3 day London Pass - with or without Oyster card?

[mausie777]

Hello, we will be staying in London for 5 days this June, were thinking of purchasing a 3 day London Pass with the Oyster card, not sure is we need the Oyster card with the pass, since the Hop on, Hop off bus is included for 1 day and can be extended for 48 hrs....We will be staying close to the Waterloo station...Any advise appreciated - Thanks:)

[badtwin]

We got the two day pass without oyster and plan to buy a one day travel card for the day we want to go any distance, in our case to Hampton court. There are several websites that help you decide what is best for your needs but I am afraid it comes down to making a day to day plan of the places you hope to visit, in order, and decide from that if you need transportation or not.

 

Not being familiar with London, I found a London tourist map (I used Streetwise London which is a pocket sized laminated map) an invaluable tool to group various attractions that were near each other. Until I got the map, I was at a loss how to even start to plan our daily activities.

 

For us, the oyster part was not worth it because we had the HOHO one day and just one or two places to get to the next, everything else was near the hotel. And we all enjoy walking - hopefully I have not misinterpreted the map scale. :D

[mattR]

Hello, we will be staying in London for 5 days this June, were thinking of purchasing a 3 day London Pass with the Oyster card, not sure is we need the Oyster card with the pass, since the Hop on, Hop off bus is included for 1 day and can be extended for 48 hrs....We will be staying close to the Waterloo station...Any advise appreciated - Thanks:)

 

How much do they charge to extend the HOHO to 48hrs?

[mattR]

The London Pass includes admission to The Household Cavalry Museum. The website states that they do a changing of the guard ceremony at 11am I thought this was done at Buckingham Palace??

[orchestrapal]

The London Pass includes admission to The Household Cavalry Museum. The website states that they do a changing of the guard ceremony at 11am I thought this was done at Buckingham Palace??

 

Try Changing of the Guard.com for schedule and location as it is NOT at the palace every day.

[Cotswold Eagle]

The London Pass includes admission to The Household Cavalry Museum. The website states that they do a changing of the guard ceremony at 11am I thought this was done at Buckingham Palace??

 

Different Guard :) The Queen's Life Guard (the usually mounted Guard provided by the Household Cavalry at Horseguards) also has a ceremony at 11 am, like the foot Guard at the Palaces.

 

http://changing-guard.com/queens-life-guard.html

Edited March 22, 2016 by Cotswold Eagle