Saw this being sold on the internet? www.visitbritain.us

I purchasing from this site a good deal?

Yes, it's a good deal; it worked out to be cheaper for us last year.

Lee Ann

I just saw your post on the Oyster card/Travel card thread. Are you planning to spend all of your time in London, with just a day trip to Bath? If so, check the list of sites covered by the Great British Heritage Pass to make sure it's worth the price. I don't remember much in London being covered by the pass.

Lee Ann

Yes, I did make comment on the oyster card travel card thread as I am very confused on this topic as what will be best for us. Taking advantage of the 2 for 1 is appealing.
I am still very confused on what is best for our May 19 to May 29th visit- our base will be London
Bloomsbury area, and we would enjoy day trips though I am so behind schedule on planning -I don't know where we are going on what days.!!

We do want to visit the Tower of London & (I have tickets to the ceremony of the keys on the Thursday of our visit.), Hampton Court, and the must see sites, Stonehenge was recommended also. I think we should have time for a couple-three?? day trips although I know there is plenty to do righ in London!

My work has kept me too busy to do much planning although I know I need to get with it!! and my daughter has been busy with college finals so she -though excited about our upcomming trip she has been concentrating on making good grades! Any and all help/recommendations are appreciated! as I am a travel rookie.

Get a good map of London from local bookstore if you can.

From internet or guide books or this forum, decide on your must-sees and then your love-to-sees and then your maybes. Group them by map area so you're not zigzagging around wasting time. Tube and buses make the city accessible but walking is best a lot of the time--but need to have stuff within walking distance! This is the way I've planned our 14 1/2 days in London (with 5 day trips via train and bus).

Here's my plan for using the 2for1 offers as well as an Oyster (pay as you go on tube and bus) car. We will Oyster cards upon arrival, load them up with some pounds, and use these pay as you go cards for most of our travel. On the days we decide to go to one of the 2for1 places (like for us Tower and Tower Bridge on same day and Westminstr Abbey on a different day), on our way there we will purchase paper 1-day tickets which should be what I need for the 2for1 offers that day. (If I were doing such things 3 days in a row, then the 3 day pass would be cheaper than a 1-day. The 7 day is even cheaper, but I kinda doubt if you'd do 2for1 things every day for 7 days) The Oyster card is cheaper than the day passes, but from my calculations the day passes are worth it if you need it for 2for1. Then the other days we will use the Oyster card (and top it up if we need to ).

I didn't find that any of the Heritage Passes or London Pass or anything was going to be a good bargain for us as we weren't going to that many places. ElendilPickle (lucky girl) got to go to LOTS of places and so it was a deal.

Another planning tip--spend as much time as you can spare using this forum. You have to weed through a bit to get info for your needs, but it's a wealth of info and easy to use. So make your list of priorities, get a map, and readreadread! (that's my suggestion at this late date--I've been planning since Dec. 26!)

hendrenl: The GBHP is a GREAT deal if you are touring around England/Scotland/Wales. But if you are only visiting London w/ maybe a day trip -- then it is not as useful as it once was.

the GBHP no longer covers the Tower of London, Kensington Palace, the Royal Mews or Windsor Castle (apparently the Queen pulled out of the scheme). It does still cover St Paul's, Hampton Court Palace, and the Globe theatre tour.

So for London it really partly depends on your out of town plans