I was going to drop our rental car off at Caen and take a train to Paris but for a 2 hour ride....$124??? Am I better off driving into Paris with my rental? Any cheaper way to get from the Normandy area to Paris? Thanks in advance.
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Where do you find such a price ?
A. There are no TGV between Caen and Paris but regular(corail) trains - the journey is 1h50
B. The full price is 28.40 Euros !
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zoopermom, the 2 hour drive will get you NEAR Paris. You need to add at least an hour for the traffic jams as you get close to the city. After that, you need to navigate unfamiliar, mostly one-way streets to find your rental agency. Add a half your for that.
The rental car agencies in Caen are directly at the train station and Caen is a much easier city to drive in. As norween2 said, it%26#39;s only 28.50€ and takes less than two hours to get to the center of Paris.
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Can you direct me to where you found the 28 Euro price? I would be most appreciative. I am not very good at navigating the transportation sights as all the abbreviations are confusing to me.
Thanks in advance.
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The prices are fleeting, they come and go - rise and fall hourly based on people cancelling or changing dates. We%26#39;ve never paid more than 32.00€ for that journey. We book exclusively through the SNCF website;
http://www.voyages-sncf.com
I just checked a random day in July (the 14th) and the ticket was 45.00€. I%26#39;ve always been able to get the price down simply by checking back every hour or so. For instance, I almost booked a TGV to Bourdeaux for 92€ but had to leave the computer before I finished. The session timed out so I had to re-enter the trip details and a 42€ %26quot;yellow fare%26quot; popped up.
Refer to MorganB%26#39;s guide to the SNCF site if you have any problems; http://tinyurl.com/p3o7e
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Paris-Caen is a Corail Inbtercités line, and the fare system on these trains has much, much less yield management than the TGVs.
28,80€ is the regular, kilometric full-fare which can always be obtained, irrespective of the remaining free seats on the train.
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regular, kilometric, off-peak 2nd class full fare.
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Thanks for the website! I checked for August 6, which is a Monday, and the best fare around 8 am is 68 Euros...ugh. I will keep checking to see if it goes down.
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Uhh! I%26#39;m checking for the same date and find prices between 15 and 28;40 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Even in first class the fulll (maximum) price is 42.50 !
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Roundtrip vs one way issue?
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