Hi all ... Arrived safe and sound in England! Silverline cars was great. B&B is nice .. Going out for a walk soon to try to stay awake!
see you soon!
Hi all ... Arrived safe and sound in England! Silverline cars was great. B&B is nice .. Going out for a walk soon to try to stay awake!
We bought Oyster cards at Heathrow and put 20 lbs on each of the 4 cards. There is also a 3 lbs deposit on each card. I'm not sure how we get the deposit and any unused balance back after we are done using the cards.
Glad you got to London safely. It's too bad your daughter got sick on the plane. Had she taken motion sickness medicine before the flight departed? My bottle of Meclizine will be close at hand when we fly and for our cruise.
I think you turn in the Oyster cards at a tube station to get the deposit refunded. That's why I'm not messing with Oyster cards! I will buy one-day travel cards for each of the two days that we will be using public transportation.
One day travel cards? Can you point me in the right direction for these?
I have been following along with everyone's conversations and have loved all the great information. We are on the July 18th cruise and trying to finalize some plans.
We are flying into Heathrow and staying in Mayfair at the Holiday Inn. How should we get there? Train? Private Vehicle? Can anyone give me some advise. Thanks so much.
One day travel cards? Can you point me in the right direction for these?
I have been following along with everyone's conversations and have loved all the great information. We are on the July 18th cruise and trying to finalize some plans.
We are flying into Heathrow and staying in Mayfair at the Holiday Inn. How should we get there? Train? Private Vehicle? Can anyone give me some advise. Thanks so much.
I have been following along with everyone's conversations and have loved all the great information. We are on the July 18th cruise and trying to finalize some plans.
We are flying into Heathrow and staying in Mayfair at the Holiday Inn. How should we get there? Train? Private Vehicle? Can anyone give me some advise. Thanks so much.
If you buy after 9.30am Weekdays or all Weekend its cheaper. Buy you can buy them before 9.30am, weekdays but thoose are circa double the price.
Travelcard covers Tube, Bus and rail in that Zone, for that day for a fixed price.
Off-Peak Day Travelcards can be used
From 09:30 Monday to Friday or all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays on the day of validity and for any journey that starts before 04:30 on the following day.
On:
* Tube, DLR, London Overground and National Rail† services within the zones covered by the ticket
* All London buses in all zones
* Trams if it includes Zones 3, 4, 5, or 6
* Scheduled boat services at 1/3 discount
I think you can BUY an off-peak travel card before 9:30, but you have to wait until 9:30 to use it.
I think you can BUY an off-peak travel card before 9:30, but you have to wait until 9:30 to use it.
I won't be buying our tickets from a machine, because I don't have a chip and pin credit card. I'll go to a ticket booth.In my experience that depends upon the person selling the tickets. Not sure about the machines, I guess they are preprogrammed to start to sell those after a certain time only
Celestine
The Escalators service on that line are all working as of today.
Heathrow Express leaves you at Paddington then another two tubes or a reasonable Taxi ride.
Note Heathrow connect is the stopping service, it stops at about 5 stations I know I was on it today and saw people from Heathrow (had luggage labels) going to Paddington as three HE overtook!! I didnt have an alternative.
In my experience that depends upon the person selling the tickets. Not sure about the machines, I guess they are preprogrammed to start to sell those after a certain time only
Celestine
I won't be buying our tickets from a machine, because I don't have a chip and pin credit card. I'll go to a ticket booth.
Heathrow Connect is half the price of Heathrow Express. I didn't mind an extra ~15 minutes on the train to save money.
Self service machines and also ticket offices all work on the same basis, and on the same clock they cannot do it before 9.30am, you have to wait until it turns over at 9.30am.
A number of years back, when the system wasn't fully automated, you could find a friendly ticket person to issue it 5 mins or so early. They cant do that now as it looses revenue for LTF.
I know as when my season ticket is out, and i think cheap day is better than Oyster I do it and wait at TO until it turns 9.30am as my fast train is 9.32
Understand thats worth considering but wanted to cover the full alternatives as people make mistakes, it is at least 15 mins more and tonight I saw 3 HE overtake when I had to use the local service on that line.
My guess is many of people after a 8 hour flight would fine the quicker route better.
For Mayfair Piccadilly even with a small taxi ride will be cheaper.