RER / Metro travel in Paris

I have been travelling to Paris every year for the last three years
for a midweek break. I have been under the misguided impression the
the visite pass was good value - reading other posts it looks like I
have been paying way over the odds!

Can I just check my assumptions below are correct. I am travelling
with my Wife and 2 small children.

1. Buy a return trip from the airport to Paris on RER line B - what is
the return fare? I know the one way fare is about 7-8 EUR

2. Buy a 1-2 zone carte orange with passport sized photos - are these
valid on buses? buses look a lot more convenient with small children.

3. If we choose to have a day in disney - buy a return RER ticket.
Does anyone know the cost of a return trip?

4. Carte orange is valid for fenicular monmartre - lovely Sacre Coer
mmmmmmm

does this seem a sensible plan?

Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@m> wrote in message news:<prdahvkeaddtkpsgfu716g1j5a47nonhic@>. ..
> Paul Bennett writes:
>
> > 1. Buy a return trip from the airport to Paris
> > on RER line B - what is the return fare? I know
> > the one way fare is about 7-8 EUR
>
> I believe it is the same both ways.
>
> > 2. Buy a 1-2 zone carte orange with passport
> > sized photos - are these valid on buses?
>
> Yes. Just show them to the driver.
>
> > buses look a lot more convenient with small children.
>
> They have more pickpockets, though.
>
> > 3. If we choose to have a day in disney - buy
> > a return RER ticket. Does anyone know the cost
> > of a return trip?
>
> About ¤6 each way, I think.
>
> > 4. Carte orange is valid for fenicular monmartre
> > - lovely Sacre Coer mmmmmmm
>
> Yes, as long as it includes Zone 1 (they normally do).


Thanks for that - since I posted yesterday I have looked into the zone
1-5 carte orange. There is practically no difference in cost between :
1. A carte orange zone 1-2 and pay seperate fares for RER trip from
CDG to Paris, and
2. A carte orange zone 1-5
So I think I'll go for the zone 1-5 carte orange.
Is it better to get these from the airport (if possible) or the CDG
railway station?

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:35:59 +0000, in .europe, silverpebbles
<member13124@britishexpats.com> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... Hi,
...
... I am going to Paris for the first time in August and will be flying out
... from Reims. What's the cheapest way to get from Paris to Reims? Do I
... take the RER? I am not familiar with the transportation system and
... don't know whether I need to book any tickets now. Help!! Thank You!!

I would take the train, if I were you... You can't catch the RER in Reims, it's just for
the Paris outskirts.

Trains run about every two hours from Gare du Nord, some
are direct and some require a change in Epernay about
an hour and a half by train