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A seasoned travel blogger who was charged six times the going rate for a taxi ride from Paris’s Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to the city centre has warned against illegitimate taxi scams operating from the area.
Melissa Hie, known online as girleatworld.net, recently blogged about an ‘intimidating’ situation she found herself in with a fake Parisian taxi driver who quoted €360 (£312/$387) for a ride.
After refusing to pay the obscene amount, she said the driver became ‘aggressive’ and followed her into her hotel – only backing down when she paid him €80 (£69/$85).
CDG airport explains that official taxi rides are capped at €53 (£45/$55) for drop-offs on the right bank of the Seine and €58 (£50/$62) for the left side of the river.
However, many unsuspecting tourists have been stung by unauthorised operators and somehave taken to social media urging followers not to fall for …