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With limited time in London and so much to see we decided to go on one of the open top bus tours. Before we went to London we quickly researched on the internet and was shocked by the prices. 25+ per adult.
If you are having a weekend in London then this price is a bit more reasonable as you would get more for your money. In most cases the companies offer a second day for free plus you get a ride down the Thames within the package.
We were lucky in that right outside pet travel tips our hotel was a bus stop for the tour. We paid in the hotel (although the tour isn't run by the hotel but you can buy tickets through them) and made our way to the bus stop.
We kept Harry in the push chair whilst we waited for the bus. As the bus pulled up both the driver and the ticket scout (?) told us just to put the push chair onto the bus with Harry in it and that we could sort him out on there. We'd made it clear that we planned to sit upstairs.
Then the driver decided to move away from the bus stop, and not gently. We all jolted, and very nearly fell into a heap at the bottom of the stairs. My husband, in a bid to save Harry from flying through the air, was able to grab him even tighter but got thrown around pet travel tips and bashed pet travel tips into a railing. This bruised pet travel tips his chest and had him in pain for a week. Thank goodness it wasn't pet travel tips Harry.
The driver briefly stopped, although not a gentle stop but more of an (unnecessary) emergency stop. My husband pet travel tips had already managed to sit down at the back of the bus (upstairs) but I was still stuck on the stairs holding on to Charles with one hand, and holding on for dear life with the other.
Two very lovely gentlemen tried to guide Charles upstairs, and with comfort and encouragement from me he went up with them. Once we got to the top, after again being thrown around a lot, one of the gentlemen helped Charles to the back of the bus to my husband.
He then decided to keep doing this as we drove into the center of London, towards the attractions. It was sweet seeing people smile and wave back, especially when men did it. It's nice to know that Charles put a smile on those peoples faces. He was loving it.
At 4.30 we sat down in Planet Hollywood (West End), in a mad panic thinking we may not get our bus and tubes back to Liverpool Street on time. We also still needed to go to the hotel to pick up our bags.
Planet Hollywood was amazing but I think our waiter was a bit shocked at how quick we were and worried that we didn't enjoy our meal. Quite the opposite, the meal was fantastic but the bus tour had put us behind so much that the meal had to be brief.
pet travel tips We then met the bus and headed back to the hotel. Harry was in his push chair, with the wheels locked but on so many occasions he almost toppled out due to heavy braking. My husband made it very clear that the bus driver was causing danger but she didn't seem to care.
Con's: crazy drivers who not only have no consideration for their passengers, but who also have no consideration for other road users. I felt sick seeing the fear on many car drivers and users of 'Boris' Bikes' as the buses almost pushed them off the road. And I got sick of hearing the buses horn every 30 seconds. I get that buses are an important aspect to the tourist industry and that buses have certain rights pet travel tips on the roads but these drivers were causing so many dangerous situations it was unreal.
Another con is the commentary. You have to wear headphones, which is obviously their way of catering to other nationalities, understandable. But the volumes are so low that you can hear hardly a thing, even with the speakers turned up as loud as they will go.
I guess we really wanted a tour guide. A bus with someone stood, speaking to us and telling us about the places we were driving past. Although we couldn't see evidence of any such bus anymore as most seemed to favour the headphone facility.