Comments on: How to rent a Velib in Paris http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/ It's our business where you sleep! Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:25:54 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jette http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jette Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:53:51 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-31 Michael, thanks a lot :-) That answered everything. And Emilie, thanks for the article. I saw the bikes last time I was in Paris but didn't get a chance to try them out. I'm planing to do that next time I'm there. Katie, we have the same system in some cities in Denmark, but here they are free. You just put in a coin. You pay 20 kroner (3 euro) and then you can ride it as long as you would like. The get the coin back when you put the bike back at one of the stations. But you really can ride it as far as you'd like. They once found one of the bikes in Berlin, Germany :-)Of course the person who rode it there didn't get the 20 kroner back course there was no station to put it back at :-) Michael, thanks a lot :-) That answered everything.
And Emilie, thanks for the article. I saw the bikes last time I was in Paris but didn’t get a chance to try them out. I’m planing to do that next time I’m there.
Katie, we have the same system in some cities in Denmark, but here they are free. You just put in a coin. You pay 20 kroner (3 euro) and then you can ride it as long as you would like. The get the coin back when you put the bike back at one of the stations.
But you really can ride it as far as you’d like. They once found one of the bikes in Berlin, Germany :-) Of course the person who rode it there didn’t get the 20 kroner back course there was no station to put it back at :-)

]]> By: Katie http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Katie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:38:58 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-29 Emilie, what a great bike system! Thanks for the info. I hope they move that system to other countries as well. a presto, Katie :) Emilie,
what a great bike system! Thanks for the info. I hope they move that system to other countries as well.
a presto,
Katie :)

]]> By: Marion http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Marion Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-23 Liz, if you're spending a 6-day holiday in Paris, you have to ask for a "Passe Navigo Découverte" (the free "Passe Navigo" is reserved to people with permanent residence in Ile-de-France). The card is available at any metro ticket booth. You must sign in and pay a 5-Euro registration fee to get it. Don't forget to bring a passport photo. Once you've got your "Navigo Découverte", you can load money on it and get a monthly or weekly pass ("Carte Orange") depending on the length of your stay in Paris. The weekly pass costs 16,30 euros, a single ticket 1,60, and a carnet of 10 tickets 11,10... So do the math and decide what's more convenient for you. The website of Parisian public transportation network (http://www.ratp.com/) also has pages in English where you can find info about fares and timetables Liz, if you’re spending a 6-day holiday in Paris, you have to ask for a “Passe Navigo Découverte” (the free “Passe Navigo” is reserved to people with permanent residence in Ile-de-France). The card is available at any metro ticket booth. You must sign in and pay a 5-Euro registration fee to get it. Don’t forget to bring a passport photo. Once you’ve got your “Navigo Découverte”, you can load money on it and get a monthly or weekly pass (”Carte Orange”) depending on the length of your stay in Paris. The weekly pass costs 16,30 euros, a single ticket 1,60, and a carnet of 10 tickets 11,10… So do the math and decide what’s more convenient for you.

The website of Parisian public transportation network (http://www.ratp.com/) also has pages in English where you can find info about fares and timetables

]]> By: Michael Chapman http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Michael Chapman Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:24:48 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-14 I found the answers here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/361657/The-Velib-in-Paris33-questions I found the answers here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/361657/The-Velib-in-Paris33-questions

]]> By: Jette http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Jette Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:36:57 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-13 I had heard that the bikes were very expensive. Does it really only cost 1 Euro a day?? Or is that the sign up?Don't you have to pay per hour?? I had heard that the bikes were very expensive. Does it really only cost 1 Euro a day?? Or is that the sign up?Don’t you have to pay per hour??

]]> By: Liz Love http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Liz Love Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:25:46 +0000 http://www.venere.com/blog/paris-velib-bike/#comment-8 How do I get a Navigo pass and how long do you have to be in Paris to make it worthwhile. We will be there for 6 days at the beginning of June 2008. How do I get a Navigo pass and how long do you have to be in Paris to make it worthwhile. We will be there for 6 days at the beginning of June 2008.

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