London Open top bus tours

woodi2

Hi all, has anyone any tips, discount codes or ideas for cheap tickets for the sight seeing open top bus tour in London. We are a family of 4 and looking to go this week. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

shebrett

I don't know about the discounts but I can tell you I've taken family from overseas on a couple of different bus lines and I can highly recommend the big bus company. I found them to be the best and all their staff on each bus were very entertaining. Like the other companies they go past all the major attractions but the others I tried were all a bit "blah", nothing bad and if you do use them you'll have a great day out and will see everything but the big bus company definately win on customer service.

karamunroe

I'm heading to London in October and I was thinking about an open top bus tour. I agree that they can seem a bit 'touristy' but I do think that I'll be able to see a lot more this way and won't have to walk everywhere.. it could save me time. I'm not sure how expensive London is to travel around?! I recently heard about a travel card you can get and use all around the city

shebrett

I found the tour to be very worthwhile (I live here but it was for the relatives). All of the buses pass the main attractions and you can jump on and off as many times as you want throughout the day. Most tickets last for 24 hours so if you start at midday you can also use them up until midday the next day. I forgot to mention earlier that it is worth looking for deals online as many of them offer discounts for places such as madame tussards/london dungeon etc.

Kara - if you look on the TFL (transport for london) website it will show you the different levels of travelcards with prices and restrictions. Bear in mind the cards are not for the open top tour buses.