Transfers vs. Other Ways to Get from Charles de Gaulle Airport
Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport is the biggest air hub in France. Tourists from different countries arrive at different terminals. To get where you need is possible by free colourful shuttle buses, which run across the airport territory. To Paris city center or other French cities (Nice, Marseille, Lyon) one can get by different types of transport.
How to get from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris or the other way around
Tourists arriving in Paris are heading either to the French capital (30 km), or to other cities and cultural centers (Versailles, Disneyland etc.). Sometimes they travel to one of the other two Paris airports: Orly or Beauvais. One can choose from different types of transport available at Paris Charles de Gaulle:
- city buses to Paris (N 350, 351 and night buses № 140, 143);
- suburban trains from Paris Airport (RER-ligne B) or intercity trains SNCF TGV;
- private group shuttle buses Roissy and AirFrance 2/4;
- taxis and individual transfers.
Tourists, stopping over in Paris for several days, can by a transport pass for several trips at Charles de Gaulle and use it for almost all types of transport.
Transfer from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport vs. Taxi booked via an app
Advantages of a private transfer
€5 cheaper. Despite the fact that a taxi trip booked via an app is calculated according to a mileage, the trip to Paris has fixed fare - € 55. Whereas our transfer on the same route will cost you €50.
You will avoid protest actions. Taxi drivers in Paris have several times staged protest actions against Uber, blocking the exits of Charles de Gaulle Airport terminals or smashing the cars of the rivals. Our transfers are a part of the licensed taxi car parks, so they avoid the blocks and easily leave the airport.
Transfer vs. Taxi from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, booked on site
Advantages of a private transfer
20–50% cheaper. Taxi from Paris Charles de Gaulle and vice versa costs around €60–100 for a trip, and a transfer — only €50.
No queues to catch a taxi. Flagging a car down at Charles de Gaulle will not work, as well as in whole France. Be ready to wait — taxi will be allotted to you on a first-served basis. In contrast, you will not have to wait for a transfer driver, as he will meet you right after you have claimed your baggage.
Fixed price, known in advance. If you take a taxi at Charles de Gaulle Airport, you will pay for a starting fee, extra luggage, drive out from the airport territory as well as additional fees for holidays and night time. You will learn the final price only at your destination point. Besides, at Charles de Gaulle it is common to give taxi drivers tips — no less than €1 for the trip. In contrast, the transfer price from this Airport is fixed and known in advance. Paying tips is not obligatory.
Transfer vs. Trains from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Advantages of a private transfer
You will not get lost. Charles de Gaulle Airport is a huge building and one can easily get lost there. Practically identical signs guide the people to suburban and inter-city trains. And if you do not know the difference between abbreviations RER and TVG, you risk ending up in Marseille instead of Paris city center. Transfer driver, on the contrary, meets you in front of the Arrivals area and shows the way.
No transport changes. Obviously, you will not get to your hotel by RER-B: after the train journey, you will need to change to the underground and then sometimes to the bus. To grasp a payment system is even more difficult: when you buy a train ticket from Charles de Gaulle Airport, you get a free underground ticket but not for all zones (e.g. you cannot get to Disneyland with it). Having booked our service in advance, you can avoid all problems connected with route building and price calculations, as the driver will choose the shortest way for you.
Disadvantage of a private transfer
Trains are 5 times cheaper. RER B ticket costs around €10 for one person. However, given the changes to underground or buses, this price is competitive with the transfer cost for four people, which is € 50.
Transfer vs. Buses from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Advantages of a private transfer
4 times faster. Given the number of stops and a waiting time, the bus trip will take you almost two hours, whereas a transfer - only 30 minutes.
No need to speak French. One of the major problems tourists face at Charles de Gaulle Airport is unwillingness of public transport drivers to speak English. This is the way French people demonstrate their patriotic feelings to the native language, which causes a lot of inconvenience for foreigners. You will have to use gestures or know French to read the signs, buy tickets, ask for a stop or get directions. Most Kiwitaxi drivers at Charles de Gaulle Airport speak English and all the trips are coordinated by an English-speaking operator.
Disadvantage of a private transfer
Bus ticket is much cheaper. City bus ticket from the airport costs €6–7,6.
