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Paris Taxis still cash only?

Traveling to Paris this weekend and planning to catch taxi from CDG to Montmarte. Is it fixed rate? And do the taxis in the city take credit or debit cards like in NY, or is it still all can?

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It is a fixed rate — 50€ for up to four people and their luggage from CDG to Montmartre.

Last time I took a taxi to the airport, I used a card, but I don't know if all drivers can take cards.

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571 posts

CDG to Montmartre is a fixed rate -- €50 as Montmartre is on the Right Bank. Make sure you take an official, licensed, legitimate taxi from the taxi line at the terminal.

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8558 posts

all cabbies are required to take cards but not all do (machine is broken yadda yadda). I would be prepared with my 50 Euro or 55 Euro but would ask before getting in if they take a card if you want to use it. If they don't, the dispatcher can put you in the next cab. We have been taking cabs in Paris for years and have almost always paid by card. Tips are not required or expected, but if they do something extra and we want to tip, we use cash for that.

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Just arrived yesterday and the gauntlet of illegal taxi touts was larger than I’ve seen previously outside Terminal 2E (maybe a dozen and a half between the end of the line of private pickups and the cordons for the queue). Just follow the signs to the outside queue for the official taxis. Interestingly after the driver looked at my hotel address he said “55 Euro, flat rate”. I knew the rate but I’ve never had a driver announce it up front.

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And that flat rate should show on the meter as you depart. No add ons unless there are more than 4 people. We once had a driver try to run the meter and we just pointed it out and he put the 55 on. But it has gone smoothly otherwise. Our cabbie last May turned back for us as I had forgotten to drop the apartment key on my way out -- I tipped well for that extra little loop back but he didn't reset the meter which he could have done.

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It’s 50 to right bank addresses / and 55 to left bank .