Transportation at CDG
Sep 28, 23, 6:30 am
#2
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 3,323
I don’t know why people want to make this so hard when they land in Paris
After you walk out of baggage claim you follow the little blue footsteps to the taxi stand. You get in a taxi. It’s a flat rate to the hotels in Paris. It’s closer than Uber. It’s easier to find a vehicle than Uber and if there is traffic, the taxis can use the bus lanes and the Ubers can not. . I know that Uber is the only solution for everything but actually at Charles de Gaulle Uber is actually harder
The only caveat is, if as you’re walking to the taxi stand some helpful person tells you they can give you a deal into Paris and you take it - You have just been ripped off. It’ll probably cost you a couple of hundred euros.
Or you can book a car service. It will only cost you about twice the taxi but you do get to feel important with your name on a sign.
After you walk out of baggage claim you follow the little blue footsteps to the taxi stand. You get in a taxi. It’s a flat rate to the hotels in Paris. It’s closer than Uber. It’s easier to find a vehicle than Uber and if there is traffic, the taxis can use the bus lanes and the Ubers can not. . I know that Uber is the only solution for everything but actually at Charles de Gaulle Uber is actually harder
The only caveat is, if as you’re walking to the taxi stand some helpful person tells you they can give you a deal into Paris and you take it - You have just been ripped off. It’ll probably cost you a couple of hundred euros.
Or you can book a car service. It will only cost you about twice the taxi but you do get to feel important with your name on a sign.
Sep 28, 23, 7:20 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,392
I'm with you on the 50 flat fee--can't beat it. Uber's a waste if there's traffic, which there always is, unless it's something like midnight. And, saving money on the trains and busses just not worth it, dragging luggage everywhere and then to one's hotel. Tried it once, and you can't pay enough $$ to do it again. Ever.
Sep 29, 23, 3:48 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 222
There are two taxi flat rates to Paris from CDG -- €55 to the Right Bank and €62 to the Left Bank. Fares are metered to anywhere not strictly within Paris city (e.g. Versailles, Fontainebleau, etc.)
Having done this 8 or 9 times, as a single traveler who can manage his luggage, I'm perfectly happy to save 80% of the taxi fare and take the RER plus métro if necessary to Paris. But if it's your first time, it's late and/or you have lots of luggage (or I guess you just don't like public transportation in general) I'd recommend a taxi as well.
Having done this 8 or 9 times, as a single traveler who can manage his luggage, I'm perfectly happy to save 80% of the taxi fare and take the RER plus métro if necessary to Paris. But if it's your first time, it's late and/or you have lots of luggage (or I guess you just don't like public transportation in general) I'd recommend a taxi as well.
Sep 29, 23, 3:59 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2012
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By the way, remember LeBus? I thought that was great for the price. Are they ever brining that back?
PS - Of course, on a long layover, I'll just drop off my roller and taking the RER is not an issue, even in the slightest.
Sep 29, 23, 5:33 pm
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LeBus, the bus that used to be free for AF Platinums going from the airport to the city? Of course, free of charge was great for the price. 
I had Bolt rides around the time of the Beyoncé concert and the big French tennis event this year to take me between the CDG area and around Trocadero for under €30. But during the day when traffic is heavy, the flat fare regular taxis are just much better — especially if two or more passengers or having beaucoup baggage. But sometimes traffic on the roads can be such that the RER works out faster than either the car or than that bus of yesteryears.
I'm with you on the 50 flat fee--can't beat it. Uber's a waste if there's traffic, which there always is, unless it's something like midnight. And, saving money on the trains and busses just not worth it, dragging luggage everywhere and then to one's hotel. Tried it once, and you can't pay enough $$ to do it again. Ever.
Sep 29, 23, 6:02 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,392
I had Bolt rides around the time of the Beyoncé concert and the big French tennis event this year to take me between the CDG area and around Trocadero for under €30. But during the day when traffic is heavy, the flat fare regular taxis are just much better — especially if two or more passengers or having beaucoup baggage. But sometimes traffic on the roads can be such that the RER works out faster than either the car or than that bus of yesteryears.
PS - Roland Garros is on my to-do list!
