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in this video we're going to show you

how to buy Metro tickets and how the new

2025 pricing that will start on January

1st will affect you we'll show you how

to buy your tickets at a machine at a

booth with an attendant or directly on

your phone via the official app and will

include the five apps you're going to

need when you're in Paris and stay tuned

until the end I have some important

information about what to do if you get

controlled in the Metro and they want to

give you a

on now before we talk about the new

pricing structure for 2025 let me tell

you how to buy a Metro ticket your first

option is to go to a booth like this one

behind me and talk to the attendant to

buy your ticket and in the train station

like gor they can be super busy and

you'll have to wait in line for a long

time this is why we recommend walking to

a smaller station nearby that may not

have any weight many of the attendants

will speak English but it's not a

guarantee your second option is to buy

at a machine like those one behind me

now it can get confusing because they

have multiple types of ticket machines

so let me show you the right one you

have the machine where you can buy the

navigo pass which is where everybody is

right now so you can buy your navigo

pass you can buy your single tickets to

the airport or to Disney or to Versa you

can buy all your tickets at this machine

those two machines there for people that

don't have a tickets once you have your

navigo pass then you can go to these

smaller machines there and you have the

little round uh purple knob where you

will put your navigo pass to recharge it

so those are the two kinds of machine

that you will see in the Metro and of

course the one with the long line is the

one you need to go to but once you have

your card then see there's nobody in

line for the one that you need to

recharge so that's always a great option

and the fourth option is to buy the

navigo pass or any ticket directly on

the phone via the official app now let

me show you the five apps you need to

have in Paris including the one where

you can buy your navigo pass directly on

them all right so the first app you need

to have is the bonjour ratp why I use

this app is mostly for direction to know

how to get from point A to point B so it

says where are you going so let me just

say that I'm going to the iold tower tfl

right here now it's going to be

searching for the best route for me to

go from right here gardano because it

knows where I am to the full tower and

you can see that there's multiple

options here I could take the re e to

Metro station number n and it's going to

take me 31 minutes and if I scroll down

I have one which is strictly Metro which

is line four to line 8 so let me open

this one because I want to stay in the

Metro side as opposed to going from RE

to Metro which are two different system

let me click on that so the first thing

that it's telling me is it's showing me

the map of Paris and if you scroll down

it it's going to show you that you're

living gardo and you're going to go in

Direction B which my wife calls bagu but

it's B Lucy OB right so that's the

direction that you need to go line four

Direction ban that's the most important

information because as soon as you get

in the Metro you're going to look at the

number four and the second thing you

need to know is what direction that I'm

going into because all metros go in One

Direction or the other so you need to

know which line and which direction once

you have that you're good and it's

telling me how crowded it is and then I

can also see if I push down on the

little thing here it's going to show me

the stations that I'm going to go

through so the first station is going to

be GES shat do and then is stasb San I'm

going to have to change so you'll know

the stations and if you see the sign in

the hallways that name the station

you're going to know that you're going

down on the right platform and then in

stasbor s

I'm going to change to line eight and

I'm going to go Direction Ballard and

there it's telling me to actually go in

the front of the train so it's giving

you all the information that you can

know even before you get inside the

Metro so once you get inside you're good

to go and then at the end so I'm going

to click on that it's showing me all the

stations that it's going to go through b

boulev all those station L mobile and

then exit at AOL military and there is

telling me that I have another 15minute

walk from that station to go to the

Eiffel Tower there's actually no Metro

station right at the base of the Eiffel

Tower all stations you'll have to walk

quite a bit the second thing that it has

at the bottom which I use quite often is

the little map feature all the way at

the bottom and then it's giving me the

maps uh of the Metro right here so then

I can blow it up and then I can see uh

exactly my connections and I can squeeze

in but I can also look at RB for example

if I want to see the line here and all

the stations that are from uh Charles

deal to Paris and all the stations that

it stops into gardo chat s Melle I can

see that so that's a very helpful help

that I recommend everybody to get

bonjour ATP let me give you the second

one the second one is IDF Mobility which

is right next to it that's the one

you're going to use if you want to use

your phone as the device to get in and

out so the first option on this thing is

I can purchase the ticket directly on my

phone so I can click on that and it's

giving me the option single tickets day

tickets and package now note that right

