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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
I am trying to weigh the value of the London pass with travel which is
currently selling for about $160 to $170 pp vs Oyster $74.00 pp for zones 1-6 and paying for the attractions in London. Coming in from LHR via United for six nights. Any exp travellers out their want to give their opinion? my daughter who is 13 wants to see the typical attractions. I want her to see some she may not be aware of and I also want to check out where I use to live; St John's Wood to Hampstead. Science Museum Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum London Eye Tower of London 10 Downing St WWII museum London Dungeon Houses of Parliment Big Ben and the London bridge |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
Blaaaaaaaa wrote on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:07:44 GMT:
Science Museum Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum The prices quoted here probably include a commission but the admission to many places would soon add up. I assume GBP 1.00 = USD 1.4. http://www.1st4londontheatre.co.uk/attractions/ -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
I got my 7-day Travelcard for zones 1-2 at the Underground ticket
office in T4 at LHR. I also had the clerk add a small cash supplement to pay for the additional zones so I could take the Picadilly line into London and back to airport (some people prefer other modes of travel to go between LHR and London, like the Heathrow Express if you want to go to Paddington Station, but the Underground is the cheapest). There was no deposit cherged for this Oyster card, so I also came away with a free souvenir. I found that, except for LHR, I had no need to go beyond zones 1-2 when playing tourist in London. Psychologically, one thing I like about the pass is the "freedom of the rails" where I can take short hops on public transportation for "free". |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
"Blaaaaaaaa" wrote in message ... I am trying to weigh the value of the London pass with travel which is currently selling for about $160 to $170 pp vs Oyster $74.00 pp for zones 1-6 and paying for the attractions in London. The London pass is almost certainly going to cost more, unless you really max out on the more expensive attractions. I note that the LP can be purchased with or without travel and that a travel days costs 7.00. But if you only want to stay inside zones 1 and 2 the cost of an off peak pass is only 5.60. It will cost more if you want to start your journey before 9:30, but are you really going to want to do that? Coming in from LHR via United for six nights. Any exp travellers out their want to give their opinion? my daughter who is 13 wants to see the typical attractions. I want her to see some she may not be aware of and I also want to check out where I use to live; St John's Wood to Hampstead. Science Museum free Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum free London Eye Tower of London 10 Downing St free (not that you can see much) WWII museum Do you mean the Imperial War Museum - free London Dungeon Houses of Parliment Big Ben and the London bridge free HTH tim |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
Well our flight arrives at LHR at 5 AM if on time which is a big "if" coming
out of Chicago in March. I considered the express but at 15 a pop I would rather take the tube and go to St Johns Wood but my daughter has never exp rush hour in a major city. We could alway mill about Heathrow for a while. Our hotel is in between Pimlico and Sloane Square zone 1 and St Johns is Zone 2 unless we got off at Baker Street and walked to St John's Wood. I don't remember the London Dungeon being free. ? Tower of London 16.50 + 9.50 She now wants to look at Kensington palace 12.30 + 6.15 London Dung 13.05 + 9.23 London Eye 20.93 x 2 totals 108.59 for admissions alone = $ 158.514 So that is 1 London pass and travel card. 6 days at 7.00 = 42 x 2 = 84 = $122.618 give or take and that is another one. "tim....." wrote in message ... "Blaaaaaaaa" wrote in message ... I am trying to weigh the value of the London pass with travel which is currently selling for about $160 to $170 pp vs Oyster $74.00 pp for zones 1-6 and paying for the attractions in London. The London pass is almost certainly going to cost more, unless you really max out on the more expensive attractions. I note that the LP can be purchased with or without travel and that a travel days costs 7.00. But if you only want to stay inside zones 1 and 2 the cost of an off peak pass is only 5.60. It will cost more if you want to start your journey before 9:30, but are you really going to want to do that? Coming in from LHR via United for six nights. Any exp travellers out their want to give their opinion? my daughter who is 13 wants to see the typical attractions. I want her to see some she may not be aware of and I also want to check out where I use to live; St John's Wood to Hampstead. Science Museum free Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum free London Eye Tower of London 10 Downing St free (not that you can see much) WWII museum Do you mean the Imperial War Museum - free London Dungeon Houses of Parliment Big Ben and the London bridge free HTH tim |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:38:13 -0600, "Blaaaaah"
