Weekly or Monthly Métro Pass in Paris

Frankly anyone who buys the ND and doesn't put a picture on it before use, deserves to pay 50 Euro for traveling without a valid ticket. It is rich to get all outraged about being caught doing something that the slightest prep would have told you was not legitimate. There are photo machines at most metro and RER stations and of course anyone planning to buy the pass would usually bring a photo with them. There is a place on thecard clearly marked for photo and the card has to be assembled before use. The photos are smaller than passport photos -- postage stamp size which you can print on your home computer.

Just as one shouldn't drive without knowing the local rules of the road and that there is camera control of speeding and in Italy ZTLs, so should one not use public transport without some awareness of how it works. There is a constant stream of people complaining they were fined for not validating their bus ticket or that they threw away their metro ticket and couldn't produce it or as here, they didn't actually assemble their Navigo D before using it. If the tourist knows to ask for a Navigo Decouverte they should be assumed to know how it works.

I’m sorry you were fined. How did you find out about the Navigo Decouverte but not about the photo requirement? Did the inspectors really act like they were going to rough you up?

No, this was not me. This is an article from Johnny Jet warning people about this. I totally agree you should know what you are buying, regardless of what it is.

Anybody who has read any of the many discussions on the Forum about the card will have seen discussions about the photo.

Sorry you missed them.

Gee, what did that person think the spot was for the picture???? ?Just a blank space for entertainment. Plus EVERYWHERE I have read about this talks about the photo and the person who complained and whined apparently read just want she/he wanted to read. Not much sympathy here, if you can read up to find out how to buy the Navigo you saw the photo requirement. The real truth is this person probably was from the "rules don't apply to me" (The tone is rather telling. I have been stopped by the metro examiners several times and never felt the least bit physically threatened, of course I also didn't try "the rules don't apply to me" defense)

I particularly liked the 'Acted like they were going to rough me up' nonsense. People who are told they are in error and particularly those who are then asked to pay a huge ugly fine, always believe they have been 'yelled at' threatened etc. Well yeah, get belligerent and say you aren't paying the fine and you will be threatened -- with arrest.

You need a picture on a Navigo, and the ticket inspectors on the Paris Metro are not nice.

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