Le Bus Direct

I have taken Le Bus (formerly Air France Bus) several times over the last few years both from and to the airport. It’s is super easy and a good price vs a taxi. The bus runs every 30 min and there are 3 – 4 lines depending on where you are going in the city. Just follow signs in the arrival area — go outside and buy a ticket using your credit card in the machine in the waiting area — then wait for the bus. Google it ahead of time to see where the stops are and if they are close to where you are heading and what line you should be taking

Worst attitude by the driver, my goodness! No one, along me, was able to figure out what terminal he was at (becomes a challenge when he stops at 5 of them at the airport). He does not speak a word of English (all he had to learn was 3 number and 5 letters to be exact), and beyond all, his grumpiest ever attitude is inexplicable. If you are traveling solo, it’s a good price, but otherwise, would not recommend it.

Expensive ans not on time. I took the bus today but it was 15 mins late. If u r in a hurry, dont take this bus.

You’ll never get me onboard an Air France flight again (although I have pleasant memories of flying on their Concorde as a teenager) as I think they’ve got safety issues. However I’ve got nothing against Les Cars Air France and it proved to help me out of a tight spot (if quite expensive).
I booked and printed my tickets online from the UK as I was visiting Burgundy by flying to Paris and catching the train from Gare du Lyon.
My BA flight arrived at Charles de Gaulle ahead of schedule and after giving someone a light for their cigarette asked where I caught this coach from and proceeded when informed. The first coach was full and I was disappointed because I thought the next coach (which I had planned to travel on) would be cutting it a bit fine for my train booking.
I walked to the Metro station. I would literally have been waiting for an hour to buy tickets for the train and so in a panic ran back through Terminal 2 and fortunately managed to get one of the last seats on Les Cars Air France L4. Made it just in time for my train to Dijon.
Good job I used this method of transport from Charles de Gaulle and booked online in the UK.

DO NOT BOOK WITH THEM. Figure your way out via train. Overpriced, rude, inflexible.
I work in high end travel, with much more restricted capacity on our aircraft and we are more flexible. They operate multiple trips an hour, so they are not worried about maintaining minimum loads on their buses, just on getting your cash
Our travel plans had to change unexpectedly more than 2 weeks out from our arrival, and were required to move our hotel to the opposite side of the city, best they could tell me was to ride my $ 70 tickets which now put me 30 minutes from my accommodations. Their own English translation of their FAQ’s states that a refund is possible. Now i am stuck with $ 70 tickets to no where.
Will be disputing with Amex.

They have posters in the airport promoting the convenience of buying tickets online. But don’t mistake it for online purchases you would made anywhere else in the developed world. The online flow isn’t intended for you traveler types (god forbid you appear at an airport) unless you travel with a portable battery powered printer. The 20 euro tickets you buy are not valid unless printed even when it’s not written anywhere along the shopping/​transactional flow of the website.
So not all websites are well thought out and user friendly and you get forced to buy another set of tickets which happens but instead of being in the business of serving customers, what ensued was a big ‘a-​ha! we got you!’ moment for them where their staff (whom you have to pay to speak to) insist that they can’t refund you because you fell for it and it was your fault.
Talk about maximising short term gain instead of building a sustainable business. A better strategy would just be to drive to the wilderness and hold everyone for ransom money.

I am a regular client on the Air France buses, and the prices are ok although I wish they were less expensive.
I am writing to say that on our last trip from SF to Paris, we stopped in Gare Montparnasse to take a train to Chartres and we had to rush as the train was about to leave. A few minutes later as we were halfway between Paris and Versailles I asked my wife if she had seen my backpack, and we both realized that after 11 hours on the air, I must have been so exhausted that I had left my «precious» backpack on the bus on the seat by the window.
Calling from the train got me nowhere, so I left the train in Versailles rushed to Paris, and rushed to the Les Cars bus stop at Montparnasse, and the workers as well as the staff in charge of the operation made a couple of calls and located the bag. Luckily I had a red Royal Air Maroc special tag (with no names!) but that in itself was a confirmation that it was my bag, because one of the workers remembered seeing that tag.
I waited three hours for one of the buses to come to the train station, but when you discover that your camera, your i pad, assorted documents, eye glasses etc are all within that beat up bag you thank the Almighty and you give 5 stars to trustworthy people running a safe and good-​looking operation with plenty of white buses around Paris between two airports and plenty of key stops.

Pick your return tickets directly online for € 26 or a one-​way at € 15.50. Make sure to print it, the bus driver won’t accept it otherwise. Calculate a 5−10-minute walk from the metro/​rer station. Gare de Lyon is fairly big. This shuttle goes to Charles de Gaulle Airport. By the way, it’s rarely on time.

I have used AirFrance (now called Les Cars) twice in my trips to Paris. I have to say that my experience was generally excellent. However, after purchasing a round trip ticket for 29 euros, I was only able to use half of it. On the date of my return flight, the workers were on strike to protest gay marriage. This required me to take a taxi to another bus stop and get charged another 17 euros. Needless to say, this was a bad travel day and left me frustrated with Les Cars. Besides, why do they care if gays get married?

Update to my earlier review… yes., prices have gone up now.
But if you purchase your tickets on their website, you’ll save 10%. So with the discount my roundtrip fare was 26EUR.
This time I was dropping off a rental car at CDG and going back to Paris for my last night — — so naturally I booked LCAF.
If you are starting from Terminal 2 E or F in CDG, there is a nice little waiting lounge on the ground level in between the two terminals. You can certainly purchase tickets there, but they have a few monitors to show the times of all the buses.
Make sure you are at the stop when you need to be, cause the drivers do not wait long before they take off.
Again, very comfortable & affordable airport transfers. Highly recommend!

Take a TAXI. Waited almost 2 hours for the bus to CDG! The workers on site were very rude and were no help! Never again!!!

Un bus pratique pour rejoindre l’aéroport CDG depuis la porte Maillot en 45 minutes environ. Le tarif est un peu cher (15 euros) mais on peut bénéficier d’une petite réduction en le prenant à l’avance sur internet et cela reste tout de même moins cher que de prendre un taxi et moins long que d’y aller par le RER.
Petit plus: des bagagistes au départ et à l’arrivée vous aident à charger et décharger vos valises.
NB: à la disposition de tous les voyageurs, et pas seulement pour les passagers Air France.

Une bonne facon de rejoindre l’aeroport CDG.
Par contre:
— un toutes les 30 min (mais en realite encore moins car en greve et en retard)
— 24 euro a/​r en cash uniquement (toutefois moins cher que le taxi)
— pas d’abonnement, programme de fidelite, integration dans flying blue comme d’hab Air France se moque de ses clients

Tried to take the bus from Porte Maillot to CDG on May 30. Arrived at 0805, but no bus arrived until 0845. It did not have space for all the passengers at the stop, and the attendant did not know when the next bus would arrive. We wound up taking a taxi because our flight was scheduled for 1130 and we did not want to risk missing our flight back to the USA. So much for the claim of regular service every 20 minutes!
A few days earlier, we took the bus from Orly to Etoile, and it was fine.
4 stars for the Orly bus, but no stars for the CDG bus — that’s why I give Les Cars Air France just 2 stars.