London Travel Answers

For two days I would get the travel card. You can buy it (or the Oyster card) at the tube station after your arrival, there is no need to have it delivered before. I think the Oyster card is great when you are in London for a longer time or come back often, but for two days I wouldn't bother getting one. The travel card is no longer valid after the day, but if you want your money back on the Oyster card you have to queue again. That's just my opinion, I'm sure other visitors to London prefer the Oyster card. You'll probably also walk a lot, many attractions are close to each other.

Thanks Christine ... :)

Not much difference for your specific needs, to be honest. This page has a good comparison: londontoolkit.com/briefing/t... For such a short visit it is probably simpler to buy a day Travelcard each day. Costs here: tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.asp... Just get them from the first Tube station you visit in the morning. Machines sell them as well as ticket offices. If you think you'd prefer an Oyster then you don't need to buy it online anyway, Christmas or not. You can get them in loads of places very easily: tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14482.asp... As Christine says you will, hopefully, do a lot of walking anyway. London is best seen on foot. Enjoy! :-)

Thanks Leics... :)

If you are traveling with another person and plan to go to places like the Tower of London or the London Eye (which they have recently added back on), you might have a look at the 2 for 1 offers which you can only get if you have a paper travelcard with the crows foot rail logo on it. You can purchase a paper travelcard at any of the rail stations (Paddington, Kings Cross, Victoria, Waterloo, etc.) but you buy them at the RAIL STATION and not the tube station. Since you are coming in by Eurostar, you will be at a rail station, look for the office where you'd buy a rail ticket. daysoutguide.co.uk/2for1lond... You should be able to buy the travelcard a day in advance so if you are there on a Monday, see if you can buy Monday and Tuesday at the same time.

Thanks Dabs ! :)

you can get a car for give some extra charges and go.

Don't even consider hiring a car to explore central London (though I'm sure you wouldn't). It is an expensive and entirely unnecessary hassle. Even those of us who live in the UK avoid bringing our cars into central London. There is no advantage whatsoever in doing so, although there are plenty of disadvantages (traffic, congestion charge, parking charges, parking difficulties, not even being allowed to park anywhere near where you want to be.....)

Leics - i thought so too :) Anyway .. i am now worried to know that tube workers are going on strike on boxing day .. i hope it would be just 1-day affair and by 27th everythng will be back to normal .. otherwise my plan would be ruined :) The same hope goes to CDG Airport in Paris as well as Eurostar Paris to London - hope the strike will not affect my X'mas holiday :)

If it's just the tube workers and not the bus drivers, you can also get around on the bus. Slightly slower but on the bright side you get to actually see London from the bus, something you can't do on the tube :-)

I think it's just Tube, if it happens at all. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo... But even if it's bus as well you would still have your feet, and London is as fascinating to explore on foot as any European city. Remember that 27th is anyway a bank (public) holiday so public transport services will be reduced (like a Sunday service, more than likely).

thanks dabs and leics .. you guys have lifted my worries and now i really look fwd to my holiday ... 12 hours to my departure :)