Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:53:00 +0000, John Ray
wrote:


Paul Corfield wrote:

Or simply purchase a Mobilis ticket which is their version of a One Day
Travelcard. You get a form of "ID" card which you keep and then simply
buy a magnetic ticket as necessary. You then date it and write on the ID
card number.

I used one of those a few years ago, but not on buses. It was good value
for the trips I made on the day, and I was surprised that it isn't
publicised to tourists (or not noticeably). They plug the Paris Visite
pass in the tourist literature, but not Mobilis.


I've never used the Paris Visite because like all such "special" tickets
it is a rip off unless you can guarantee to use all of the add on extra
discounts.

As suggested by another poster I had not considered the Carte Orange as
an option as I perhaps foolishly assumed you had to be a resident as
employers pay part of the costs of such tickets IIRC? I may need to do
some more investigation.

This is true, more employers pay for travel costs in France than they do
here (not that mine did, but then that's universities for you!), but
that's nothing relevant to the Carte Orange - it's just a period
travelcard, that's all.

(I still find it quite bizarre that their period cards run on the
calendar week/month, though you get used to it - the only effect it had
on me was to not bother buying it in December and August.)