ljv

Our family of 4 will be arriving at CDG, terminal 1at 7:45am on Aug 16. Our luggage consists of a carry-on each. Instead of hassling with trains, we were thinking of just taking a taxi into Paris. I've heard mixed reviews about shuttle services and I can't imagine Taxis costing more.

We are staying in the 7th arr at the Hotel de la Bourdonnaise. Does anyone have an idea about taxi fares for this trip?

Merci beaucoup!

BeachGirl247

We have used prearranged car service and it ran 75 euros plus tip.

BeachGirl247

I meant to add that our lodging was on Ile St. Louis.

Also, look at Paris Shuttle for transportation in a vehicle that will accommodate a family of 4 with luggage.

www.paris-shuttle.com

Sarastro

It´s true, prearranged car services will usually cost a great deal more than a simple taxi. The last taxi ride I took from CDG into Paris cost 48€. To the 7th, expect to pay from 45€ to 50€, plus 3€ for the 4th and subsequent passenger, plus 1€ per bag, after the first, placed in the trunk. Tip from 3% to 5%.

For a family of 4, a taxi will cost you little more than what the train might cost and a taxi is a lot easier. Do not accept rides from clandestine drivers soliciting from within the terminals. Go to the taxi queue usually found but steps from the customs exits.

If you like, most taxis now accept payment by credit card but you might want to indicate your intention as soon as you reach the queue.

StCirq

50-60 euro.

Christina

I'd also say around 50-55 euro.

AlessandraZoe

Cost can vary depending on traffic. Our last stay was in the 7th near your hotel, we ran into some traffic, and it cost us 60 Euro. I don't recall ever paying more than that though--and we've gone to Paris at least once a year since 1998.

We've taken Metro, shuttle, Air France bus, by the way. There are times and reasons to take those. But with four people in the cab (cost per person automatically plummets) and the ease of being pulled right to your hotel door without going through any prior arrangements,I have never quite understood the shuttle concept. If you were staying in a hotel on RER B, hey, I might steer you towards the Metro, but you are not. Take the taxi without guilt.

And anyone who says, "Well, cabs are not big enough"--balderdash. The taxi rank captain will size you up, and if the next car in line doesn't look big enough, he or she will wave a bigger one up. We have never waited in a long line (another myth). As others will tell you, just don't get waylaid by anyone INSIDE the terminal. Used to be that CDG was free of those guys; unofficial drivers now lurk there. Just follow the overhead signs to the taxi rank outside and you will be on your way.

MaineGG

According to this online calculator - http://www.worldtaximeter.com/paris - the estimated fare from CDG to the 7th is €43. This does not include whatever charges there are for extra passengers, baggage, etc., if any.

Shuttle Inter, a private shuttle, would be €65 from CDG to your hotel. http://www.shuttle-inter.com/homepage.htm

One shared shuttle I checked, www.parishuttle.com , charges €18 per person which would be €72 for 4 passengers.

Unless a taxi runs into bad traffic that slows it down considerably, it would appear to be the most economical choice.

StCirq

I always go from CDG to the 7th, and I've haven't paid less than 50 euro for probably 10-12 years. But you might get lucky. And I suppose it depends where in the 7th.

denisea

We paid 58euros from CDG to the 7th last Fall.

Margaretlb

To your location in the 7th,the max w/traffic w/b E65 - most likely less

ParisAmsterdam

>>>We have used prearranged car service and it ran 75 euros plus tip.<<<

The same trip for 3 by taxi cost me 45 euros and no tip. I'm not one to be cheap on holiday but why pay 30 euros more for the same trip? Our taxi was a Mercedes too... hardly slumming it.

Christina

I think those taxi calculaters are a little optimistic, not sure how they judge traffic. I also used to get a taxi to Left Bank (Montparnasse) for around 45 euro, but don't think it's been that low for some years, more like 50 now. Once in the last 20 years I've been going there was really bad traffic and I was going to a place near the Seine so city traffic affected it a lot -- and that did cost 55-60 euro.

I think the shuttles are for people who just can't handle the uncertainty and want a fixed fare even if it costs more as there is that one pct chance a taxi fare could be really high due to some catastrophy, I guess. I could see that if the shuttle fare were around 60 euro, but I would never pay 75 euro.

Sarastro

Not only are shuttle costs generally higher than are taxi costs, shuttles can be significantly more expensive when passengers reach 4 or more.

However, the real problem with shuttles is their reliability or significant lack thereof. Problems include shuttles showing up late or not at all and prepayments which are not returned when a shuttle does not show. People unfortunately take prejudices against taxis, most often formulated elsewhere, and mistakenly think they will pay more if they use them. This is rarely the case in Paris.

With all of the options for those travelling between CDG or ORY and Paris; buses, trains, and taxis, shuttles are an option that fills no compelling transportation need, rarely saves money, and increases risk of being left waiting.

apersuader65

I think many of the prejudices against shuttles are also most often formulated elsewhere. With limited baggage, taxi's are great. If you have 4 people with one carryon and one checked bag each, there isn't a 4 door Mercedes that will hold the luggage and 4 people. If there are larger taxis that will accomodate four large bags and 4 small bags and 4 people, I personally haven't see any. I did see a minivan looking car (not like a U.S. minivan) that might have held the luggage and 4 people though on the Champs one evening, but it would have been a tight fit, IMO.

PeaceOut

We stayed at the Hotel de la Bourdonnaise a few years ago. (We had their quad family room, direct view of Eiffel Tower-- we liked it.).

The hotel arranged a car to take us to CDG when we left, and I think it was almost EUR80! I thought that was high. (We had arrived by train.)

PeaceOut

(4 passengers)

Nikki

For one or two people, the shared shuttles are less expensive than taxis. I generally take a taxi from the airport to my hotel or apartment so I don't have to arrange to call from the airport and can just walk to the taxi line. But getting to the airport from Paris I generally use a shuttle, especially if I am alone, as it is less expensive. This applies to shared shuttles, the private ones are more expensive. I do not prepay for shuttles, I just call and make a reservation.

AlessandraZoe

I do understand what Nikki was saying. My daughter started relying on shuttles when traveling to/from CDG alone because of the price differential as a single passenger. We have generally figured out that as soon as we hit three passengers, any cost differential was a wash.

It is total nonsense that Paris taxis can't handle four people. Our standard party number and luggage is four persons with one backpack and one roll-on carry-on each (which may even be more than what the OP has in mind). We have NEVER had a problem.

And I see more and more minivans in the taxi rank with each trip to Paris, so the idea that larger vehicles don't exist is just one more myth.

I am so totally in agreement with Sarastro's point about reliability, too. If the shuttle doesn't show, your trip begins badly. There are ALWAYS taxis.

LGV--At the end of our last stay, since we stayed in an apartment, we just walked to a regular taxi rank. Our apartment agent offered to arrange service for us, but our daughter told us that she had never seen a taxi NOT waiting near our rank and we just didn't bother. Taxi in five minutes.

Usually, though, we have our hotel reserve a cab for us the night before. The desk person usually tells the taxi company the size of your party, and I have overheard them mention the amount of luggage, too (once heard the reservation for a very "overloaded" couple stated as "les baggages--un gros problème".