Friday, June 30, 2006

Money Saving Tip #1 - London Busses for Beginners

A normal bus journey in London is 1,50 £. If you pay with your Oyster Card it's 1 £, and if you use the bus off-peak which means after 9.30am, you pay 80p.
Since there are two World Cup matches today and it's Friday, I decided to take the bus today and have some pints tonite. So why not going after 9.30 am and save another 20p?
You can take the 134 bus from Muswell Hill directly to Central London (for 80p). So far, so good.
When you get into the bus, make sure that the display says: "134 Tottenham Court Road" and not "134 Muswell Hill Broadway". Otherwise the bus driver will ask you to leave at the next stop and you pay 80p for 200m and another 80p for the remaining journey. Grrrrrr.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very good luck, man. I will buy you a pint for that. HAHAHAHA. btw, there is another bus ticket called 'saver'. It is one pound (last year) and do not require a Oyster card.