Money for London...a question?

[JDY]

I will be taking a group of students to London (from the US) for Spring Holiday. I am trying to decide how much money each student should allot for food, underground, incidentals, etcetera per day.

Any help would be most appreciated

Thank you

 

[Fantasia Sam]

First thing you need to know is that we don't do free re-fills over here - I know it's shocking !!!!!!! Also when you ask for water make sure you ask for a glass of tap water otherwise they'll send you over a bottle that'll cost you £2.50

Underground well the average daily off peak travelcard which will give you access to all the tubes, buses and overground trains are around £5 per day.

I used to spend about £4 to £5 a day on my lunch - from sandwich bars, supermarkets or Fast food outlets. A Big Mac meal will be £2.99.

What else can I tell you?

 

[jel0511]

I've traveled to London quite a bit, and the previous poster has given some GREAT advice. What I'd advise is think about how much you think you would need for a trip to NYC with kids, in US dollars. After you get that number, then multiply it by the current exchange rate for Pound Sterling. For example, if you think most kids would need $200 in the US, the current exchange rate for the British Pound is 1.65, so the kids would need $330. In my experience traveling to London, it seemed to me that everything was priced very similiarly to what we would pay in Dollars, in Pounds. For example, a bottle of water in the US is $2.50, as the previous poster indicated in London it would be £2.50, which equates to $4.13 US. Try to come up with what you think a good number would be for traveling to any big US city, and then add about $50 to it for a cushion, and then multiply by the exchange rate. It really is the best way in my opinion.