Supershuttle From CDG

Where exactly is your hotel? There may be cheaper shuttle alternatives...

Thank you...our hotel is Des Grandes Ecoles, on Rue du Cardinal Lemone (Latin Quarter). Super Shuttle will deliver us directly there. The combo bus and metro is 22 Eu..but after the flight from San Francisco...it seemed like a easy choice. That is if the connection at the airport CDG isn't a nightmare. Thanks for your help.

I don't fly, and I haven't used the Supershuttle in Paris so I don't have first hand information so I have no ax to grind. Although I will say I used to drive the little blue vans in Los Angeles in the 1980s and it made me a nice pile of money and I never had any issues with them. All that said, I believe that this helpline is liberally peppered with grumpy stories about shared shuttles in Paris. If memory holds I think a year or two ago there was a grumpy story about the Supershuttle in Paris. If you search (upper right corner of this page) using Supershuttle or shuttle paris or some similar search term you may find information about the grumpy stories. I'm not sure that Supershuttle in Paris is all that "new", unless it died, went to heaven and has been reincarnated. If you see what I mean.

Sandy, why do you think the connect point will be difficult? Last year we used www.parishuttle.com with no problems except that we were waiting for a while on the wrong level of the terminal - our fault, not theirs. Once we got to the correct level (departures, I believe), they found us!

Actually... Rick Steves' says shuttles are difficult from the airport..better to the airport from the hotel. I will check into your suggestion and thanks for the direction. Thanks for your help,
Sandy

I'm cheap, ummm, 'frugal'; I'd do this: Take RoissyBus from CDG to the Opera Garnier (the only stop), then make the longish ride on metro Line 7 Dir:Mairie d'Ivry OR Villejuif Louis Aragon to the stop Place Monge, then walk the couple of blocks to the hotel. Here's a photo of the bus so you can ID it at the airport. The bus costs 10,00 euro, and the metro either 1,70 euro, or 1,27 euro if you've purchased a carnet of tickets (10). Some people don't relish metro stairs and walking a couple of blocks after arrival, though...

We were in Paris in 2009 and 2010. Both times we had our hotel (Le Littre, 6 arron.) make our taxi arrangements. We were met at the train station or at CDG when we picked up our luggage. We were helped with our luggage and walked a short distance to the waiting taxi. It was an arranged price, paid directly to the driver. I think it cost 60 Euros. It was worth the convenience of having our dirver only pick us up. We didn't have to waste time going to various hotels to pick people up or drop them off. Maybe you rhotel can make those same arrangements. We didn't have to worry about being stuck in traffic, as they weren't metered rides.

I like the idea of fixed price. That is the way it's done in Italy and Spain, actually. The metered price is so out of your control once in their cab. I'll check with the hotel. And after a 14 hour trip and arriving in the middle of "my" night, an easy cab ride is about all my tired brain can handle. Thanks,
Sandy

Yes, Sandy it was a real benefit to have the taxi driver meet us at the lugage areas. You never know how long it might take to get from CDG to your hotel and back again, when the meter is running in traffic. It is so worth it to have the taxi arranged for a set price. Even if your hotel doesn't use a particular service, maybe you could arrange for a taxi on-line. My husband and I had heard/read that regular Paris taxi drivers can be a strange lot and drive around and around, at your cost.

Everybody understands that the Parisian taxis come under the aegis of the Prefecture of Police and that the metering system in use corresponds to one of the three little lights on the roof, which the fuzz watches likes hawks, right? Good. As for the metering system, it runs on both time and distance, hence there's no set fee for a given distance. But it's honest. Enough of the goofy rumors.

I will check into that. You are correct about the taxi drivers running up the meter on tourist. We have personally experienced it. Many cities NYC, Rome and some in Spain have fixed prices...I wonder why Paris doesn't make that rule. Thanks for your help. Sandy

Elaine,, pretty daring to post what amounts to rumors and third hand info,, Parisien taxi drivers are not a strange lot and I have rarely read any such thing about them running up metered rides. Baloney. The proper "Taxi Parisien" are metered and regulated like in any other country,, ( as opposed to some of the freelance taxi drivers that approach unwary tourists in the airport, you simply go to the offical "Taxi" stand and will be fine) .
Taxis are metered and will run between 45-55 euros from CDG to |Paris of course time of day, traffic and exact hotel location will make a difference in fares. And 45 is alot cheaper then 60 set price. You will usually come out ahead using the proper taxis as opposed to paying 60 euros set price! I speak from direct experience, over many visits, over many years,, not from " I heard or I read" .. heresay. And btw folks,, don't come to Victoria BC Canada either if you want a "set price" for your taxi,, our taxis are metered too! You do realize the reason they have set prices for Italy and Spain is BECAUSE there was a huge issue with tourists getting the run around in those countries,, France does not have a huge issue,, you can generally trust their drivers. Regardless, it is best to have your actual destination written down on a piece of paper with entire address including zip code,, many hotels have similar names and sometimes our tourist pronouciations are very poorly done , so misunderstandings can happen.

Our hotel concerige told us that the Parisian taxis do drive around and take longer routes to your destination sometimes. That is why the hotel uses a particular taxi service. The price is arranged. Therefore if our taxi gets stuck in traffic, as happens regularly, the customer isn't charged for the meter running. We were at ease to know that our taxi wouldn't take advantage of us. Heck our own txi driver told us it was a good value to have the price arranged. Why would the taxi service lie to us?

They would lie to you because they have an arrangement with the hotel . The hotel gets a kick back for sending then clients.. 60 euros is not a deal. It is a convenience ,, thats all. And if you can't understand how and why a hotel and taxi company can work together then you are just the type to use and enjoy such a service. There is nothing wrong with it, but using scare tactics( the regular taxis will drive around and rip you off) is an old ploy and not very ethical. I think Elaine you travel differently then I do, I do spend my money on some things, and I have used a car service twice( once when arriving during a train strike and once when arriving with my 11 yr old) , but will add that that same car service only charged me 50 euros, its now gone up to 55 euros... so you see, there are less expensive ways.
|I am glad your service was good, and thats whats important, but please,, having taken regular taxis many times from GDG,, and assuming you have not, I have never paid 60 euros.