Weird Shuttle/waiting question:

If my flight arrives at 11 am, and someone else who has booked with the same shuttle service doesn%26#39;t arrive until 11:40.....do they wait for the last arrival, or do they co-ordinate the flights a little closer to each other?

I hadn%26#39;t thought of any waiting times, so this might be the deciding factor in the age old shuttle vs. taxi question.

Because once I get there, I want to get into Paris as quickly as I can!!

Thanks....

MB

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Canuck, I don%26#39;t know what shuttle service you booked, but it seems to me that everything%26#39;s always up in the air. We%26#39;ve never been left hanging at the airport, but we do sometimes get the idea that the drivers don%26#39;t know exactly who they%26#39;re supposed to be picking up.

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That sounds like the million euro question. I can picture myself getting more than a bit annoyed at being left sitting in a van staring at the outside of a CDG terminal building while the driver waits for his/her other fare whose flight is 30 minutes late. I know that airport shuttles around here (SF area) run so frequently that they%26#39;ll leave within minutes assuming that a late arriver will catch a later van. But I also know that my American thoughts on what constitutes a %26quot;reasonable%26quot; delay are not always fully consistent with those of the average European.

Slightly off-topic sidenote: this difference was very %26quot;colorfully%26quot; explained to me by an Italian parking lot attendant as I tried to return my rental car at the Rome airport after getting lost on the drive out of Rome. Sadly, I am sure that any recounting of his explanation would violate the TA %26quot;family friendly%26quot; posting guideline. Suffice it to say that the conversation began with %26quot;You need to Reeelax.... this is why Italian men are so much betters lovers than Americans...%26quot; My wife and I didn%26#39;t stop laughing about that encounter for at least the first half of the flight back to CA.

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Maybe I should have been clearer. The shuttles do run frequently, so we%26#39;ve never had to wait for other people to show up. I think the drivers/dispatchers juggle arrivals all day long so that every gets to where they need to be in a reasonable amount of time.

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I%26#39;m thinking of reserving Bee Shuttle. I like their 1st class thing....no more than 2 drop-offs.

Thanks....as always your advice was very helpful!