now it's still 2024 so it's giving me

the options for 2024 once we are in 2025

this is going to change but you can buy

a day ticket for one or seven days you

know a one- day pass or multi-day pass

so let me just choose that obviously I

need to log in create myself an account

but once this is done you will literally

have the pass the navigo pass on your

phone and you'll use your phone to get

in and out through the turn Styles makes

your life easy it used to be clunky but

they've done a lot of progress with the

app and a lot of people have telling us

that this works great now we ran into a

couple of fans in front of gas salaza

that told us that they were using their

Apple watch to get in and out without

having you without using their phone and

it works seamlessly so it's also a great

option if you have an iple watch and I'm

pretty much sure that the Samsung watch

just works the exact same so that's a

great option if you're in Paris but I

will recommend that you only use that if

you are really at ease using those apps

if you're not if it's your first time I

probably recommend that you buy the

physical pass now the other thing that

you can do and I do this all the time

with Colleen because we have the

physical navigo pass is we actually

check how many passes we have on our

card so colen will give me the card I

put the card in the back of my phone

like it shows here and then it tells me

immediately how many pass I have left so

you can check on this before you leave

in the morning and make sure that you

have enough passes for the day if not

you go to one of those purple machines

and you refal it before you start your

day the next app you need to have on

your phone before you arrive in Paris is

Google Google translate this will save

your life if you don't speak any word of

French cuz this is really awesome so let

me show you how that works you can type

the question or you can actually speak

it into your phone hello I need some

help I'm trying to buy a navigo pass the

daily one to go to and from the airport

can you help me out with that and it

translated directly into French now let

me show you how it works if you want to

play it to someone

no and you and you can change the voice

if you want to have a male voice if

you're a male or a female voice

personally I don't care but this is

awesome this works everywhere if you're

in a store if you're buying a ticket if

you're in your hotel if you get stopped

and someone is trying to give you a

ticket or anything you can have a

conversation here without feeling stuck

this is a must download and must have

with you when you're in Paris the next

app is on different screen and that's

Google Map Google Map works beautifully

same thing here I want to go to the I

Tower from here and give me some

directions and give it to me uh with the

uh transportation and you can see here

it's pretty much very similar

information I actually telling me to

take line four to line six on this one

that's interesting it's giving me a

different option if I click on that uh

it's pretty much the same thing it's

going to give me the uh the walking

directions uh there is the station it's

telling you that there are sixc car

train and to go in the third one it's

showing you all the stops that you're

going to take oh my God this one is

taking you I would not take this one I

actually prefer my uh initial version on

bonjo RTP 4 to8 than this one I think

bonjo RP is going to be a little bit

more accurate in terms of which metro

line you should take versus Google Map

the next one has to do with Uber and we

get this question all the time does Uber

in France is the same as the United

States or Australia 100% you don't need

a different app the same app that you're

using in the United States it's the same

way so here I want to go from here well

let's stay with the theme of the Eiffel

Tower I want to go to the Eiffel Tower

it's saying this and now it's going to

be looking for options and I got one

that is looks like 3 minutes away so

it's going to tell me where to stay

outside actually I can pin it just like

it is in the uh us or wherever you're

coming from so it works exactly the same

way and you have all the options however

this is not my favorite option in Paris

and there's a big reason why let me

explain to you uh there's another app

called G7 which actually is the taxi the

problem with Uber is Paris is a very

congested city right you have a lot of

traffic on a good day and some days it's

like absolutely insane and the Uber cars

cannot go in the taxi Lane which the

buses and the taxis in Paris have

dedicated lanes for them this is why I

recommend that you also download and

sign and get an account and get your

credit card ready with G7 G7 is an app

for Parisian taxis that works exactly

like uber G7 is going to be a lifesaver

especially if you want to use uh a taxi

or an Uber type of Transportation uh

during peak hours because it'll be a lot

faster now peak hours in Paris are 7 to

9 a.m. and then 4: to 700 p.m. it starts

to open up a little bit like towards

8:00 it starts to open up but Paris

overall is very congested so you're

going to have to see and balance which

kind of Transportation you need to take

whether it's going to be better with a

Metro or with a taxi depending on the

time of the day and I'm going to

recommend that you watch this video

about some of the most common taxi scams

in Paris before you come here but our

experience with the G7 app it's since

the transaction is directly on your

phone there is no scamming involved

there's no exchange of money it's going

to be directly in the app just like an

