friardave

Hi...has anyone seen or bought one of those london for less guides?...there is a card inside which supposedly you can use in london for assorted discounts...is this true?...any experience with this would be greatly appreciated...thanks

Jules2112

My husband and I will be leaving in a week and a half for London and we have the London for less guide and discount cards. I would also appreciate any information on restaurants worth eating at to get the 20% discount.

Thanks.

anonymouse

We used London for Less six years ago and I think it was worth the money. It was good for half price on a city bus tour and discounts at other attractions. We didn't use hardly any of the meal discounts--just didn't seem to work with our intinerary. We also bought the smaller books for Bath and York and I think they were all worth it.

bbkay

Just came back from a week in London. Did not use London for Less, used Unofficial Guide for London, But was equally concerned about food prices and where to eat. I was amazed at the number of quick/fast food type places. You do NOT have to eat at expensive restaurants. American places MacDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut are everywhere. There are also many local style sandwich shops.

Marks & Spencers has opened many neighborhood little gocery/food stores where you can pick up a sandwich or ready made meal. Richoux is a nice reasonable chain with serves brkft, lunch, tea and dinner for reasonable $$. Pret a Manger is a chain of sandwich stores, (everywhere) which provides ready made sandwiches.

We ate out once a day in the middle of the day at a pub like place and then used the local groceries for brfkst and light dinner items. We did have flat with kitchen, which helped.

You do not have to spend a lot of money on food if you don't want to. There are small local restaurants everywhere as well. Don't worry you will have lots of options.

friardave

thanks all...i was looking at the book and it seemed to have great descriptions of the areas...i think it may be worth it just for that

Anonymous

British tax laws changed a year or two ago and the few remaining museums that used to charge admission are now free. So the attractions-discount aspect of the "For Less" book is much less significant in London than in most other cities.