Comments on: Paris: Will buying a Navigo pass help you save on the Metro and bus?

By: Michael Cairo Raftice

Michael Cairo Raftice — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 21:03:43 +0000

We visited from the U.S and purchased a weekly Navigo pass for all zones for €35 each. We used the passes to go all over Paris. We used them for multiple trips each day. We are very pleased and feel that it was a great value. It was significantly cheaper than using taxis or even Uber. The Metro and the pass enabled us to get around like a native parisian

By: Ed Benzola

Ed Benzola — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 16:04:46 +0000

My wife and I both have Navigo Decouverte cards bought in 2019. We are usually in Paris every year and thought this was a good year. We are back in Paris this May and are wondering if we are going to be allowed to use this card and add more money to it for rides.

By: PJBK

PJBK — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 20:08:33 +0000

This was sooooo helpful!! Thank you
If you buy the book of 10 or 20 tickets are they each one way and are they valid on buses also? Can I buy them ahead before I get to Paris? Thank you

By: Mrs Caroline S Robertson

Mrs Caroline S Robertson — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 19:25:44 +0000

Hi. My son is living in Paris for the next 8 months occasionally returning to London – he will need to travel in zones 3 and 4 to get to and from work during the week via RER, bus etc. but I am sure will also want to travel into central Paris when not working. Please can you advise the best pass for him?

By: Ken Seifert

Ken Seifert — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:24:38 +0000

I visit Paris for a month every year. I have a Navago Decouverte card I purchased 4 years ago. I recharge it for a month when I arrive. How long is my card useful until I have to apply for a new one with a new photo?

By: Paul Heymont

Paul Heymont — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 20:05:05 +0000

Worth keeping in mind that things have changed since 2019.

For one thing, the 22.80 weekly pass is now a Zone 1-5 pass, which means it can take you quite a way out, including Versailles and many other destinations…including the RER trains to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

That’s important because that’s otherwise a 10.30 fare, so now the cost of a weekly Navigo is down to 12.50, or less than a carnet of tickets. Conceivably, if you arrive on a Monday and leave on Sunday, you’d get two airport trips for a total of 20.60, leaving you with a cost of 2.20, just above the price of a single ticket, for all-you-can-eat transport. Even if you’re more than a week, it often pays to go this way…just do the math for your trip.

The second important thing is that it’s now MUCH easier. You no longer need to buy a card for 5 euros, you no longer need a picture, and you no longer have to figure out how to use the machine or have a friend buy it for you. You can now buy it in the Ile de France Mobilites app (which you’ll find as ‘vianavigo’ in the app stores, and then just tap your phone where you’d tap your card in the Metro or on a bus or RER.

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:15:10 +0000

Hello,
I am coming to Paris for the month of December. It sounds as if the Navigo ticket would be best for me.

Is there a place to purchase the Navigo at CDG, and without an extra commission fee?

Thank you for this information!!

By: Leslie V.

Leslie V. — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 21:27:06 +0000

We purchased Navigo passes at CDG when we arrived on a Sunday knowing they would be good for the week we were in Paris – Monday through Sunday. Absolutely loved them! Made travel so easy and convenient and used the pass multiple times a day. Our travel to Versailles was included as well as the return trip to CDG. Was well worth the money and the case can be used again and again.

By: Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 21:54:37 +0000

Hi Tammie,
It sounds like you’re going to have an exciting trip to Paris! I believe you can activate the card on the train platform or in the station. Once you activate it, it is good for the amount of time you purchased it for. This is from their website: “For all travel passes (regardless of the duration), the validity period starts at 12 a.m. on the first day of the period and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the last day.” You can also use this link to learn more: https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/paris-visite-travel-pass I hope this helps, and please let us know if you have any other questions.

By: Tammie

Tammie — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:39:47 +0000

Hello!
I am so thankful for all of the information you have provided on using the Navigo Discovery pass!
We will be arriving at the CDG airport very early in the morning on a Thursday in November, but I would still like to use the Navigo Discovery pass for traveling Thursday-Sunday. If I order the card on-line and get it mailed to my home in the US, how do I get it activated so I could use the card to get from the airport to my hotel (Disneyland Paris)?
Thanks so much! This is the first time I am traveling out of the country and am quite nervous about getting around on a budget.
Tammie