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Payment ettiquette on French public transport works like this (say, its the airport bus and its a four euro flat fare) :
GOOD ETTIQUETTE
If you tender four one Euro coins or two two's, he will love you, and give a cheery "merci!" or "parfait!!". You understand his needs and have been considerate.
If you offer a five euro bill or a ten euro bill: dishing change is easy - one euro or a five bill and a one coin, so no bother. Smile.
POOR ETTIQUETTE
If you tender the exact amount in a large number of small coins (l'argent") the driver (thats what he is basically) has to count through it all to make sure its right. Paper cups of small change is what beggars collect. "Thats, one plus five is six, and ten is sixteen, twenty six, twenty eight, thirty three........"This guy didnt do well in math, thats why he's driving a bus. Scowl.
Offering a twenty note: beginning to get irritating. All that careful balance of change he has to manage is going awry - you flash a twenty in his face (as they come out the cash machines) , he has to scrabble around with fives, tens and ones.
BAD ETTIQUETTE
Offer a fifty note: what are you, a drug dealer?
Offer a one hundred or two hundred note: call the cops - only people carrying these are gangsters, money launderers or forgers.
Offer an international credit card - what do you think - does this look like Galeries Lafayette? Get off the bus, go to a cash machine, and get some money out, damn tourist!
MORAL
Somewhere is a new novel struggling to be written in all this. The cash transaction is the crossroads between French Social Model (you shouldn't have to pay, everything should be free, from the State") and the hated Anglo-saxon economic model - efficiency, consumer-power, choice and hence job "precarite" .
Most bus drivers belong to the communist CGT union. Think about it. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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The Nice International Airport is the second largest in France and has 2 terminals(N.1 for international flights and N.2 for European and domestic flights).
A free shuttle-bus provides service between the two terminals every 8 minutes.
The airport is only 7 km away from the city! There are 2 airport bus (4 euros, every 30’) that goes easily into the center. N.98 ends at bus station. N.99 ends at Railway Station.Do the same to return back, hop on at the main promenade (Promenade des Anglais).
If you catch the bus N,23 which is a public bus you will pay only 1.30 euro. Do it if you don’t have many bags with you because it’s full of people, It passes by the railway and end up at the northern suburbs. You can buy some local bus tickets from tabac stores, tourist offices, bus stations or in the bus.
Taxi costs 25-30 euro but better avoid it…
The public buses connect all parts of the city. The rates are:
• simple ticket (single one-way ticket with a transfer possibility within 74 minutes): 1,3 euro
• Multi ticket (17 trips, can be used by several passengers) 20euro
• one day pass(unlimited trips for one day in all the buses, including N.98 / N.99 for airport): 4euro.
• 7days pass (unlimited trips for seven days in all the buses, including N.98 / N.99 for airport) 15euro
Dont forget to walk in the Old Town, no bus there! :) Theme: Bus
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Right outside the terminal are the bus
stops. You can take the#98 or the #99
Bus, and either will put you right in the
heart of Nice.
Most hotels are within a maximum of a
15 minute walk from the stops.We took the
#99, and the hotel was a 10 minute walk.
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**Take The Bus To Your Hotel**
The bus only costs 4 Euro per trip which is about 5 USD.
Taxi or shuttle bus will cost you approx. 25-30 Euro for the
same trip .... (about 35-40 USD)
Taxi's and shuttles are a rip off, so if you don't mind a 10-15
minute walk, take the bus. We had no problem with our 4
suitcases at all.
Check the bus schedule, because the buses DO NOT run
24/7 to the airport, and DO NOT start early in the morning.
Our flight was at 6:20 AM, so we had to leave the hotel about
0515, meaning we had to take a taxi or shuttle. Taxi's and shuttles
have a 10 Euro surcharge for their services after 1900 (7PM) and
before 0700 (7AM) ... (about 13 USD) Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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