Uncle Junior
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the tube is horrific in the sweltering heat, end up sweating buckets and lifting before a night out.
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With Station Taxis, if you think you've lost something the first thing they ask you on the phone is what was the cab number. Obviously nobody on God's green and pleasant Earth will take a note of the cab number before they get in. They then fob you off. This happened to me so I did start making note of the numbers, and surprised the fuck out of the lass on the phone after my ex had left her mobile in the taxi. When I gave the lass on the phone the cab number it was like she didn't know what to do next. Driver got radioed, brought the phone back, got a tenner as a thank you off us. Otherwise, Station are a pain in the arse.Spot on in my experience.
Even left me phone in one late one night and the gadgey brought it back to the hotel and left it at the desk for me.
We’re down regularly and use Uber when needed, rather than Hackney cabs. Reasonable for the capital. They have hard plastic sheets between drivers and back seat of the car due to COVID.Never used Uber before, but will in London in a fortnight or so with the family, and was wondering if London based SMBers could give me the lowdown. Is it worth using Ubers instead of public transport? There will be 4 of us - am I right in thinking that we will have to order Uber XL (from my limited research). Any advice welcomed.
On buses you tap in and kids just walk on. On tubes you tap through the luggage gates and take the bairns through with you.I'm down in a week or so. I was wondering if anyone can explain the contactless card system with two six year olds? I have a card, as does Mrs Harmonic (no), for the same account but that should be fine. The six year olds should travel free, but do I need and Oyster card for that or can they travel free if we use contactless payment? If we can just use our contactless cards how does it work, do we tap and two of us go through, then tap and the other two go through? Ta
For all of you an Uber will be far more convenient and probably cost the same as long as you aren’t making several trips in a dayCheers. Every other time we've been we've bought travelcards (Oystercards?) and used those and managed to get ourselves around OK. Was wondering if it would be any quicker by Uber, but I appreciate the advice.
I usually like to walk when I'm in London too, but got the kids with us this time, and don't want to wear them out too much - makes them whinge. Buses have always worked for us in the past. Cheers.
On buses you tap in and kids just walk on. On tubes you tap through the luggage gates and take the bairns through with you.
Thanks!For all of you an Uber will be far more convenient and probably cost the same as long as you aren’t making several trips in a day
It probably goes without saying, but don't try and walk the kids through the normal ticket barriers after you as they'll slam shut in their faces. Only use the wider luggage barriers. There's at least one at each station so you'll have no issues.Thanks!
To be honest I knew about the luggage gates, but failed miserably to put two and two together. Thanks for your help.It probably goes without saying, but don't try and walk the kids through the normal ticket barriers after you as they'll slam shut in their faces. Only use the wider luggage barriers. There's at least one at each station so you'll have no issues.
This. And for doing the tube, forget tickets, you can just use your contactless debit/credit card instead.No. It'll almost always be quicker and cheaper by bus or tube.
Which is cheaper can vary in my experience, especially since one or the other always seems to have an offer on at the moment. Always worth checking both.I tend to use Bolt now instead of Uber. Same drivers but they tend to undercut Uber from my experience
No. It'll almost always be quicker and cheaper by bus or tube.