Partner article: Taking a taxi to go to Roissy or Orly is not really in my budget.
But taking the bus or the RER is not always practical.
Wecab.com offers a shuttle service between Paris and Orly or Roissy Charles de Gaulle which allows you to share a taxi with several people to split the costs!
Who hasn't offered to share a taxi when getting off the plane to pay less?
I have already done it several times. But that's not practical at all. You already have to take your courage in both hands and decide to go and approach complete strangers in the taxi queue. Then, do not be afraid to take several rakes.
And yes, you have little chance that the first person you ask will go to the same place as you. In short, before finding someone who would like to share his taxi with me, I had a lot of trouble.
And then I saw a Wecab ad on the subway. So I thought I would test the service for you and tell you.
It is a shared taxi service, a subsidiary of Taxis G7. To get to or from the airport, this is the new service you need to know.
I book my taxi online on wecab.com in a few clicks. As for a train or plane ticket, I pay online.
In my case, I was coming back from Roissy after going for a ride in my native Basque country. For two people it cost me 38 euros and I added 3 euros for cancellation insurance.
Usually a taxi ride from Roissy Charles de Gaulle costs me between 50 and 60 euros when there are no traffic jams.
Obviously it's more expensive than the RER whose ticket costs 12 euros per person or 24 euros for 2 but it's a good alternative I think.
I know I would use it especially if I'm taking an early morning flight or returning late at night and the RER is closed.
When I got off the plane, I called the number provided by Wecab (a landline number therefore free) when I made my reservation, which told me where the taxi was waiting for me. So we didn't have to queue. This is handy when you land late and want to get home quickly.
We shared our taxi with a nice couple who were also using the service for the first time.
There is clearly a friendly side to this experience which is more pleasant than the atmosphere of the RER. In addition the taxi we were sent was a large taxi, planned for 4 without crowding.
The taxi was already settled and that changes a lot of things. With a fixed price, no matter how long you take, the cost of the trip is the same.
On my Wecab race, there were a lot of traffic jams on the motorway and an accident on the ring road at Porte de Clichy.
If we had taken a normal taxi we would have easily paid 90 euros or maybe more... And a little bonus, on arrival I didn't have to worry about whether I had enough cash, the fare was already set.
I have not tested the service to get to the airport (Paris - Roissy or Paris - Orly trip) but I know that it is enough to indicate the time at which you want to arrive and Wecab advises us an hour of departure and takes care of finding the other passengers.
This way you are sure not to miss your plane and the driver has time to pick up the people you are sharing the taxi with.
What do you think of the idea of sharing a taxi? Does it make you want to get into it? Give me your impression in comments.
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