- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul airport, bring 8 euros *in coins* for the train ticket into town - don't exchange much money at the airport, the exchange rate is terrible. $50 gets you 28 euros. (Supposedly ATMs and credit cards are the way to go, although most places don't like US credit cards because they lack chips.) - If you forget a US power adapter for your laptop, you can get a simple one for 7 euros at Bazar D'Electricite, 34 Boulevard Henri IV, a 10-15 minute walk from the hotel. - the hotel wireless is ok, but voip/p2p/streaming are forbidden, and has a 200MB/day limit.
- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul airport, bring 8 euros *in
coins* for the train ticket into town
Does the machine not accept Euro notes? Since that might be a problem for most of us I imagine!
(Supposedly ATMs and credit cards are the way to go, although most places don't like US credit cards because they lack chips.)
ATMs should accept US cards just fine, but you're right, credit card machines and ticket machines tend not to be fond of chipless cards.
Cheers,
On 18/11/10 18:24, Owen Rudge wrote:
- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul airport, bring 8 euros *in
coins* for the train ticket into town
Does the machine not accept Euro notes? Since that might be a problem for most of us I imagine!
Some do, some don't. You'd often get a row of machines, where only the one at the end accepts notes. In theory, "information" might be kind enough to break your note into coins, but:
* I have never tried this * The common notion is that French don't like to help English speaking foreigners. I should add right now that my personal experience from over 15 years that my sister lives in France, and therefor having had multiple visits here, is 100% contradicting to this notion. Ask a random person on the street for help in a polite and quite manner, and they'll do their very best to help you, language barriers not withstanding.
Shachar
On 11/19/2010 01:47 AM, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
On 18/11/10 18:24, Owen Rudge wrote:
- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul airport, bring 8 euros *in
coins* for the train ticket into town
Does the machine not accept Euro notes? Since that might be a problem for most of us I imagine!
Some do, some don't. You'd often get a row of machines, where only the one at the end accepts notes. In theory, "information" might be kind enough to break your note into coins, but:
The machines don't accept notes, and the vendors don't like giving change either.
However, I was able to use my (non chip/pin) credit card -- at first I didn't see that the machine actually had two slots - one for chip/pin cards, another for swipe cards.
I also managed to demagnetize my ticket, which made for an interesting time transferring to the metro.
-Scott Ritchie
On 19 Nov 2010, at 14:19, Scott Ritchie scott@open-vote.org wrote:
On 11/19/2010 01:47 AM, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
On 18/11/10 18:24, Owen Rudge wrote:
- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul airport, bring 8 euros *in
coins* for the train ticket into town
Does the machine not accept Euro notes? Since that might be a problem for most of us I imagine!
Some do, some don't. You'd often get a row of machines, where only the one at the end accepts notes. In theory, "information" might be kind enough to break your note into coins, but:
The machines don't accept notes, and the vendors don't like giving change either.
However, I was able to use my (non chip/pin) credit card -- at first I didn't see that the machine actually had two slots - one for chip/pin cards, another for swipe cards.
I also managed to demagnetize my ticket, which made for an interesting time transferring to the metro.
I've unilaterally decided to start a 'discussion group' in the hotel bar. Feel free to drop in ;-)
Huw.
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