On 18 Feb, 16:40, Offramp wrote:
On Feb 18, 4:13 pm, "John L." wrote:

I'm taking my family to london this summer and was trying to determine which
card was better - Travel Card or Oyster Card. We'll be traveling within
Zones 1 & *2 mainly.

Thanks for the help!

3 Oyster cards are better at least because it is hard for people
sitting down to destroy them.

But it depends entirely on whether you'll be using National Rail
within those zones and whether you will make enough individual trips
to reach the Oyster capping limit. The day travelcard costs a few p
more than the Oyster capping limit for whichever zones you need, but
gives total flexibility, while Pay As You Go (which you probably mean
by Oyster) isn't valid on most NR. Also, if you haven't already got
Oyster cards, you'll have to pay a £3 deposit for each one. I'd think
that a day travelcard is almost certainly the best bet for occasional
day visitors to London in nearly all circumstances.

You can get a day return combined with travelcard which saves a bit by
not charging you for arriving in London through those zones in the
first place.

And remember that you can travel on buses in any zone with a
travelcard, eg if you use Underground and trains within zones 1 and 2
and a bus to go further out, you would only need a zone 1 and 2
travelcard.