Cabs in Paris

Hello everyone

I will be in paris in a few weeks, and have not heard alot about cabs. II plan on doing ALOT of walking, and understand that the metro is great, but being a single girl, i figure if I%26#39;m out late I would feel more comfertable taking a cab. Does anyone know if they are really expensive or hard to get? Any info would be appreciated!

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They%26#39;re not especially expensive, but they can be difficult to find. They%26#39;re not nearly as common as in many other large cities. If you%26#39;re leaving a club and its not on a major street, you might askt the doorman to call a cab for you.

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Daytime Paris taxi fares are propbably on a par with most large cities and not especially expensive. The good news is that Paris is a relatively %26#39;compact%26#39; city, so you will seldom be far from anywhere. The bad news is that after 7 PM regular night fares increase by approinately. 70%--and taxis can often be difficult to find late at night. If you are out at a club, you should probably ask someone to telephone for a cab for you but you should also know that when that cab takes the call, the meter begins running from the time and place that the cab received the call and NOT from the time and place that it actually picks you up. In addition to this, you should use ONLY licensed cabs with a TAXI PARISIEN lighted-dome on their roof.

You might also print out and carry a list of regular taxi stands and their telephone numbers with you or the telephone number of one of the larger taxi companies in Paris should you have to find a taxi stand or telephone for one on your own.

TAXI STANDS--

http://www.taxi-paris.net/page41.html

http://www.infotaxiparis.com/

parisinfo.com/paris_map/…6762

Les TAXI BLEU-- http://www.taxis-bleus.com/A_index.html

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I%26#39;m from Chicago. So I%26#39;m used to hailing a passing cab. In Paris we found either a doorman needed to call one for us or we needed to find a taxi stand. Unless we misunderstood, our expereince was that a cab would not just stop for us. That the taxi%26#39;s could pick you up only if you standing at the designated stand. Much like a bus stop. I%26#39;m not sure I%26#39;m giving 100% correct information, but that was our experience.

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Be prepared to give up the front seat to the cabbie%26#39;s dog.

I%26#39;ve had 3 occasions where the cabbie had his dog sitting up front with him, I thought it was cute, but one time was at the airport and our luggage did not fit into his trunk so I was forced to squish into the back seat with my wife and the extra baggage while he and his dog had the comfort in the front seats.

Also, I had an experiance on the way to the airport a cabbie got p%26#39;d off at another driver and had road rage, he drove up to the other driver swearing at him in French and then driving neck and neck with him for several meters and spat at his face.

But overall taxi service etc are like most Euro cities.

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I%26#39;ve seen a dog in a cab the last time I was in Nantes. A poodle that was actually jumping on the client in the back seat ! It seemed really funny (as I wasn%26#39;t the client!) but it did seems a little weird also !

The front seat of the cab is almost never available for the cab%26#39;s clients, but I agree that a dog is going a little too far :)