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So, should you rent a car and go around London or use the public transportation? I read somewhere that also agree with my view - take a public transportation. Reason: Cheaper way to travel There is a package which provide you few days travel pass which you can use it to board a tube/bus and go to some interesting place. But basically, this is the price that you may want to compare. So that, if you can find a cheaper ticket, you will choose for that. Bus single journey without Oyster
card - £2 For more information regarding ticket price, please visit Transport For London - Ticket & Oyster page Oyster Card You can get Oyster card from lot of shop around UK. You topup the card, and whenever you board a public transportation, you touch your card at a particular place. Then it will deduct your credit. *Single day travel pass The price shown above might be inaccurate as from January 2007, the price of single journey had been increase, so might the travel pass. And the price above is for Zone 1-6. If you go around London only, then getting a travel pass from Zone 1-4 is more than enough. Check which zone the place you're going to go is. Off peak and On peak I'm imagining a person who live outside of London, planning to come here for a day or two. Don't think that by coming on weekday, it will give you more pleasure. I don't know in term of number of crowd. But it may not efficient for your money because Single Day Travelcard can be used only for off-peak hours (9.30a.m. - 4.30a.m.) if you plan to come earlier than that. But usually 9.30a.m is not really bad time to start your day traveling as too many people are catching up train to work before that. They do have whole day Single Day Travelcard for weekday but it will cost you more (in case you want to travel earlier). Zone? London has 6 zones. If you travel in the same zone, it's going to be the lowest price regardless how many kilometers you had taken (not sure with taxi, coz never take that). If you travel to the other zone, you have to pay more. Sometimes it looks harder to get to a certain place by tube. But it is in the same zone, they usually have a bus going from one place to another which can save lot more time than using tube. Get the map from Transport for London - Maps page The bottom line Honestly, there is too much way of traveling in London. Emphasizing on 'money', it means that you have to surf the net and check out the best price.W Sometimes, taking a travel pass from a certain company will give you more benefit. So, kinda tricky there. Links
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