CDG timing
Oct 21, 2018, 1:44 am
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CDG timing
When should we arrive at CDG for a 1:50pm AF flight to JFK on Wednesday? We're in business, no checked luggage, US passports and hope to check in online.
What time should we get a taxi from near the Louvre to go to the airport? Or just monitor traffic with Google maps and leave with a sufficient amount of time to get there?
What time should we get a taxi from near the Louvre to go to the airport? Or just monitor traffic with Google maps and leave with a sufficient amount of time to get there?
Oct 21, 2018, 2:11 pm
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When should we arrive at CDG for a 1:50pm AF flight to JFK on Wednesday? We're in business, no checked luggage, US passports and hope to check in online.
What time should we get a taxi from near the Louvre to go to the airport? Or just monitor traffic with Google maps and leave with a sufficient amount of time to get there?
What time should we get a taxi from near the Louvre to go to the airport? Or just monitor traffic with Google maps and leave with a sufficient amount of time to get there?
Oct 21, 2018, 3:22 pm
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Goldorak gives a risk averse and wise answer.
With no traffic, it takes 35min from Le Louvre to CDG. With reasonable traffic at 11am, one hour is safe. Of course, there is always the risk of unexpected accident on the road, but, personally I would never leave before 11am. You will get at CDG before noon which leaves you plenty of time (almost two hours) to go through immigration and security.
Be aware that immigration with US passport can take long time (you have Skypriorty).
With no traffic, it takes 35min from Le Louvre to CDG. With reasonable traffic at 11am, one hour is safe. Of course, there is always the risk of unexpected accident on the road, but, personally I would never leave before 11am. You will get at CDG before noon which leaves you plenty of time (almost two hours) to go through immigration and security.
Be aware that immigration with US passport can take long time (you have Skypriorty).
Oct 22, 2018, 12:15 am
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Is there any reason to prefer a taxi compared to an Uber (or Taxify) to the airport? If I understand correctly, taxi would be a flat 50 Euro, even if the hotel summons it. Our driver from the airport tried to charge 55 and his credit card machine claimed my card didn't work (it worked at the hotel 5 min later), which makes me a bit hesitant about taxis. Uber has worked fine, other than they always take longer to arrive than the app claims.
Oct 22, 2018, 12:21 am
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Is there any reason to prefer a taxi compared to an Uber (or Taxify) to the airport? If I understand correctly, taxi would be a flat 50 Euro, even if the hotel summons it. Our driver from the airport tried to charge 55 and his credit card machine claimed my card didn't work (it worked at the hotel 5 min later), which makes me a bit hesitant about taxis. Uber has worked fine, other than they always take longer to arrive than the app claims.
Oct 22, 2018, 1:08 am
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Any thoughts on Taxify? I have a 10 Euro credit, but that's not worthwhile if they aren't reliable.
Oct 22, 2018, 1:28 am
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For airport transfer, I use LeCab as they are reliable and comfortable (Uber within Paris).
Note that this is school holiday, so traffic is likely to be lighter.
Oct 22, 2018, 5:27 am
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I'd rather have a price in advance.
Oct 22, 2018, 8:54 am
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Oct 22, 2018, 11:42 pm
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Do you enter the destination for LeCab after pushing book now?
5 Euro isn't a worry. Uber has had a range of about 30 Euros when I've checked (40s to 70s), which is more of a concern. With a fixed price, the driver's incentive is the most efficient route. Without, they make more money with a longer ride.
5 Euro isn't a worry. Uber has had a range of about 30 Euros when I've checked (40s to 70s), which is more of a concern. With a fixed price, the driver's incentive is the most efficient route. Without, they make more money with a longer ride.
Oct 23, 2018, 9:37 am
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Now our hotel is saying tomorrow is the SIAL Exposition in Villepinte, which they say will cause very strong difficulties with traffic and they are highly recommending public transport.
Looking at a map, it's not clear to me why that would cause a problem in Paris or why there wouldn't be a route from the Louvre neighborhood to CDG that avoids it
??
Looking at a map, it's not clear to me why that would cause a problem in Paris or why there wouldn't be a route from the Louvre neighborhood to CDG that avoids it
??
Oct 23, 2018, 3:06 pm
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Now our hotel is saying tomorrow is the SIAL Exposition in Villepinte, which they say will cause very strong difficulties with traffic and they are highly recommending public transport.
Looking at a map, it's not clear to me why that would cause a problem in Paris or why there wouldn't be a route from the Louvre neighborhood to CDG that avoids it
??
Looking at a map, it's not clear to me why that would cause a problem in Paris or why there wouldn't be a route from the Louvre neighborhood to CDG that avoids it
??
Oct 24, 2018, 12:09 am
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I can confirm this exhibition is a big one and is creating some heavy traffic on A1 and A3 when getting close to the A104 highway just before reaching CDG, but that won’t impact you more than a few minutes and I am not even sure of that at the time you will go to CDG (the immense majority of exhibition attendees will already be on-site at the time you will jump in your cab).
Thanks to you (and others) for all the help in this thread.
Off to Terminal 2E in a few hours. We may take Uber, just out of familiarity, unless it has excessive wait times or charges.
