Irons in Paris hotel rooms. Banned, or not?

On a recent trip to Paris I was advised by the hotel reception staff that no, I couldn%26#39;t have an iron delivered to my room as they are banned in hotel rooms, and have been since Jan 2008.

Is this correct, or is it just a ploy to get me to use their (rather pricey) ironing service, which they suggested I do?

I%26#39;ve tried googling it, but to no avail.

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We had one in our room this weekend gone - it wasn%26#39;t a straight-forward electric flat iron, however, it was a steam-jet type of hand-held machine that looked a bit like one of those velcro clothes brushes you had in the 1970%26#39;s like this:

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Never used it though...

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Banned by whom?

The Marriott Rive Gauce has irons and ironing boards in each of their rooms, along with a few other hotels. But, this is not common.

Most hotel rooms don%26#39;t have enough space for an ironing board and perhaps don%26#39;t have an outlet suitable for an iron (either location or type of outlet).

I recently stayed at the Hotel Concorde Lafayette. They have an %26quot;ironing room%26quot;. I never had occasion to use it, but think it%26#39;s a brilliant idea. Why have an iron and board in every room when few people use/need them?

I used to travel with a steamer (which worked very well), but now try to pack only fabrics and clothing not requiring ironing when unpacked.

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LIFE is too short to waste time ironing..that why we have polyester and such ..

My mom used to iron anything that didn%26#39;t move, including underwear and socks (..and she worked full time at a demanding job!...) BUT whenever she was on vacation she never even thought about ironing, not even on her yearly vacation in Canada for a whole month.

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Thanks for the replies guys. They said it was a French regulation that came in in Jan 2008, and that irons were now banned in hotel rooms. Looks like they were fibbing!

An ironing room is a great idea - I did actually ask if perhaps I could just go and use an iron in their laundry room, but they refused. Gah.

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PMSL @3CONILS. I tend to agree, but sadly I had a very creased silk shirt that refused to comply with my philosophy!

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The French STILL iron everything. Even dishtowels!?!

Maybe it was a company policy