wrote: I don't remember the London Dungeon being free. ? Tower of London 16.50 + 9.50 She now wants to look at Kensington palace 12.30 + 6.15 London Dung 13.05 + 9.23 London Eye 20.93 x 2 totals 108.59 for admissions alone = $ 158.514 So that is 1 London pass and travel card. 6 days at 7.00 = 42 x 2 = 84 = $122.618 give or take and that is another one. a 1 week, zone 1 and 2 travel card is 25.80 not 42 pounds, and lets you travel before 9:30. Also if you're just using Oyster for your journeys, then you are paying a maximum of 6.70 a day if you leave before 9:30 every day, and make enough journeys, otherwise it's going to be less than that. so the 42 is definately not a reasonable limit. (you originally said 74 USD for the all zones travel card for a week - it's only 47.60 GBP if you buy it at LHR when you arrive, which is less than that. Jim. |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
47.60 GBP = 68.5775 USD
United Kingdom Pounds United States Dollars 1 GBP = 1.44070 USD 1 USD = 0.694106 GBP "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:38:13 -0600, "Blaaaaah" wrote: I don't remember the London Dungeon being free. ? Tower of London 16.50 + 9.50 She now wants to look at Kensington palace 12.30 + 6.15 London Dung 13.05 + 9.23 London Eye 20.93 x 2 totals 108.59 for admissions alone = $ 158.514 So that is 1 London pass and travel card. 6 days at 7.00 = 42 x 2 = 84 = $122.618 give or take and that is another one. a 1 week, zone 1 and 2 travel card is 25.80 not 42 pounds, and lets you travel before 9:30. Also if you're just using Oyster for your journeys, then you are paying a maximum of 6.70 a day if you leave before 9:30 every day, and make enough journeys, otherwise it's going to be less than that. so the 42 is definately not a reasonable limit. (you originally said 74 USD for the all zones travel card for a week - it's only 47.60 GBP if you buy it at LHR when you arrive, which is less than that. Jim. |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
"Blaaaaah" wrote in message ... Well our flight arrives at LHR at 5 AM if on time which is a big "if" coming out of Chicago in March. I considered the express but at 15 a pop I would rather take the tube and go to St Johns Wood but my daughter has never exp rush hour in a major city. We could alway mill about Heathrow for a while. Our hotel is in between Pimlico and Sloane Square zone 1 and St Johns is Zone 2 unless we got off at Baker Street and walked to St John's Wood. I don't remember the London Dungeon being free. ? I didn't say that it was! Tower of London 16.50 + 9.50 She now wants to look at Kensington palace 12.30 + 6.15 London Dung 13.05 + 9.23 London Eye 20.93 x 2 totals 108.59 for admissions alone = $ 158.514 So that is 1 London pass and travel card. One of us is misunderstanding. The London pass is a personal pass. You have to buy a separate pass for a child! (unless there's something different in this US version). Yep, you'll make a saving if you manage to rush around these things in one day. If you take 4 days doing them, you won't. tim |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
On Jan 31, 8:07*pm, "Blaaaaaaaa" wrote:
Science Museum Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum London Eye Tower of London 10 Downing St WWII museum London Dungeon Houses of Parliment Big Ben and the London bridge What I recommend is Oyster cards + http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk (but 1 get 1 Free offers) This involves getting a train ticket into London from St. John's Wood (or Hampstead, you said?), and taking a printout of the coupon for each of the attractions that you want to see. The Tower of London, Madame Tussauds and many others are included. I managed to make full use of my London Pass way back in 2001, but this was quite a strain, and I ruled out some attractions that I wanted to see, but are NOT on the London Pass. During my subsequent two visits, I did use daily travelcards, and found it far more enjoyable, pacing myself at attractions I really wanted to see, and even finding time to go out to the Lake District, Cambridge, Oxford, Stratford, Dover and further afield to Scotland and Wales. If you have a London Pass, you will be loath to waste it, and your entire holiday will be dominated by trying to max it out. Note that some of the attractions you have listed are FREE anyway, and you may not see them if you try to gain maximum advantage out your London Pass(es). Relax and Enjoy Merrie Olde England .. |
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London Pass or Oyster and pay as you go?
