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Taxi, regulated flat fareorPre-booked private transfer?

The short answer

For one traveler the Taxi, regulated flat fare is cheaper by €7. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

Both are listed at 45 min.

Taxi, regulated flat fare: Runs all night. Pre-booked private transfer: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersTaxi, regulated flat farePre-booked private transferDifference
1€56€63€7
2€56€63€7
3€56€63€7
4€56€63€7
5€61.50€108€46.50
6€67€108€41
7€72.50€108€35.50
8€78€108€30

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Where each one leaves you
taxi · Paris taxis, tariff set by ministerial arrêtéTaxi, regulated flat fare
From
The signposted taxi ranks outside each terminal
To
Any address in Paris; the fare depends on which bank of the Seine it is on
Luggage
Carried, with no supplement: the tariff allows none for Paris taxis.
Runs
All night
Journey
35–75 min

From five people the taxi is cheapest to the right bank: EUR 61.50 against EUR 70 on the RER B, EUR 78 for eight against EUR 112. An ordinary taxi seats four, so book a larger one for five or more; the booking fee still leaves it ahead.

To the left bank (EUR 65 flat), five people pay EUR 70.50 by taxi against EUR 70 by train — the taxi wins from six. The boundary is the river: 1st–4th, 8th–12th and 16th–20th arrondissements are right bank; 5th–7th and 13th–15th are left.

It is the same price at 03:00 as at noon. The arrêté has no night, Sunday or holiday variant for the flat fare, whatever the meter's tariff letter says.

Ask for a stop or a detour on the way and the flat fare no longer applies; the meter does. Waiting you request is charged on top.

No authority publishes a taxi journey time; 45 minutes is a working estimate, based on the N143 night bus's 42-minute timetabled run on the same road with no traffic. Allow more than an hour at peak.

Any Paris taxi must apply this fare, and the ranks are the place to find one. A driver quoting more than EUR 56 to a right-bank address for four people with bags is wrong.

Taxi, regulated flat fare: price for every party size

transfer · Welcome PickupsPre-booked private transfer
From
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
To
Any address
Luggage
Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
Runs
All night
Journey
35–75 min

Unlike the official taxi’s regulated flat fare, this price is indicative: the operator sets it, and it moves with vehicle size and luggage. Confirm the total at the time you book.

At night the sedan is €73 and the minivan €124; the page does not say when night begins.

Pre-booked private transfer: price for every party size

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