Questions re returning to CDG hotel from Paris by taxi

1. Yes, the price is the same coming and going, except that it's €56.

2. You can ask, but they're under no obligation to observe the flat rate. If they don't, just ask to go to the airport and take the shuttle.

3. There is a €7 fee to reserve a taxi. If you don't mind that, I'd take the easy route and let the hotel book it for you. Just so you know, the G7 app is free and dead simple to use. You could order a taxi yourself the day prior. Either way works though.

We took a taxi to our Roisseypole hotel from the left bank. It was more to go to the hotel and the driver had a hard time finding where to turn in. It was the Pullman Hotel and the price was 80 something euro. This year I plan to either take the RER or a taxi to the airport and ride the free train to the Roisseypole stop where the hotels are.

The fixed taxi prices are from ether CDG or ORY to Paris. Paris means one of the 20 arrondissements. Outside the arrondissements is outside Paris - fares are metered.

If your hotel is on CDG, the driver should honor the fixed fare. You can always ask to be dropped at either terminal 1 or terminal 2 and take the CDGVAL to your hotel.

If your hotel is not on CDG, only near CDG, the taxi meter is used to determine the fare.

Thanks everyone—super helpful! It sounds like we’ll save a decent amount of money by taking a cab to the airport and taking the shuttle to the hotel. I’ll review the shuttle information on the hotel website so I know which terminal to request and where to get off the shuttle. I know it’s a very short shuttle ride to the hotel.

Happy, thanks for the information about the fee for calling a cab—that’s good to know in advance!

I don’t think we will be able to order a cab the day before because we’ll want some flexibility on our last day in Paris. We’ll be returning to the city after 2 weeks in Brittany and Normandy and will basically have one afternoon/early evening there before we go to the airport. We’re leaving our schedule open for the day so that if we don’t manage to fit everything in on our initial carefully scheduled 5 days in Paris we can try to do some shuffling around and see something we may has missed. Also need time to purchase chocolate to take home! We did something similar last year when we returned to Dublin from the north for one afternoon before heading to an airport hotel. We had an early dinner reservation and thought we’d be heading to the hotel by a certain time. However, we got into a great long conversation with a Dublin couple sitting next to us at the restaurant and ended up going to the airport a full hour later. Need to leave some flexibility for the unexpected!

Thanks again everyone!

There's not a shuttle like a van that drives between the airport and the hotel. When they say "shuttle", they mean the CDGVal (the free metro / rail line that runs between the airline terminals, parking lots, hotels). At least that is what the Holiday Inn Express CDG website says - when it discusses the "shuttle," it describes the CDGVal.

You might call the hotel directly to check and confirm.

It's 7€ to reserve a taxi ahead of time. It's 4€ if you reserve a taxi for immediate departure.

I always reserve a couple of days ahead od time when I am taking a taxi or Bolt to the airport to be sure of getting a driver. Hopefully you won't have any issues since you want to stay flexible.

We have had a situation where we could not get a taxi from Paris to CDG the day before and had to hire another service. This last week my daughter planned to take the RER with their ND passes and her son -- and we discovered the RER B was not running and the mix of metro/RER D/ and bus was not appealing and took much longer, so we got a cab the night before and were able to reserve. I would be nervous trying to get one the day of the flight, and would want to have Bolt and Uber on speed dial as well as know where the nearest good cab stand is. most cab stands in Paris do not have waiting cabs but Bastille usually does and I'm sure a few others. FWIW we have found Bolt a real pain. We get a car and then 5 minutes later it abandons our pick up and we have to start over. It took over half an hour to actually get one last time we used them, so we avoid them now. G7 will not take our CapOne credit card in their app for some reason. I have no other trouble using it.

Wow, seriously, you can’t just get a cab to the airport??? I’ve never experienced that in any other city. What if we just walked back from the luggage storage hotel and got in line at Gare St Lazare?
I would really prefer not to schedule a cab a day in advance if I don’t have to. While I’m guessing we’ll want to head to the airport at about 7:00 pm, it’s possible our train will get into Paris later than expected and we’ll want more time in the city. OR if the weather is horrific or one of us is ill, we might want to leave earlier. I’d really love some flexibility here.
I’d love to hear others weigh in on this — how likely is it we won’t be able to get a cab to the airport from St Lazare station at about 7 pm on a Tuesday in June?
Would others also strongly encourage us to book ahead????
Thanks!

Wow, seriously, you can’t just get a cab to the airport?

Yes, this does happen. And if taxis become difficult to get, you can bet VTCs (Bolt, FreeNow, or Uber), will be next to impossible. This can happen when the RER B is down, for any of the various reasons, during holiday departures, or when it is raining hard.

You probably know when your flight is scheduled to depart. Plan on being at the airport 3 hours in advance (for flights departing the Schengen zone), and schedule a taxi pickup 45 minutes to 1 hour before that.

Having a Taxis Parisien arranged in advance gives you one fewer thing to worry about.

Thanks. We are staying at an airport hotel so not flying out until the next morning. Plan to get leave for the airport at 6 am for a 9:45 flight.