Traveling Britian By Britrail/daytrips
 

For all who inquire about day trips from London, may I suggest LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski's travel guide " Britain By Britrail 2002"? <BR>Her book gives suggestions for day trips using London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, & Glascow as base cities. There is a description of each point of interest and she includes sample train schedules. <BR>There is information about Britrail Passes.<BR>There is also a section on the Eurostar.<BR>It is a very useful and practical guide , one that you won't mind taking up space in your suitcase. *S*<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>

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I have an earlier edition of this guide and I did think it was very helpful. My wife and I were in the UK for 2 1/2 weeks, We stayed in Edinburgh for part of the trip and London for the last part of the trip. We used our Britrail passes to make day trips to Aberdeen &amp; Pitlochery and then traveled down to York for 2 days and then onto London..used our passes to make other days trips to Hampton Court, Canterbury, Oxford, &amp; Windsor.<BR>The guide book was full of good information when we planned our day trips from London since it was important to find which of London's many mainline rail stations we needed to start out from!

I agree that George Ferguson's book, now being carried on by his remarried widow, provides excellent practical information about one day visits throughout the UK. It's too bad that she pushes rail passes and doesn't tell us that purchasing day return tickets would often be much cheaper than the passes. But then she is President and CEO of RailPass Express, Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based company started by the Fergusons in 1986 and which has become one of the largest consumer-focused European and British rail sales outlets in the world.<BR>

I totally agree w/ Ron. I am continually trying to convince friends that BritRail passes are not bargains for most travelers. There is such a mystique in the name (as well as &quot;EurRail&quot;) probably left over from the 60's when BritRail was an inexpensive way to travel. But for more than one person, renting a car is cheaper and much more convenient. And for those who can't or don't want to drive, individual tickets are usually less expensive.<BR><BR>Plus the British rail systems, while better than anything we have in the States, do not provide the level of service they did in the &quot;good old days&quot;.