I'd get Oyster Cards. If you're relatively healthy, take the Tube to Central London--Leicester Squar

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London pass with travelcard. Is it worth it? We have been to London before and did all the main touristy things, so we don t necessarily need to inside, although we wouldn t mind seeing the places again.
When to rent a car? As I mentioned, we are thinking about getting a London Pass with travel card to take care of while we are in London. We could take train London to Liverpool, american travel systems and then Liverpool to Edinburgh. But do we want to drive to be able to stop anywhere along the way? We will definitely get a car for when we are done in Edinburgh to drive through the rest of the trip. But since we want to go to Rosslyn Chapel, is it worth having a car to explore other things in that area? My husband will be doing most of the driving, and he has driven in England before. american travel systems He seems to be leaning towards wanting a car the entire time just for the freedom factor, and because he knows that public transport costs will add up. But then of course, we know we need to figure in cost of parking in each city if our accommodations do not have parking available american travel systems and the insane cost of gas. So right now it's a toss up.
Between Liverpool and Edinburgh you could easily stop by Hadrian's Wall or the Borders Abbeys region in and around Melrose - off the freeway but a nice break - ideally stay in the Border Abbey area - so many neat things there - especially Jedburgh, Melrose and other ancient abbeys.
2 - Doing the Royal Mile/Edinburgh Castle/Holyrood will completely fill the day leaving no time at all for Rosslyn/Roslin. Perhaps you could squeeze american travel systems it in between Stirling and EDI the day you depart.
Ditto to what London guru janisj says about the London Pass - though it would perhaps be a good deal for a very few folks with an ambitious american travel systems London itinerary that includes things many tourists american travel systems do not co it is overhyped by sellers.
Dunno how you're going to use a bus tour in Edinburgh american travel systems - the main sites are fairly compact and the traffic sucks. Better to walk the Royal Mile and New Town. Just remember, all streets in Edinburgh go UP.
We did the math on the London Pass with Travel, so now we see how silly it is. Now we are just trying to wrap our brains around what to do about transport in London. We will be there 4 days. One day we would like to do a sightseeing bus tour so that would help with some of the transport. So we're trying to decide if we should just do the PAYG Oyster card or if we should just get a 7 day travelcard so we don't have to worry about peak/nonpeak times.
TheH-o-H-o sightseeing american travel systems tour buses are NOT 'transport'. Not an efficient american travel systems way to get around and very expensive. Take one if you want to ride around seeing thing from the outside . . . but don't consider them transport. You have so little time in London american travel systems - I'd spend more time actually visiting some of the biggies than just riding past them.
Just to knock the point home, there is a real difference between a tube station and a train station, so many people miss that and it is confusing as often they are on top of each other and may share a name.
Your best option will be either Oyster cards purchased anywhere in Britain (no need to pay extra for buying in advance), or a combo of Oyster cards, and paper travel cards purchased from a National Rail ticket office. american travel systems These are often in railway stations where ticket offices operated by Transport for London (TfL)also sell travel cards. Travelcards sold by TfL offices american travel systems are not valid for the 2 for 1 entry deal
We (just my husband and I, no kids this trip -- YEAH!!!) will be arriving at Heathrow, staying at the Strand Palace Hotel (not far from Trafalgar Square, I think?). Our flight will not land until 11 am, so I know that takes up most of the day, especially by the time we get our luggage and get done with all the airport stuff. Is it true we are better taking the train from Heathrow into London vs the tube with luggage? Is that the Heathrow Express? Or is the Heathrow Express something different?
And yes, I know that the HOHO busses are not true "transport". But we do like to be able to see the area, and I like listening to the commentary and learning about the different things american travel systems we are seeing as well.
I'd get Oyster Cards. If you're relatively healthy, take the Tube to Central London--Leicester Square is probably the best stop for you. My spouse and I travel with more luggage than most and found the tube convenient. Don't know whether you could catch a taxi from there.
you will either want the tube - but the hotel is a bit of a hike from the nearest station w/ luggage . . . OR . . . a pre-booked american travel systems car service like justairports.com will meet you as you exit arrivals and drop you at the hotel for much less than the HEX plus an expensive american travel systems cab ride from Paddington.
Depends on how much luggage you have of course american travel systems as tubes don't have a lot of space for big pieces and it depends on time of day too. Rush hour commuters in any big city are grumpy about luggage disturbing american travel systems their journey to work/home. Looks like you are travelling in London midday-ish so I would go on the tube
That is not the best route if you take the tube . . . You'd want to take the Piccadilly line from LHR line to Hammersmith, american travel systems exit train and walk a few feet across the same platform and catch the next District line train, Exit at Embankment. Much easier than transferring/stairs at Piccadilly Circus. And it isn't just the slog up the Strand dragging luggage - there is a slog at the LHR end too from arrivals to the tube station.