First things first, the question you are to request yourself at the very beginning, is what kind of apartment for rent Paris you are looking for, a furnished or a non-furnished one. You have to think thoroughly about these things. If you have come to Paris for a few months it will be better to have a furnished apartments, it will ease your headache about purchasing diverse things and you can freely install yourself in a new place. But from the other side it will be much cheaper to rent a non-furnished apartment if you will live here for several years. It is easy to go to a secondhand market and find some furniture on your taste that will be suitable for you and your wallet.
There are 2 means to get an accommodation in Paris, the 'do-it-yourself' way, and the 'agency' method for those persons who are rich enough to pay a month of rent extra to the agency for their services. You are to choose 1 of these ways to find apartments Paris short term.
The easiest way is to call for an agency. You will have to find an agency with English speaking office workers who will understand the tongue well enough for you to speak about the accommodation you require. Do some search in the net, get the yellow pages, and look for the part 'immobiliers' (French notion for real estate) and begin phoning them. The first phrase of yours should be 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley'), it implies “Good day, do you speak English”. If there will be an answer “Sure”, you are welcome to speak on the point. Remember, the payment for Paris short term apartments can be something between half of a month's rent to that of a full month.
For the 'do-it-yourself' method, trust me, it can also be as simple as another one. But the difference is that due to this method you will save much more funds than in preceding case. The problem what you can have here is to communicate with the landlords. For this, you can take assistance of a local person somebody whom you knew before or someone you have met in an internet, for example. In the case when you do not have such opportunity, the quantity of the accommodations for you to visit will surely lessen. But do not despair you will have a great amount of possibilities to find an English speaking landlord. And the main advantage that you will have is that Paris landlords are willing to give the apartments for native English speakers.
You can begin your search from the place that is called the “American church of Paris”. This is the place where you will meet a lot of English speaking persons and other English resources. Take a journal “FUSAC” that may be found near the main gateway of the church. (It is the greatest English speaking resource for Englishmen and Americans in Paris). One more method for people who require to receive vacation apartment rental Paris is a internet search.