Uber so it's a lot easier and that would

be my recommendation next let's talk

about pricing because starting January

1st 2025 the prices of the Metro are

changing and it's going to be a lot more

simple come on let me show you so it

used to be that Paris was broken down

into five zones for transportation like

5 4 3 2 and one and now all of that is

going away so you don't have to worry

about what zone you're in or what ticket

you need for that because it's all going

to be the same it's so much simpler

going to Versa or Disney via the re is

now a flat €50 per person one way or 5

round trip going to and from the

airports it's also simplified with one

single Fair of €13 per person one way

VIA the re or via the Wy bus or Orly bus

it's just a flat 13 rate and the same

thing goes for metro line 14 which goes

all the way to orley it's also €13 per

person one way taking the bus or tram

will now be cheaper with only €2 flat

rate per person one way the daily navigo

pass will now be €1 per person per day

for unlimited use of Metro and re

however that doesn't include going to

and from the airport that's an

additional €13 like I said before and

the navigo visitor pass which was

designed for tourists is now going to be

€29.90 per person per day and it

includes unlimited use of the metro arar

and passage to and from the airport and

if you still have old tickets and navigo

passes they will remain valid until

December 31st 2025 but after that those

will be obsolete the Paris Metro is very

effective and efficient but like any big

touristic spot it has its fair share of

pig Pockets so don't worry be prepared

we always take some money belts and

other anti- theft gears we put a link in

the description below check it out and

see if there's something in there you

need to keep you safe all right so I

just got back home but I need to address

one thing with you which is what happens

if you get controlled in the Metro and

they want to give you a fine and the

reason why I'm bringing this up is

because it happens too often that we see

someone mentioning that in our Facebook

group that they got controlled in the

Metro and they were asked to pay a fine

on the spot so I need to address that so

people understand what they need to do

and how to react if that happens to you

so in some of the cases it happens

because people didn't validate their

ticket they didn't put it through the

Turn Style and they don't have a

validated ticket or they bought the

wrong ticket they bought the ticket for

a child they're an adult or they bought

the wrong zone or they just simply

bought the wrong thing they're getting

controlled and now the controller is

asking them to pay a f now for me when I

hear those stories I feel like this was

an honest mistake and the controller

should probably have more empathy and

compassion for a confused tourist but

usually they really don't what we've

heard was that the controllers were un

flexible ible somewhat confrontational

and pretty aggressive my beef with this

is that the controllers know who they're

dealing with here now people invading

fairs and fraud is a huge problem in

Paris and they've estimated that it's

costing the City of Paris around €200

million EUR a year and towards evading

paying the fairs I don't think that

that's the big problem that we're

dealing with in Paris and I'm going to

leave it at that it is my opinion that

sometimes they try to take advantage of

disoriented and Confused tourists and

that the controllers should use common

sense when they're face with those

people but what we've heard in our

Facebook group is that they are

categorically unflexible and ask people

to pay the fine on the spot now here is

what you need to know first and foremost

you are under no obligation to pay the

fine on the spot and they'll threaten

that if you do not pay on the spot your

find will be more expensive and while

that is true at least you will have a

chance to plead your case and dispute

what they're saying about your ticket

and I'm going to put a link in the

description below to the official

website when you can file such a dispute

now according to multiple French news

outlets Metro controllers have an

incentive to get you to pay on the spot

because they're getting a 10% commission

if you pay on the spot so that may

explain while they are unflexible that

you pay now and not later because if you

pay later they get nothing personally I

think that's pretty outrageous but

that's what so and it's very very

important that you do not lose your

temper insult them or become

confrontational remain calm and just

State your case because if you become

confrontational then it's going to

become a problem for you because they

may call security and then they'll say

that you're the bad person so whatever

you do stay calm there's no reasons to

get upset calmly refute what they're

saying if you believe that you have a

valid ticket with you and that you

bought it in good faith you went to the

machine you bought a ticket and this is

what I have I have often seen some of

the turn Styles in gor for example that

are completely open or that they are not

working properly so you may put in your

ticket think you just validated your

ticket go through the Turn Style but it

didn't do anything because the machine

is broken now if you see a controller

they're going to say you didn't validate

your ticket and you say yes I did and

with their Scan they can see that you

didn't but here's the thing the fact

that the machine is broken is something

that you can dispute later on and saying

you have a defective machine I bought a

ticket in good faith but if they're

