Visit London - What to Know Before You Visit London 

We are going to visir london soon.. can i know what are zones 1-3 ?

@@rimbadawi8187 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_fare_zones You can also get a 1 week travel card/pass for the zones you want (eg: 1 to 6) which lets you travel an unlimited amount of times within those zones for the week. You can add these passes to an oyster card instead of topping it up with money

Nice to know. Thnx :)

The payment system is overcomplicated.

Even for all US Universities?

Haha I took the Piccadilly to Heathrow with a carry on and personal item bag. I was on at 8 in the morning. Not packed and I was able to get a seat. Maybe I just got lucky!

Really? When was the last time you visited London? I was there two months ago and only a small minority I met was remotely English or speaking English?

Yeah I don’t think people realise how relatively dry western Britain is. I live near Detroit and we get like 4/3rds the rain they do annually.

You will love it.

So , did you go ?

Is this the same as an oyster card?

Oyster card / contactless you don't need to 'buy tickets', you just need to load your oyster card with money or have money in your account. It'll cap out at each day depending on which zones you visit/whether you've travelled before 9:30am. No need to buy tickets ever

Aaron Hurst especially the northern and central

So the usual public transport rush-hour (I guess there be students as well, considering lessons start at 9 in the UK)

Glad you enjoyed your tour. London has always been one of the best places for tourists attraction, great people, food/resturants, pubs the list goes on. GREAT FOR VACATION TOO. Left there recently, definitely would recommend.

@@jaluriaja6294 You think so right? …. I haven’t been to London tho but my family and I plan on spending our next vacation there next year.

@@johnwilson4283 Mine wasn’t even a planned vacation, I made profits from an investment so I decided to take myself out, toured around London and dined at some of their top restaurants such as The Araki, and Dinner by Heston to name a few. I really enjoyed myself there, you should definitely try it too.

London is such an easy place to visit if you speak english, and it is not a lot of different from what people from Japan or the US might be used to. It is one of the most tourist friendly city in Europe

@@jaluriaja6294 That’s great to hear glad you enjoyed you visit, you mentioned about an investments, pls could you tell me more about that?

i know right! i remember wandering around until 9:31 and then hoping in the tube to visit a few sights :)

Judy Hayward That’s not entirely true. 7 day travel card which can only be loaded onto an Oyster card has no time restrictions only the 1 day travel card does and you can choose anything up to 6 zones.

@@MrBirdman1 thanks looked into that further 7 day anytime card pre purchased online before travelling even cheaper than the off peak pass.

More zones=more money, A LOT more, you cannot buy a 1 or 2 zone card economically ie for it to be useful unless you live inside a tube/subway zone and are going to travel only 1 or 2 zones each direction to your place of work/employment, if you plan to travel round London as a tourist/visitor or go between for instance museums and parks and music venues on different sides of the city, obviously miles apart, you must go through sometimes up to 6 zones each way on a single route/journey,the zone card will not be valid and you will get charged a lot more or possibly charged fees and penalties. In some cases your route can enter a zone and leave it 200 meters later into another zone and you'll get charged for the extra zone. The busses are the cheapest way to travel round but take a very long time to get from a to b and you need to change busses at different stops, be aware that the whole bus system is managed by a control centre and if the bus you are travelling on is re tasked ie diverted to take over from a broken down bus on a different busier route or one perceived as more crucial, you will need to notice that the bus Is deviating from the direction/route that it is supposed to be taking, sometimes an audio announcement plays on the bus to tell you to get off at the next stop and find an alternative way to continue your journey, other times this does not happen and the bus can take a different turn and end up taking you up to 10 miles in the wrong direction, if this happens you'll need to look out for or go on google maps and wait until the nearest subway/underground station is coming up, get off at the bus stop closest to it and walk to the underground to use the train for the rest of your route or to another connecting bus route/bus stop/bus station. Frequently when the underground trains go offline for repairs or a breakdown or tube workers strike, the busses all of a sudden get re tasked/rerouted and diverted, so you have to keep your wits about you and be ready to get off and find another way to travel onwards, don't rely on a taxi or uber for any kind of distance unless you are quite happy to part with £100/$130 as the traffic can be horrendous at morning and evening rush hours.. (edited due to autocorrect changing random words)

You can buy travel cards for before 9:30 as well, but like most things on-peak (rush hour) tickets cost more. As a Londoner I just use contactless.

thank you. i am glad i could help.

Hello same here, do you have any advice for me? Did your trip go well?

that is a great time to go! i spent a couple christmas around london and they were all a wonderful experience

How exciting! I live in London and have tons of Christmas things to do blog posts and videos on my channel, if you would find them helpful. Happy to offer ideas if you need any assistance ;-)

@@DiamondOnTheInternet you're*

Jealously sucks huh?

It's you're not your.

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Adam Brittain then London is not safe. Simple.

@@archyarchfiendx2938 it's like any city. Some neighborhoods are safer than others.

Sunny London Do you need a visa to visit London from America?

I have been doing some research because we are visiting London for the first time in April. I found about the London Pass a few days ago and it will make our visit so much less stressful. I found your blog and your You Tube so I am off to go watch some of your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with those from across the pond.

You are very welcome

and a lot of other great sights around the country

I have one with sherlock homes on it

OlofTheOrange yes currently here and was very sad when Uber told us it was covered as he was dropping us off 😤

pub crawl is one of my must do's everytime :)

Football "cough, cough"

Be careful what pub you choose in London for a football match.

Spot on. I recommend watching a Millwall match in a pub in Bermondsey. Make sure you loudly call it "soccer" as well.

Those damn nutters will kill the man lol

I've never once been given sparkling water when asking for water in my 11 years of living here. They may ask if I want still or sparkling, normally I just say 'tap water'

Were you going that all water was sparkling??

Enjoy your visit :)

And you can use your oyster for the journey - although it's a bit cheaper to get a paper return ticket, but if it's just a single you require, tap away!

Especially if you are staying outside of London... at places like Swindon or Reading or Bristol... the trains direct to these locations are MUCH cheaper & quicker... (You don't have to go in to London & then change trains & maybe stations to go out again)

It's not really that expensive. A beer in a pub is less expensive than in major U.S. cities, public transport is relatively affordable, and food in a restaurant costs about the same as in a major U.S. city. Best of all there are lots of free museums and attractions.

Really? I've lived in England my whole life and only ever called them ATM's

Na, it’s a cash point! Only use ATM when abroad so other people know what I’m referring to 😂

I would say come down to Brixton and have a walk around and take in the world food south of the river or the end of the Victor line the light blue one.

"Most English people don't eat fish & chips or roast"??? Where in England do you live??

My London born husband and family regularly have both fish and chips and Sunday roast. Enterprise is great! And yes, I agree, some research makes all the difference.

The Sunday roast/fish and chips thing you said is deffo inaccurate :) lol