Best way for getting around london

marcbeth

Hi going to london in may for 4 days.Could anyone tell me the cheapest way to go on the underground,will be going to most of the attractions that i can.Thanks..

Browntoa

1 day travel cards are the cheapest , can be used on tube,buses or trains

Browntoa

prices here

http://www.londontravelpass.com/prices.asp

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The London Travelcard and London Visitor Travelcardare the travel passes for visitors to London. The Travelcard is easy to purchase and as well as saving money also saves a lot of time obtaining tickets individually.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Travelcard pass covers :[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The entireLondon Underground network.[/FONT]

• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The entireLondon bus network.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The overland rail network within London (not Airport expresses)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Docklands Light Railway (DLR)[/FONT]
• [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]33% discount onriver services[/FONT]

you can buy online in advance or at any tube/train stationyou can also get this

http://www.londontravelpass.com/sightseeing.asp

Why not complement
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The London Pass saves you money, and enables
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jojo2004

Or you could look into a Visitor Oyster Card (or if you're coming back within two years, get a normal Oyster) - see the tfl website for details. At the moment, they are giving out free Oyster cards (normally £3 a pop as a deposit) and all you have to do is charge it up with credit when you get there. Makes life a LOT cheaper!!
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squashy

http://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/oystercard.htm

I have looked at the oyster and travlecard. Can someone confirm that if I get an oyster card it will cap my daily costs to the price of that of a railcard? I am going for three days and while one day I will probably be hopping here there and everywhere, the other 2 days I might only make a couple of journeys.

I think the only catch is that you have to pay a £3 refundable deposit for the oyster, and that you don't get a discount on river journeys.

Have I got this right?

AnnieH

I got a day travelcard when I went the other week. I was only about £5 and that covered buses as well as the tube. Also, children under 11 travel free too, which I didn't know :T

dzug

The Oyster PAYG card will cap your daily spend to 50p less than the equivalent railcard. Only point to note that it is not valid on (most) national rail journeys - eg to Greenwich or Hampton Court - whereas a paper travelcard is.

alanrowell

The PAYG Oystercard means you can't use 2for1 offers

A travelcard - whether on paper (1 or 3 days) or Oystercard (7 days or longer) means you can

squashy

alanrowell wrote: »

The PAYG Oystercard means you can't use 2for1 offers

A travelcard - whether on paper (1 or 3 days) or Oystercard (7 days or longer) means you can

Aha well that might be a clincher then. By the way, is Oyster PAYG valid on DLR?

alanrowell

Yes it is - if going to Greenwich it's best to get off at Island Gardens, walk to the edge of the Thames then take the passenger tunnel to Greenwich

cowboy

I'm a bit confused after reading this thread. So it's better to get the paper travel card than to get the PAYG Oyster card?