I'll be going to london form the 25 of december to 25 of january (i know the weather is not the best, but...), and i'd like some advice in order to make my trip as cheap as possible (i'm a starving student, you know). Places i can't miss, nearby cities to visit, places to eat...everything u might found out with your experience there that might help me out!
if someone worked there, it would be useful to learn wheather it's easy to find a job...(21 year-old female, without a college degree but very polite, educated and fluid in both spanish and english)
thanks!!!
oh, precautions to take for a female would be useful too!
Reply to this I recommend a day (or 2) trip out to Brighton. It's a pretty little city on the ocean, and a nice break from the hustle and bustle of London. While you're there, check out the Royal Pavillion - totally different from any other castle you'll see in the UK!
I was in London a while ago, but I remember the British Museum is absolutely stunning. Definitely worth a visit, even if you aren't a big museum fan.
Reply to this thanks! I was planning to go to cambridge, oxford and bath, but brighton wasn't on my plans....it is now 😊
Reply to this Hello Melisa 😊
When I lived in London I had no collage degree or any qualifications at all for that matter and found jobs quite easily. Go to a branch of the Job Center and apply there for jobs. There are a lot of branches of the Job Centre in London. They probably even have websites these days.
To find someplace cheap to live pick up a copy of the TNT magazine. It is available for free at a lot of subway train stations. It comes out on a certain day of the week. I forget which day. Maybe there is information about this on the internet.
London is not a particularly dangerous place for lone women so just take the precautions you would take in any modern Western city.
Mel
Reply to this Hi, although I no longer live in London, I lived there for 36 years. My suggestions concerning job hunting in London. The best thing to do is to go into restaurants, wine bars and so on and ask directly if there is a job available. If you are in London on for a month you won't have time to go to a job centre, fill out forms and hope that the recruitment consultant will contact you before it's time to head back to your home country. There is plenty of restaurant and bar work in London so you should have no problems finding any work. Mind you the hourly rates are poor but the tips usually compensate. Try and get a job in busy bar or restaurant or an expensive restaurant, go for the trendy areas such as Belsize Park, King's Road, High Street Kensington, Soho etc. Don't tell them you are in London for just a month or they won't hire you as they'll think it's not worth training you if you are leaving so soon.
Places to visit, besides the ones you have already mentioned, you must go to Windsor and Eton. Both are very close to London and are extremely worth the visit. Windsor Castle is the Queen's weekend retreat and the castle is really beautiful and full of history. Eton, just across the river, is a stunning little village, well-known for the public school. In fact it's quite amusing to see the students all dressed in their long tail coats and pinstripe trousers (I think) going from one building to another in Eton. The school is spread throughout the village.
If you have time, and I say this because it's a few hours away, you have to go to Devon or Cornwall or both. Gorgeous countrywise, white sandy beaches, and quaint picture perfect villages. Jesus, I am starting to wonder why I ever left the UK!!
With respect to accommodation, quite honestly I don't really know what's best. I know that when I was looking for a new flat to rent I looked in "Loot" magazine which has a huge section of places to rent categorised by price and area.
I hope that this have proved to be useful, and lucky you, Christmas in London is great!
Reply to this Thank you so much for taking the time to answer!!! I'll be taking into consideration everything you told me, thanks for the useful info and good omens 😊
Reply to this heyhey,
I think you will have fun times in London with all these recommendations so far 😉
take a look on gift-tours.com, they always have funny tours in London but also for the rest of England. for example a Jack-the-ripper-tour 😊 I have no idea what it costs but it might also be worth to take a look because they have the london-pass for cheaper, in case you want to make a hard-core-london day. don't forget about london when you are always outside the city!!
Reply to this I will be visiting London next month (I am so excited!). I have been reading the
London Guide and so far, it has been very helpful (especially in finding places to visit that are free, cheap or something within my budget). To help you even more, I'll tell you about my trip when I get back.
Reply to this That's funny because I actually took the Jack The Ripper walking tour just this past December and loved it! I don't remember the exact price but with a student discount it was less than 10 GBP/person and I wanna say around 6 or 7.
I'm not too familiar with London specifically but as a fellow broke traveler I'm well versed in the ways of getting by for super-cheap.
If you have a Student ID don't forget to ask for student discounts everywhere you go. You'd be surprised some of the places that offer them. If you don't have an ID ask for the discount anyway. Sometimes you'll get lucky and they won't ask to see it and even if they do just say you forgot it. If it doesn't work you haven't lost anything.
To save money on food just buy bread, meat, and cheese in a store and carry around sandwiches. It's cheap and buying local ingredients means you're not missing out on experiencing local food. Since you'll be in the UK I also recommend digestive biscuits. I don't know what it is but I got hooked on them.
Let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers!
Reply to this Check out Gumtree.com for flatshares. You can even post your situation and see if you can find lodging within your budget just for a month.
For cheap eats, always check out TopTable.co.uk, London-eating.com, and Squaremeal.co.uk. They always have discounts. You can check my blog too: http://www.londonelicious.com
Have a great trip!
Reply to this If you only do one thing in London, then go see Les Mis. I don’t know how I have missed it all of these years.
Les Misérables is the world's longest running musical, now in its 22nd year. It is based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo. The powerful story is full of passion, about a struggle for redemption.
What makes this production is the score. There are no spoken words. It’s not one of those fun musicals with a theme song that you find yourself humming for days. I am having a tough time articulating its moving strength. According to my wife, Allyn, who wrote music professionally, it is unbelievably musically sophisticated. The score fits perfectly with the tale.
Talk about staying power, it has been performed by 56 professional companies that have opened it in 233 cities in 38 countries, in 21 different languages. That is over 38,000 times to more than 51 million people.
Interestingly, it originally opened in September 1981 in Paris and failure in its short run.
Four years later when the English version opened in London, reviews by critics were mixed, scholars were offended by making a musical of this classic work and many thought it was too heavy to make it. The public felt otherwise.
Les Mis opened on Broadway in 1987, was nominated for twelve Tony awards and won eight including Best Musical and Best Original Score.
London Restaurant tip A beautiful jungle-like setting is home to Blue Elephant, which serves “Royal Thai Cuisine”. You can also find it in about a dozen other major European and Middle Eastern cities. Just choose your beverage and order the tasting menu.
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