03-24-2017, 11:01 AM
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#61
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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So I've been using an app on my phone called Hopper which tracks the trend in prices for where/when you are going. A bit hit or miss but it did notify me of o/w tickets to London from Calgary for $320/person all in. Jumped all over that so we have our tickets there, may worry about getting back home once there.
Which leads to the next part. Accommodations. I think what I'll want to do is make sure at least the first couple of nights we are booked into somewhere in London and figure we'd take our chances with B&B's along the way once we leave the city and head into the countryside.
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03-24-2017, 11:14 AM
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#62
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We stayed in Bloomsbury area, just around the corner from the British Museum. Very good area, within walking distance of a lot of things.
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03-24-2017, 05:59 PM
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#63
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Originally Posted by jwslam
I was looking fwd to this.
Tried it 3 times. Fish was nothing to write home about. And "chips" are nothing like fries. They're like the new A&W fries that are consistently soggy.
Finally tried it a 4th time which was remarkable; but that was at a French restaurant so even though the experience was in England, it doesn't count as English Fish & Chips.
I loved walking around Windsor? Didn't pay to experience the Wimbledon stadium. In case you're going there, FYI, it's nowhere near the station. Highly suggest getting a data plan + uber.
I did a few day trip to Netherlands (Amsterdam) via EasyJet. Do not recommend. There's a reason why it was discounted. On the way there, I received no notification that the flight was 1 hour delayed until I was checking in at the kiosk. On the way back, we sat on the tarmac for 1.5 hours unexplained why. The planes are old with zero entertainment; it felt like my corporate planes that go to fort mac. Plus I got a middle seat between two larger guys which solidified that feeling. Also, don't fly in/out of Luton if you're in London and plan on bussing/training. Pretty well the most inconvenient place to get to/from.
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The trick with cheap flights in Europe is not to try and go somewhere specific, just catch a flight to where ever its cheap, we flew Stansted to Venice for around 50 dollars return, Naples for around 40, last minute seat clearances, find a hotel when you get there, best trips I ever took with my daughter.
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03-31-2017, 05:22 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Royal Vauxhall Tavern is actually one of the oldest gay meeting places in, well the world, its been a drag bar since the second world war and was likely a gay meeting place long before then.
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04-02-2017, 12:35 PM
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#66
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: East London
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Originally Posted by Rautakallio
8. Went to an area called Brixton. Great markets, shopping and food. Highly recommended.
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Did you check out Pop Brixton? It is a great place to spend an afternoon/evening.
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04-02-2017, 04:26 PM
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#67
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Pants Tent
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Originally Posted by Rautakallio
First get an Oyster card at Heathrow
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You also can have a visitor oyster card shipped to you ahead of time in Calgary, which saves a few minutes at the airport.
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04-02-2017, 05:42 PM
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#68
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Originally Posted by Kipper is King
You also can have a visitor oyster card shipped to you ahead of time in Calgary, which saves a few minutes at the airport.
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While true it literally takes seconds to buy and load up an oyster card at any Underground station, you don't need ID or anything like that.
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04-02-2017, 06:05 PM
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#69
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In the Sin Bin
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I bought one with my London Pass. Was nice to literally just tap and go.
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04-03-2017, 11:38 AM
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#70
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: East London
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Originally Posted by Kipper is King
You also can have a visitor oyster card shipped to you ahead of time in Calgary, which saves a few minutes at the airport.
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Has anyone tried using their Canadian contactless credit card? If it works, that would be super simple.
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04-03-2017, 11:42 AM
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#71
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Thanks for all the info so far! Think we have our 3 or 4 days in London all settled. Still not sure where we intend to fly back from but that's part of the fun. Our anniversary will be on this trip and we are looking at booking a night in an actual castle. Man that would be cool. Bit pricey but worth it.
Also looking at trying to plan time out in the country. Our big thing is castles, we both love them and want to see as many as we can. B&B prices are a bit more than expected, at times almost on par with hotels in city.
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04-03-2017, 04:09 PM
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#72
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Best place for Castles is Wales and the West Country, its the most fought over part of the country.
My personal favourite is Ludlow, Warwick is stunning as well.
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05-14-2017, 03:18 PM
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#73
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Ok,
Think we are all set, just trying to figure out car rental. Who did you guys use? We have received some rather surprising quotes. For 2 drivers for 6 days in an automatic transmission we are looking at $650ish Canadian? Found a rental place called GreenMotion that is quite a bit cheaper but are a little put off with some of the reviews. We are planning on picking up and dropping off at Gatwick.
I know it's a lot cheaper to rent manual but I'm the only one that can drive stick and would like to share the driving so we need automatic.
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05-14-2017, 04:32 PM
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#74
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
So I've been using an app on my phone called Hopper which tracks the trend in prices for where/when you are going. A bit hit or miss but it did notify me of o/w tickets to London from Calgary for $320/person all in. Jumped all over that so we have our tickets there, may worry about getting back home once there.
Which leads to the next part. Accommodations. I think what I'll want to do is make sure at least the first couple of nights we are booked into somewhere in London and figure we'd take our chances with B&B's along the way once we leave the city and head into the countryside.
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I would only use hopper to get the price notifications but I wouldn't book through them. I was waiting for deals to paris this summer and missed the low time but the prices would dip every so often so I used Hopper to notify me. It dipped again so I 'hopped' on and bought through their app. Everything seemed to go through but the next day I got a your credit card was declined message, so i called my credit card company and they had no issues. It turned out that Hopper has a delay in that when you purchase the tickets, it goes to their agents that will then purchase it on your behalf or something to that matter. However this was a 6 hour wait and the prices went back up so they could not lock in the price.
I saw the same price on Air Canada and if I just bought through their website I could have had the sale price. But I thought I would try to use Hopper but I got burned doing that.
Just a FYI. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen...
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