Orly

[pointofnoreturn]

I'm resorted to a 6 AM Paris-Rome flight. I'm trying to look into other alternatives (the last resort being the sleeping the airport thing, which looks more plausible now than ever). My only other option is to look into a cheap hotel near the airport although I'm not sure if a taxi is available to pick us up at 4 AM.

Could any help me out on this. I looked into other budget airlines but nothing appeals to me in terms of pricing.

Lastly, has anyone ever used Noctilien? It's Paris' nighttime version of public transport.

[WillTravel]

What day are you going? You could stay in town at a hotel or hostel with 24-hour reception who can call you a taxi and just leave at 3:30 AM by taxi.

[me]

take a look at www.sleepinginairports.net/europe/paris_orly.htm

it might give some worthwhile info.

[pointofnoreturn]

willtravel said:

What day are you going? You could stay in town at a hotel or hostel with 24-hour reception who can call you a taxi and just leave at 3:30 AM by taxi.

Are taxis really available at that time? Just wondering!

[madamtrashheap]

I was sure we'd all discussed this before - major case of deja vu! And here it is: pretravel.proboards1.com/index.cgi?board=Accommodation&action=display&n=1&thread=6636&page=1

Haven't used Noctilien to Orly, so no advice there.

[herrbert]

I see that Easyjet has an early flight at 7.00, and one in the late afternoon at 18.10. Why don't you just take the one in the afternoon? problem solved ... if this flight is also available at the day that want to go.

[pointofnoreturn]

Crap. I knew I had posted something on this before. Apologies. I just finished up my final exams and I'm completely exhausted for that.

Herrbert - didn't know about an afternoon flight. Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes I tend to miss things more often than most!

[pointofnoreturn]

One more thing, we're looking into staying at the IBIS Paris Rungis hotel, which is 2 minutes away from Orly. Would they allow check-out at such an early hour (3:30 AM - 4 AM)?

Excuse my stupid questions but I'm the kind of person who's anal-retentive and has to have everything in order LOL.

[WillTravel]

Ibis does, because it has 24-hour desk service.

[pointofnoreturn]

willtravel said:

Ibis does, because it has 24-hour desk service.

Thank you for clearing it up!