How To Travel Around London and Buy an Oyster Card - Important Tips!

Published 2017-04-02
Here are some very important tips on how to travel around London and buy an oyster card.
Especially if it is your first time visiting London, if you aren't careful you can end up paying a lot more for your travel so it's important you pay the right fare. You can use your oyster card or contactless payment card for lots of different types of transport on London TFL services. This includes buses, trains, tubes, Thames Clipper boats, trams and even the Emirates Airline cable cars.
My favourite thing to do is to travel on the old Number 15 routemaster buses. A real icon of London. I'll show you all the tips and tricks on how to behave like a true Londoner and not to be barged out of the way by the locals when travelling on transport in London.
There are other ways to pay for London Transport including Apple Pay on your iphone or with a contactless credit or debit card. But I think it's easiest to get an oyster card when you first arrive. Try to avoid buying paper tickets because they cost more!! And the buses don't accept money so you must have an oyster or credit card or apple pay.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Joolzguides
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  • @funtimeandy6084
    OMG! That’s me on the tube, I’m the Northerner!!!! 🤣😂 Thought he was a bit strange 🤣😂
  • “If you’ve just arrived and you don’t know Where you live and What your name is” Lmao, yup that will be me
  • @livelife5947
    “If you’re standing on the wrong side of the escalator you basically have no human rights & you’ll be ploughed out of the way” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 so true.
  • @albundy5228
    "If youre standing on the wrong side, you basically have no human rights" LMAOOOOOOO!!!!!!
  • @allenscott989
    I think I'm blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mrs Lucy Mary Liam.
  • @denmark39
    "get out of the bloody way" What a gentleman
  • @dididogster9994
    London legit sounds like the perfect place. No one says hello, eye contact to be met with a half grimace or looking away. Perfect.
  • @user-qm5mi1pw2y
    I am a foreigner, i just realized Oyster card is so useful, I normally use it for underground and bus, but never others, thanks for the video. I really like your very British accent, like the English I heard from tv drama of downtown abbey, hehe...
  • @batsekai
    I live in London, why tf am I watching this 😂😂😂 BUT HEY I LIKE IT
  • @graceshrines
    Also useful info for tourists, only get zones 1-2 on your oyster card because you can use buses on all zones to continue your journey 😉
  • @leytonexile
    On the tube, your Oyster card or contactless card is debited with the maximum fare when you tap in at the start of your journey. Tapping out at the end calculates the actual fare. Always tap out!
  • @kmuehl7157
    I grew up in London but have lived abroad for 15 years. This video has been a super help!! Thank you!
  • I found your video amazing! I learned about the airline with it, and found it really interesting! Thank you very much! All these information helped me a lot! Looking foward to meet London!
  • Heading to London this weekend for the first time... Your videos have been exceptionally helpful in planning! Thank you so much!
  • @idaornstein1305
    Joolz, you are a gem! I really love your guides. I’m from North London, (mentioned this when I commented on another video of yours) and I’m so gobsmacked at the things I didn’t know but wasn’t even aware of. Well done, mate! Well done!
  • @joyowen607
    I teach travel classes to Britain over here in Austin, TX... am in awe of you Joolz. Extremely fantastic stuff you are putting out here! (Plus, it's a good giggle!)
  • @lisa_vxng
    I love love loveee the old number 15 and recommend it to everybody I'm taking sightseeing or who I know just recently moved there because it's just such a cool lil piece of history❤ (for anybody who wants to take it, they're in service saturday/sunday)
  • @mrmaaical8727
    I’ve been watching so many videos cuz I’m not scared I’m planning my 1st trip to Europe including New Year’s Eve in London. Everything it’s bit confusing but thanks u made it so simple and I’m feeling bit confident.
  • @c0c0456
    Hi, I just went to London this summer, but beforehand saw some of your videos, and you have no idea HOW MUCH YOU HELP ME with all those tips!! Thank you very much! :D Love you videos by the way!