{"id":9484,"date":"2013-10-08T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T16:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?p=9484"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:43:59","slug":"how-can-i-find-a-paris-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/10\/how-can-i-find-a-paris-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Find a Paris Taxi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/10\/how-can-i-find-a-paris-taxi\/taxi-lightpole\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Taxi Lightpole\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Set fare for taxi between airports and Paris in effect since March 1, 2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?resize=496%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Parisien Taxi at Saint Paul with light pole and buildings in the background at the split of rue Saint-Antoine and rue de Rivoli\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a>To find a taxi in the city of Paris, go to the Taxi stand with the blue sign. Once in a while you can flag down a cab. Reserve a taxi in Paris with the phone, the Web or an app on your phone or tablet. <a href=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2016\/08\/fixed-taxi-fare-between-paris-and-airports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fixed rates to and from Paris airports<\/a> went into effect March 2016. One of our readers, Madelyn, suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/en.lecab.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeCab<\/a> as an alternative to G7 for fixed prices within Paris and to and from the airports.<\/p>\n<p>Need to be picked up, dropped off? Where are you going? How many are traveling? What day of the week is it? What&#8217;s the weather like? These questions could determine the taxi tariff.<\/p>\n<p>Carol and three others used Taxis G7 to travel from their Marais apartment to Gare Montparnasse.<br \/>\nThey called the phone number for Taxis G7 and reserved in\u00a0English. The taxi driver was on time, courteous and they were happy.<\/p>\n<p>For travel with a fixed price I have received recommendations for WeCab, part of Taxis G7. Both Website are available in English.<br \/>\nReserve in advance. Make arrangements to be picked up at your apartment, airport or train station.<\/p>\n<p>A normal taxi ride from CDG to the Bastille is 50 euros for one or two people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/10\/how-can-i-find-a-paris-taxi\/taxi-sign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Taxi sign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The blue taxi waiting stand across from BHV (Bazaar de l'Hotel de Ville) and the Mairie de Paris, rue de Lobau\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-sign.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For Carol, I ruled out the RER and airport buses for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There were four passengers<\/li>\n<li>More suitcases than usual because they going on extended holidays, including two weeks on a canal barge<\/li>\n<li>The buses and RERs required transferring from the RER to either taxis or the metro to get to the Marais apartment<\/li>\n<li>They were on vacation and had jet lag.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Taxis G7<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; (TaxiBleus is now part of G7) These are the official Parisian taxis. Book by telephone, estimates cost\/time, book and track, share a taxi to the airports (Website in English) (Book at least a day in advance for peace of mind if you are going to the airport or train station)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WeCab<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Good for group travel with lots of bags. Call or reserve on line (no complaints so far). Website in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uber<\/strong> &#8211; Why not to use them: not licensed by the city of Paris and uncontrolled liability insurance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smartphone applications that might prove useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taxi G7 Priority Taxi Booking<\/li>\n<li>Cab meter Paris &#8211; calculate the distance, calculate the fare<\/li>\n<li>TaxiParis &#8211; where to find a taxi stand<\/li>\n<li>Taxibeat free app (might only be available for USA taxis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taxi information from the\u00a0<strong>Minister of Economy and Finance regarding taxis tariffs<\/strong>\u00a0(use Google Translate).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Colleensparis.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To find a taxi in the city of Paris, go to the Taxi stand with the blue sign. Once in a while you can flag down a cab. Reserve a taxi in Paris with the phone, the Web or an app on your phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>Need to be picked up, dropped off? Where are you going? How many are traveling? What day of the week is it? What&#8217;s the weather like? These questions could determine the taxi tariff.<\/p>\n<p>Carol and three others used Taxis G7 to travel from their Marais apartment to Gare Montparnasse.<br \/>\nThey called the phone number for Taxis G7 and reserved in English. The taxi driver was on time, courteous and they were happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[673],"tags":[925,25,425],"class_list":["post-9484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation","tag-airport","tag-paris-transportation","tag-taxi-in-paris"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taxi-Lightpole.jpg?fit=620%2C465&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9484"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17881,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9484\/revisions\/17881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}