2 for 1 if travelling London by train??
 

I see the adds for the tickets to events and on River Cruises are 2 for 1 if you travel by train. Does that include our Travelcard on the London Tube which covers us for bus and train?

I think I'll order tickets if this is true.

A PAPER Day travelcard is good for the 2-for-1 offer.

Your travelcard must be dated the same day as you plan to use the offer.

To qualify for the 2for1 offers listed at www.daysoutguide.co.uk you must buy a National Rail paper travelcard at any mainline train station. That travelcard will be good for the Tube, Docklands Light Railway, and National Rail trains within the zones covered plus the entire London bus network. Travelcards bought at Tube stations do NOT qualify. Print the vouchers you want at the daysoutguide site and take them with you. Buy your travelcards when you get to London.

Okay so the 7 day travelcard will qualify us?

Sorry to sound dense I've never sorted out the "travelcard" issue and felt confident with what I'm actually doing.

Thank you both for the prompt answer to my post!!

Yes. You can buy a one-, three-, or seven-day paper travelcard at National Rail stations. Any of them will qualify you for the 2for1 offers.

thanks Tim! So to clarify for us dullards - paper travelcards bought at Tube stations do NOT qualify - just those bought at National Rail Stations like Euston, Kings X, Charing X, Victoria stations, etc. Right? Weird but seems so.

Yes, PalenQ. The travelcards must bear the National Rail logo.

To confuse things further, Transport for London does have some 2for1 specials associated with travelcards bought at Tube stations, but the choices are much more limited than those offered by National Rail.

Would it be unethical to buy a one-day Travelcard just so you could get twofers on a couple of high-ticket adventures, like the Tower or the Churchill/War Rooms? For £5.30, you could still come out ahead.

How about if you just went to a train station and asked an arriving passenger for his used ticket? After all, <u>some</u>body paid for a ticket, even if it wasn't you.

Robespierre,

Your first scenario falls within the guidelines as quoted from the daysoutguide site: &quot;2for1 and special offers/admission vouchers are available with almost ANY type of train ticket issued to London on normal 'paper' ticket stock (i.e. not electronic or 'smartcard' but for exceptions see below) and valid on the day you wish to visit the attraction, theatre, or restaurant, e.g. rail tickets include Day Travelcards, Family Travelcards, Cheap Day Returns, Savers, SuperSavers, Advance Purchase Tickets, Apex, Open tickets, Season Tickets, various promotional travel tickets that may be issued from time to time, etc...&quot;

IMO, your second scenario would be unethical.

Need advice- We are 4 adults staying near Westminster Abbey in early Sept for 11 days. We plan to get Oyster Cards for bus and underground when we can not walk to the tourist sites. Would it be a better deal to buy Travelcards to get the 2 for 1 deals on the days we plan to go to the places in the offer (Tower of London, Kenningston Palace etc.)?
Do we need to buy 2 or 4 Travelcards to use the 2 for 1 offer for the 4 adults. I have printed 2 coupons for each place we wish to use the offer. Will that be all we need or do we need 4 coupons. The registration for the coupon asked for the date we are going to use the coupon, but the printed coupon does not have a date. Can we use the printed coupon anyday?
Any help is greatly appreciated

mKaren,

On any given day you can get by with one National Rail paper travelcard/couple and one coupon/couple for each place you wish to take advantage of the 2for1 offers. The other two people can use their Oyster cards for travel on those days.

<i>Author: TimS
Date: 08/20/2008, 05:38 pm

Your first scenario falls within the guidelines as quoted from the daysoutguide site...

IMO, your second scenario would be unethical.</i>

Do the guidelines specify that the twofer user must have purchased the train ticket? I don't see that language in the excerpt you quoted.

mKaren,

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: I just read the rules more closely on the daysoutguide site. While one voucher per couple is all you'll need for each place you'll visit, EVERYONE WILL NEED HIS OR HER OWN NATIONAL RAIL TRAVELCARD!! Sorry for giving you false information.

Robespierre,

I don't find anything in the rules that says you have to be the one who bought the train tickets or travelcards. I suppose that it would work if you convinced two people to give you their used tickets. However, just because it may be possible doesn't make it ethical. IMO, the ethical thing to do is to buy one's own ticket or travelcard.