The Paris Olympics are almost here, and Uber is ready to celebrate with a pair of new experiences allowing riders to toast their way through France and ride along the Seine on a free boat tour.
The rideshare company is gearing up to bring travelers from Paris to Epernay this summer — the epicenter of French Champagne — for exclusive tours of some of the best Champagne houses, Uber told . The experience, called Uber Bubbles, is available to book starting June 1 and will be offered on Fridays and Saturdays from June 7 to Aug. 17.
And the best news is the entire trip will only cost €200 ($216.96) for up to four guests.
Travelers who book the day trip will be picked up in an Uber Bubbles-branded Tesla and taken to lunch at the Perrier-Jouët Cellier Belle Epoque in Epernay where they can feast on dishes like crab and curry beignets and Caesar salad with tarragon fried chicken along with a tasting of three cuvées. After, they’ll head over to Maison G.H. Mumm in Reims for a visit to the cellar and Cordon Rouge tasting before being driven back to Paris.
The experience must be booked at least 24 hours in advance and can be booked up to 90 days before. To reserve, Champagne fans can select the “Uber Bubbles” icon on the home screen and choose an available date. Travelers will then enter their pickup and dropoff locations.
Uber will also make sightseeing in Paris easier by offering free one hour tours on fully-electric boats along the Seine. The experience will be called Uber Cruise and represents the first-ever Uber boat tours in Paris, the company told T+L.
The boat tours are expected to launch in mid-July.
The new experiences kick off just as travelers are expected to flock to Paris in droves for the Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony starts on July 26.
And to make travel to and from the airport during the Games just a bit smoother, the rideshare company will also designate specific pickup and drop-off locations throughout the city and at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).
