LONDON - Tips for navigating the town!
Most capitol cities are havens for tourism and London falls neatly into that category, but visiting everything you want to see in a short period of time can be tricky. Here are some tips for navigating the town.
We provided all our attendees with a cool Inside Out™ popout map and 64-page city guide equipped with a compass to direct people to sites of their choice. A Tube Zone-Day Pass or an Oyster Pass is also a helpful, and inexpensive, provision that gives people their freedom to see places on their own. Inevitably with groups you’re forced to hire the motorcoach so always plan for an extra 20-30 minutes of travel time due to London’s traffic – especially if you’re doing West End theater nights. We found delightful restaurants near each theater we used; and broke the groups into small manageable sizes so each group could experience a different restaurant before theater.
Enlist trusted Tour Guides, who proudly wear their credentials (a metal tag worn around their neck) and provide attendees with a wealth of historical information and local gossip! Forget the long tourist lines to any major site….just follow your trusted guide to know the secret back entrances or exactly when to be at a location to beat the normal rush. We experie
nced this on two occasions during our recent visit to London. First, when two of us wanted a quick 1-hour overview of Westminster Abbey. The entrance line was daunting – but we navigated back alleys to a small office in the back where two people were cozily snacking on Crispy Cremes – and the within 5 minutes we were in the back entrance of the Abbey. The second time was when our entire group visited Windsor Castle. Our guide was adamant about arriving to the ‘ticket barn’ by 9:30am on a Sunday. Thankfully we did, because the hordes of summer visitors that arrived just 30 minutes later were clearly visibly going to wait awhile before entering the Castle. For those who have not visited Windsor, nor toured the Castle, should! It is an incredible Castle…and I’ve visited many worldwide in my career, with a glorious display of art, collections, architecture and hundreds of years of history.
Need more info on London - contact me at terrie@donanderson.com
Most capitol cities are havens for tourism and London falls neatly into that category, but visiting everything you want to see in a short period of time can be tricky. Here are some tips for navigating the town.
We provided all our attendees with a cool Inside Out™ popout map and 64-page city guide equipped with a compass to direct people to sites of their choice. A Tube Zone-Day Pass or an Oyster Pass is also a helpful, and inexpensive, provision that gives people their freedom to see places on their own. Inevitably with groups you’re forced to hire the motorcoach so always plan for an extra 20-30 minutes of travel time due to London’s traffic – especially if you’re doing West End theater nights. We found delightful restaurants near each theater we used; and broke the groups into small manageable sizes so each group could experience a different restaurant before theater.
Enlist trusted Tour Guides, who proudly wear their credentials (a metal tag worn around their neck) and provide attendees with a wealth of historical information and local gossip! Forget the long tourist lines to any major site….just follow your trusted guide to know the secret back entrances or exactly when to be at a location to beat the normal rush. We experie
nced this on two occasions during our recent visit to London. First, when two of us wanted a quick 1-hour overview of Westminster Abbey. The entrance line was daunting – but we navigated back alleys to a small office in the back where two people were cozily snacking on Crispy Cremes – and the within 5 minutes we were in the back entrance of the Abbey. The second time was when our entire group visited Windsor Castle. Our guide was adamant about arriving to the ‘ticket barn’ by 9:30am on a Sunday. Thankfully we did, because the hordes of summer visitors that arrived just 30 minutes later were clearly visibly going to wait awhile before entering the Castle. For those who have not visited Windsor, nor toured the Castle, should! It is an incredible Castle…and I’ve visited many worldwide in my career, with a glorious display of art, collections, architecture and hundreds of years of history.Need more info on London - contact me at terrie@donanderson.com
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My first trip to London was a bus trip up to the city from my study abroad university in Brighton to see Spamalot the musical. It was awesome driving around London in a two decker, walking around Piccadilly Circus, and then getting to go to the Shaftesbury Theater for some Monty Pythonness with actual Brits playing the leads. I got some really good hard cider for refreshment, something you could never do in America and had a really good time.
Everything in London seems to be clustered: All the antique bookshops are on the same street. All companies that make CG effects for movies are within few blocks of each other.The streets of rich people on Limo London vehicles. The big web companies (except for Google, who have moved into a 'palace' near Victoria station) and web ad agencies are also within a small radius of each other.
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