22 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Visiting London

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word of advice -DON'T get an exorbitant taxi from any of the airports, they will cost you $100 or more, and take absolute hours with the traffic. Get a train or tube and its 1.25 hrs at the most, or 30 mins, a fraction the cost. All trains from the airports will have been designed to have ample room for luggage, the tube not so much (but doable, plenty of people will be doing it too, and you'll be the first stop). Literally London is the world's biggest air hub (160 million fly into its 6 international airports p/a) and no one gets the taxi.

Family traveling from the US. We landed at Heathrow and took the public transit to Paddington station for 15 pounds each. Enjoyed the trip into the city which took just under 30 min on the new Elizabeth Line. No reason to pay more for traveling into/ out of the city. We then took the train to Ely, rented a 58 foot narrowboat and cruised the waterways around Cambridge for a week! There are so many ways to see the UK but I highly recommend!

Heathrow is EASY and cheap to get to the city centre, Direct tube line, less than a fiver.. And Richmond is in London (One of the boroughs)

@4:57: Richmond is nice, but rather than the underground I use fast trains from Waterloo station, frequent service, journey times from 16mins to 28mins.

Great video! I was planing on adding an international plan to my Verizon phone. Will that work or do I need an eSIM

Hi Camden, thank you for the wonderful video! Some really handy tips. Is L'Assaggino where you got the Ted lasso biscuits? Huge fan of the show and planning to go to Richmond to see some sites

Interesting watching these tips as someone who lives very near London

There is no Wi-Fi system in London really. Some restaurants and cafes have it but 5g on your phone is a really good connection. Of course check with your supplier on costs outside your host country

Hey, just a quick question since my native language is not English and sometimes for me is better safe than sorry lol. In min 2:44 about the contactless... My flight arrives late night and to LGW Airport, I'm planning to get the Express Train. Should I buy an Oyster card or what you've mentioned means that I don't necessarily need to buy a ticket/transporte card? ...Could I just get into the tube/train and pay with my wallet saved credit card? Thank you for all these videos. You're making my life easier !

I've got an adapter like that and I got it at Amazon. London is Europe but charging and the money are different.

Richmond is actually in London (zone 4 out of 9), but is surrounded by some of the world's largest urban parks which many people think is the countryside (Richmond Park alone is about 3x the size of Central Park in NYC).

So many things I disagree with on your video - especially the food- I’m a Londoner but I appreciate your perspective

Edinburgh is beautiful but there are great cities nearer to London worth visiting too: Cambridge, Lincoln, Oxford, York, Durham, Newcastle….

Amazing tips, I am just about to visit London for the first time and I found this super useful!! I just have a question regarding public restrooms 😅 What if I feel the sudden need to go, is there any system for that?? Thanks.

Love and London will teach you something.

Another tip is to see if there is a recent 5% discount on the railway before traveling.

Perfect we’re doing london then going up to Edinburgh. Then Ireland.

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Great job