includes the entire setup of your chosen design concept. All you need to do is show up and enjoy the celebration of a lifetime.
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Package Price: €450
FAQ
Can you explain the step-by-step process, including communication, that I should expect when working with you?
1. Prompt Response. We will respond within 24 hours of receiving your booking request. We’ll either confirm all your desired services or, if a venue or vendor is unavailable for your preferred date or time, propose alternative solutions. Our goal is to finalize all details quickly to move forward.
2. Confirmation & Contract. We will formalize everything with a professional contract once we ensure we’re a great fit. A 50% non-refundable retainer is required (note: the balance payment is due at least 72 hours before your event).
3. Planning & Coordination. After the contract is signed and the retainer received, your coordinator (or full-service planner) will spring into action. They will secure all requested services, introduce you to key vendors via a joint WhatsApp group, stress-test your overall concept, and send out a basic timeline to keep everything on track.
4. Event Day Execution. On the day of your event, your coordinator will ensure everything is set up perfectly and runs smoothly. All you need to do is show up and enjoy the most magical day ever.
5. Post-Event Clean-Up. We will take care of all the clean-up, so you don’t have to worry about a thing.
Is the cost of the rooftop or venue included in your package?
It depends.
However, the venue cost may increase based on factors such as the time of day (evenings are often more expensive or may require a dinner booking), seasonality, and special holidays (e.g., New Year’s Eve, Bastille Day on July 14th).
What is the difference between a full-service planner and a coordinator?
A full-service planner is like your personal event architect, handling everything from start to finish to bring your vision to life with careful attention to detail. Here’s what you can expect:
- Initial Planning: She begins by understanding you, your partner, your unique relationship, and your budget. She then helps define a vision and personalize the theme for your dream engagement.
- Vendor & Location Management: She recommends and books proven vendors—florists, photographers, filmmakers, and musicians—and presents venues that fit your style and budget. Whether it’s a rooftop terrace, yacht, or chateau, she ensures compatibility with your concept and availability for your date and formalizes the necessary contracts.
- Logistics: She handles all logistics, from luxury transportation to executing scavenger hunts, embellishing hotel suites, making dinner reservations, and delivering personalized notes and gifts.
- Design & Decor: She ensures that the overall look and feel of your experience, including color schemes, decorative elements, and other mood-enhancers, are perfectly arranged and ready to create an unforgettable atmosphere.
- Timeline Creation: She creates and distributes a detailed timeline or production schedule to key vendors, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
- Day-Of Coordination: On your special day, she masterfully manages everything, ensuring it goes according to plan and handling any last-minute issues that may arise.
A coordinator is like the director on the day of your event. She typically joins closer to your special day to ensure everything you’ve planned goes off without a hitch. Here’s what to expect:
- Pre-Event Chats: She will chat with you a few times before the event to stress-test your plans and review essential details, such as vendor IDs, insurance requirements, specific venue policies, basic timeline, and overall concept.
- Day-Of Management: She will be present on your big day to coordinate vendors, ensure your setting is ready and perfect for you, manage the timeline, and handle most unforeseen issues.
Why is a coordinator fee included in my proposal package?
The listed price for your setup includes a €450 fee for your event coordinator.
Most commercial properties mandate a coordinator (or a full-service planner) to ensure smooth operations and maintain security. Without a hotel room booking, couples might find it challenging to navigate the lobby and access the rooftop. Most palace-level hotels take security seriously and strictly control who can enter their premises, especially the upper floors.
A coordinator manages the arrival of legal vendors (with European IDs), ensures everything is ready for you on time, and makes sure the private space is clean upon departure, in compliance with the hotel’s policies, and more.
What payment methods do you accept?
For your convenience, we accept all major credit cards, including Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, for the non-refundable 50% retainer when you book your event.
The full invoice, including the remaining 50% balance, must be paid in full 48 hours before your event date.
We occasionally accept cash, bank transfers (which may cause delays), and PayPal if needed. Please let us know if you have specific payment preferences or requirements, and we’ll do our best to accommodate them.
How do you handle unexpected issues like rain, wind, health concerns, or other last-minute changes on the proposal plan?
As noted in our cancellation policy (please refer to it below), we understand that life can take unexpected turns, and plans may change at the last minute.
While we control the quality of our luxury setups, the vendors we source, and our communication, some factors are beyond anyone’s control, like strikes, bad weather, film productions, or unexpected visits by dignitaries here in Paris.
We highly recommend enlisting a resourceful event planner. Think of them as insurance for your special day. The best planners have the experience and contacts to improvise, reschedule vendors, or extend their services. Although we are not full-service planners, we collaborate with the best in the business and are happy to connect you with them.
What is your refund or cancellation policy?
We understand that life can sometimes take unexpected turns, and plans may change. We’ve encountered everything from visa issues and canceled flights to job conflicts, health concerns, strikes, pregnancy, and more. If you need to cancel your booking, please know that we are here to support you.
However, our cancellation policy is firm: We do not offer refunds for cancellations under any circumstances.
This policy is in place because when we reserve your special day—whether it’s a hotel or yacht booking, a rare vintage car, or opulent floral setups—we often turn down other potential bookings to ensure we can fully dedicate our time and resources to you.