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Wiener Sänger wrote: On Jan 31, 8:07*pm, "Blaaaaaaaa" wrote: Science Museum Royal Art Museum Natural History Museum London Eye Tower of London 10 Downing St WWII museum London Dungeon Houses of Parliment Big Ben and the London bridge What I recommend is Oyster cards + http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk (but 1 get 1 Free offers) This involves getting a train ticket into London from St. John's Wood (or Hampstead, you said?), and taking a printout of the coupon for each of the attractions that you want to see. The Tower of London, Madame Tussauds and many others are included. I managed to make full use of my London Pass way back in 2001, but this was quite a strain, and I ruled out some attractions that I wanted to see, but are NOT on the London Pass. During my subsequent two visits, I did use daily travelcards, and found it far more enjoyable, pacing myself at attractions I really wanted to see, and even finding time to go out to the Lake District, Cambridge, Oxford, Stratford, Dover and further afield to Scotland and Wales. If you have a London Pass, you will be loath to waste it, and your entire holiday will be dominated by trying to max it out. Note that some of the attractions you have listed are FREE anyway, and you may not see them if you try to gain maximum advantage out your London Pass(es). Relax and Enjoy Merrie Olde England .. Myself and two daughters (12 and 8) had a 2 day London Pass that was on special from BA last summer. We bought TravelCards and were staying in Kingston. We did see London Zoo, Kensington Palace, Tower of London, Regents Canal, Hampton Court, Royal Collection, Royal Mews, Tower to Waterloo boat ride, Changing of Guard. I did have an Oyster Card. London Transport gets really fussy, and insisted my daughter over 10 had an Oyster Card, which is free if under 16 but need to apply to Post Office (or fill an application available at the PO). Had to pay cash for the 12 year old travel card. Definitely would spend more time at Tower of London, pass on London zoo. Definitely see the Dungeon. Kensington Palace, Royal Collection, Royal Mews, were all okay but not worth the effort IMHO, and not of great interest to my two girls. The Thames boat ride at sunset was really fun. Not sure about the Eye, seems a bit overrated and was not included on the London Pass we had. Hampton Court was very interesting, needed more time though. Next time will see Windsor Castle and Eton. It was all a bit manic, but my kids seemed to have a good time. We also took the double decker from Kingston to LHR, which for 16miles took 1hr. My kids really enjoyed sitting upstairs at the front of the bus. Really enjoyed Terminal 5, it is really eye-popping. Getting from the central bus depot to Terminal 5 was quite an adventure too. Remember take the free underground, which is not well promoted. This was early August 2008, exchange rate was horrific, crowds around Buckingham Palace were impossible. Regents Canal boat ride was okay, real slowww. You need to plan your itinerary. We did most of riding around London on the bus, as the best way to see London. Even found an old Routemaster at Paddington with a conductor. If your plane arrives at 5am, it will be 6:30am by time get through customs, and out to the bus area. If Terminal 5, take the underground. Will get you into London around 7:30am. If you get caught up in the middle of the rush hour, might not be a lot of fun with your bags. Go to your hotel, and leave your bags and find a cafe can hang out in for a while. Depending on how hardy a traveller you are, going to feel pretty wasted. My daughters were pretty fired up, when we arrived in London at 3pm after a 10 hour flight, having left US, 5pm the day before. Just walking around taking in the sights and smells is fun for me. --good luck mikeb |
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