What Is the Easiest Way To Get From CDG To Paris?

[andi]

This is an often asked question so all your answers will be valuable for first time travellers to Paris. I have only so for arrived at Gare Du Nord and always taken a taxi, I found this to be vary easy and good value for money.

[GitteK]

andi - you do not calculate in the price factor. That would give a more "correct" picture of the comfort/price relation. Easiest is of course taxi - you just throw your big suitcase into the back of the Mercedes and off you go. But expensive (and hairraising if you are not accustomed to the French way of driving)
I will hold my vote back a bit.....

[andi]

Gittek, yes I agree price does make a difference, I was thinking only of the easiest way, which for me is a taxi as it takes all the stress out of wondering if you are going the right way, doing the right thing etc. I would guess that RER/Metro is the cheapest way at a couple of euros, followed by bus.......a taxi costing somewhere in the region of 60 euros? Someone will have the precise data on this, I am sure.

[Happygoin]

Well, if you take the question literally, the easiest way is to take a taxi. I always do, it's a cost I figure in to the budget. I just can't face the metro/RER with luggage etc, when I'm overtired, cranky and just want a wash and a nap.

[Shoesy]

Taxi. After a flight I can't imagine taking any other kind of transportation to the hotel. Once in Paris, I can start thinking of ways to save some euros.

[iank9]

Hi andiandgaz,

We have travelled Eurostar several times, and it is convenient because you are in the centre of Paris on arrival. Getting to London via GNER is expensive £90 each minimum, and the time taken to get there is a lot. I would like to support green issues....

.....however, the cost factor now means a lift to Newcastle Airport (family), Easy Jet about £180 for both of us, and a 50euro taxi transfer via ATS on arrival at CDG, is cheaper and more convenient.

We have used ATS at CDG several times without complaint, as well as at Nice , twice. We pre book, there is a guy at arrivals with a name board, a relaxed drive into Paris !!!, and et voila, you are at the hotel.

To be honest, we don't want to be taking lugage on and off the metro, or the Roissy Bus, and having to get a taxi at the end in any case, or back onto the metro, or dragging cases through the streets.

So for us, private transfer, (with eyes shut!) ;D

Best wishes

[arrowcapet]

I voted for RER because I stay at a hotel that is a short walk from the RER Station at St Michel-Notre Dame, it's inexpensive, and it's quick. If someone is staying more than a 10 minute walk from an RER station on the RER B line (meaning they would have to change trains or walk further), has luggage that is not easily manageable (i.e., more than two pieces), cost is not a major factor, and (less importantly) this is a first visit and the traveler is not familiar with the Metro or the area their hotel is in, I would vote for a taxi or a hired car.

[Happygoin]

Welcome ArrowCapet. We're happy to have you!

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Maybe we could have two separate threads -- one literally with info on the "easiest" (maybe with ideas for shuttles, buses, car services and taxis), and the other created with budget-minded travelers in mind. For some people (especially first timers, or people who want to go often, or seniors on a fixed income, -- which is worth less and less against the euro if they are coming from the US!) this trip is going to be a very big deal that requires they be very budget-conscious to do it at all, and we all know they will spend more than they expected no matter how careful they try to be -- and those are likely to be the people who are asking the most questions (i.e., the typical how to get to the hotel from CDG).

That way, we can give some advance guidance about the relative cost and hassle of all the different alternatives -- as Arrowcapet noted, it depends partly on where someone is staying and to some extent just depends on whether they have been before and are comfortable with using public transit (i.e., have a general sense of how to transfer, how to get tickets, etc.) -- and they can decide whether it's worth a taxi for the peace of mind.

[Ray(aka) tripnebraska]

For us, the Roissy bus was very easy to use. The Stop at Rue Scribe, was a 5 minute walk to our apartment. So low stress, minimal luggage dragging. On a 1st trip I would not have been brave enough to go RER- metro, but that is what my daughter, and son in law did.

[winepaul]

We have always used a taxi and never had any problems. After a long flight, its seems the quickest and most comfortable. Many of the drivers have gone out of their way to be helpful with the bags or find the hotel when we had the wrong address. It's no more expensive than other big cities.

[Penny]

My hotel was not that far from the Air France bus stop close to the Arc so I used them to CDG (had taken Eurostar fromLondon). They put your bags in hold, stop right in front of terminal doors, take your bags out for you. The poor guy could not understand which was mine, he spoke English but could not understand burgandy as a color, I tried rouge,he's looking for a red bag, I finally had to walk around and point it out to him. LOL. So would I vote for this under shutttle?