I'm from Holland and my english is not so good as it should be....apologise.

In January I will visit London with my two children (age 14 and 16). We will walk much as we can,
but sometimes we have to take the metro (or subway, tube, underground how do you call this).
We will stay 3 days from 6th to 8th January. What is smart for us to buy? 10 tickets each for the
metro or a Travelcard or ...?

I've heard that there's a reduction for children. Can somebody tell me what's the cheapest
solution for us?
I don't like links to sites, but I prefer a personal answer.

If you buy a 3-day travelcard for yourself you will be able to buy daily childrens
travelcards at £1 per day for your 14 year old child. 16 year olds are counted as
adults so will need an adult ticket also. A 3-day travelcard costs £18.90.

£18.90 + £18.90 + £3 = £40.80

This works out cheaper for you than using 10 single tickets each or Oyster card.

£18.90 + £18.90 + £3 = £40.80

This works out cheaper for you than using 10 single tickets each or Oyster
card.



Thank you very much!
That's the answer where I was waiting for.

Jos

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£18.90 + £18.90 + £3 = £40.80

This works out cheaper for you than using 10 single tickets each or Oyster
card.

Thank you very much!
That's the answer where I was waiting for.

It is actually a bit more complicated than that.

This option (a 3-day off-peak travel card) cannot be used before 09.30
on Mondays to Fridays. However, it covers a wide area of London.

There is a cheaper option which can be used at any time (3-day peak-time
travel card) which can be used at any time, but it covers only zones 1
and 2 - that includes most places in Central London that tourists visit,
but not those further out (such as Greenwich or Kew). It costs £15.40.

But it can work out cheaper still to buy daily travelcards. If you only
need zones 1 and 2, and not in peak time, then 3 daily travelcards will
cost £14.70.

In all cases, a travelcard covers underground railways and surface rail
(including the Docklands Light Railway) in the specified zones, plus
buses anywhere in London - and it offers a discount on scheduled
river-boat services.
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Paul Terry