Rome to Paris Transportation & Kayak

Unless you have an excess of time (that is, you have too many days in Europe, and you need to burn some of them), and unless you want to stop at some of the places in between (which would actually be a perfectly reasonable choice, if you have plenty of days there), then I'd fly.

I don't book flights via consolidators/kayak/etc - there are just way too many ways for things to go wrong, with you left holding the bag.

There's got to be hundreds of ways to fly from Rome to Paris, with no need to look only at kayak or United. Try skyscanner.com.

I just plugged in a random day in the summer and there are over 300 flight options listed, for prices as low as $38. You have plenty to choose from.

Where you flying from?

Rome to Paris is for me a slam dunk to fly--- skyscanner.com--- will show you the options

Paris to London is probably best done by Eurostar.
If I were you I would book Home-Rome and London-Home as an open jaw/multi-city ticket with the airline. But the Rome-Paris as a separate item.

If you gave a clue where 'home' is, you may get more and better suggestions

Since it is a family trip we have people flying from US home: Seattle, Tampa, St. Louis and New Orleans. We will meet up in Rome. We had already planned the Eurostar from Paris to London. As suggested I looked at Skyscanner and it gave me some good prices and times. I am now thinking that booking a separate flight from Rome to Paris is a good option..
Thanks everyone from the feedback.

Btdt, on Easy Jet x 5 of us Rome to AMS. $50 per when we did it. Super easy and efficient

We often fly between cities if train trip is more than 4 hours ( we’ve done six and that was about an hour too long for me ) , we always just book directly with either Easyjet , Vueling , Aer Lingus , and even the dread Ryanair lol

This year we are using Transavia ( daughter used it two summers ago no problem ) and Air Aegean !

For Rome to Paris I would ( and have ) definitely fly .

Pat, we flew from Amsterdam to Sardinia on Transavia last year and it was just fine.

Yes,Rome to Paris fly, check flights on Sky Scanner, and as a bonus, you can usually get flights into Orly, where the taxi into town for four people* is only 30€ or 35€ depending if you're staying Left Bank or Right Bank respectively. (Cheaper because it's closer to town. An added bonus is that Orly is also so much smaller and this more manageable than CDG.)

*Four euros for each additional passenger.

This is cheaper than the public transportation ways into town so it is a no-brainer once your party has at least two people in it.

Kayak has a good connection by Finnair but the the United website
doesn't offer that airline connector plus their cost is more $.

Are you trying to book a Rome-Paris flight on Finnair and are wondering why you can't find it on United's website? Finnair is a Oneworld member.

But, don't. Book a direct flight, flying via Finland would be crazy. For Rome-Paris your choices are Alitalia, Easyjet, Air France/Joon and Vueling. If you want more airlines to choose from you can add Swiss and Lufthansa to the list as they have hubs that are somewhat between the cities.

Whether train or plane, book as soon as tickets go on sale. Prices can double -- or more -- between early and last-minute.

Kayak doesn't operate flights, so why book with them when the airline sells direct? That's the cheapest source.

The budget airlines, and increasingly the long-distance operators, will tantalize you with opening prices and then impose fees for "extras" such as advance seat selection. Read the home page rules carefully before choosing your carrier. Train travel has far fewer "extras" and the seat reservation is built in.

I use kayak quite a lot to scan for flights and prices, but I always book directly with the airline if the same flight / deal is offered. Just because people "use" Kayak doesn't mean they "buy" from Kayak.

Sometimes places like Kayak will show you trips that are pieced together via websites like Kiwi or Vayama and the prices can be quite good. I've successfully booked via Vayama, but I've not used Kiwi. I think many people who encounter problems with these sites try to make changes after booking - that definitely is not a fun thing to do.

I am now thinking that booking a separate flight from Rome to Paris is a good option..

What does this mean? You said the family is meeting up in Rome. So you're sleeping in Rome for some days and then going on to Paris, later London. Naturally your flight to Paris would be "separate". Stopover itineraries from a single carrier are a thing of the past. Can you fit your luggage within bargain-airline bag fee restrictions? You need to buy the Eurostar early enough to get a low price. But you can't change or refund the ticket after you buy it, just like an air ticket. That's why it's cheap.