unflexible and ask you to pay a fine

don't panic in France you are in the

country of Human Rights and you do have

rights they can get all flustered

there's not much that they can do in the

worst case scenario have them issue you

a ticket and tell them that you will pay

it later but whatever you do do not pay

them on the spot you can show them your

driver's license you do not need to have

your passport with you at all time in

France and your driver's license will be

sufficient and have them issue what they

call a pro verbal which is basically the

word for a fine you'll have two months

to fill out the paperwork and file your

dispute and again I'm going to put a

link in the description so you might

want to save this video in case it

happens to you and of course it may be a

waste of your time and be pretty

frustrating especially if you think that

you bought a ticket in good faith but

take it in stride there is a lot of

fraud in Paris and they have to crack

down unfortunately you got caught in it

now to avoid this all together make sure

that each person in your group has a

ticket and it gets validated when you're

going through the Turn Style you should

put your card down and you should hear a

beep sound and then you should see the

little green light and the door will

open up if you see that you're good to

go but if you see a door that's open my

personal advice avoid those doors that

are already pre-open or seeing a Turn

Style that doesn't look right go to a

one that's working and you will avoid

this mess all together in this video we

showed you how to buy Metro tickets next

I would watch this one about 20day trips

you can take from Paris by train

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ticket /ˈtɪkɪt/ B1	noun - a paper or electronic document that authorises a passenger to travel
metro /ˈmɛtroʊ/ B1	noun - the underground urban railway system
pass /pæs/ B2	noun - a card or document that allows unlimited travel within a period
machine /məˈʃiːn/ B1	noun - a device that performs a task, e.g., ticket‑selling machine
app /æp/ B2	noun - short for application; a software program for mobile devices
pricing /ˈpraɪsɪŋ/ C1	noun - the system or method of setting prices
zone /zoʊn/ B2	noun - a defined area, especially for fare calculation (e.g., zone 1, zone 2)
fare /fɛr/ B2	noun - the price paid for a journey on public transport
validate /ˈvælɪˌdeɪt/ B2	verb - to confirm that a ticket is genuine and activated, usually by passing it through a turnstile
controller /kənˈtroʊlər/ C1	noun - a person who checks tickets on public transport
fine /faɪn/ B2	noun - a monetary penalty for breaking a rule
dispute /dɪˈspjuːt/ C1	verb - to argue about the correctness of a charge or decision
navigate /ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt/ B2	verb - to find one’s way, especially using a map or app
commuter /kəˈmjuːtər/ B2	noun - a person who travels regularly between home and work
congestion /kənˈdʒɛs.tʃən/ C1	noun - overcrowding; heavy traffic that slows movement
scamming /ˈskæmɪŋ/ C2	noun - the act of cheating someone out of money or assets
refund /ˈriːfʌnd/ B2	noun - money returned to a customer who has paid for something
inconvenient /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt/ B2	adjective - causing trouble or difficulty; not easy to deal with

Key Grammar Structures

• in this video we're going to show you how to buy Metro tickets and how the new 2025 pricing that will start on January 1st will affect you

  ➔ Future tense with 'going to'

  ➔ 'Going to' is used to express future plans or intentions. Here, it indicates a planned action in the future.

• we'll show you how to buy your tickets at a machine at a booth with an attendant or directly on your phone via the official app

  ➔ Modal verb 'will' for future

  ➔ 'Will' is used to express a promise or a future action. Here, it indicates what the speaker will do in the future.

• many of the attendants will speak English but it's not a guarantee

  ➔ Modal verb 'will' for future possibility

  ➔ 'Will' can also express a future possibility. Here, it suggests that some attendants might speak English, but it’s not certain.

• those two machines there for people that don't have a tickets

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'that' for non-defining clause

  ➔ 'That' is used in a non-defining relative clause to provide additional information. Here, it describes the purpose of the machines.

• let me show you the five apps you need to have in Paris including the one where you can buy your navigo pass directly on them

  ➔ Present participle 'including'

  ➔ 'Including' is used as a present participle to add information. Here, it introduces an example of the apps being discussed.

• Google Map works beautifully same thing here I want to go to the I Tower from here and give me some directions

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or instructions. Here, 'give me some directions' is a direct request.

• the daily navigo pass will now be €1 per person per day for unlimited use of Metro and re

  ➔ Present simple for future arrangements

  ➔ The present simple is used to describe future arrangements or schedules. Here, it states a new pricing policy.

• if you still have old tickets and navigo passes they will remain valid until December 31st 2025

  ➔ Conditional sentence Type 1

  ➔ Conditional sentence Type 1 is used for likely or real conditions. Here, it describes a probable situation and its result.

• in France you are in the country of Human Rights and you do have rights

  ➔ Present simple for general truths

  ➔ The present simple is used to state general truths or facts. Here, it emphasizes a fundamental principle.