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Old May 13th 08, 12:05 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Michael Hoffman Michael Hoffman is offline
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Default Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity

Boltar wrote:
On May 12, 2:14 pm, Michael Hoffman wrote:
If you're a tourist, RATP will try to sell you the overpriced Paris
Visite card instead of a Carte Orange. The cheapest Paris Visite cards
for a whole week (Zones 1-3) would cost EUR 41.50. Whereas a Carte
Orange would cost only 16.30 for 1-2 (and there is little of interest to
a tourist in zone 3) or 21.60 for 1-3.


Yes , but the visite card gets you discounts of a shed load of
tourists sights unlike the normal tickets.


As far as I can tell, the few sites (hardly a "shed load") where you get
a discount are mainly sites that most tourists would not visit
otherwise. I certainly have never felt the need to pay for any of these
dubious attractions.
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Michael Hoffman