Traveling in london

Why don't you go directly from Paris to Amsterdam - shorter and cheaper. Are you flying from London to Amsterdam? Don't understand the one night hit in London. LHR is some distance from central London so it is either stay near the airport or stay in London with a long ride ton the airport. Need a little clarity. Unfortunately you will need to go through immigration and customs going to London and again going to Amsterdam. If you go from Paris to Amsterdam there is no immigration or customs because you are staying in the Schengen zone.

I assume you already have your plane ticket to Amsterdam, otherwise I would have recommended skipping London and going straight to Amsterdam from Paris. It seems like a waste of money for less than 1 day in London.

But since you've already bought tickets- you will have already cleared passport control in Paris before boarding the Eurostar, so you just get off the train and proceed out of St. Pancras station when you arrive. You shouldn't have to deal with Customs unless you are bringing dutiable goods into the UK (not usually a factor for tourists).

I'd recommend a hotel very close by, since Kings Cross station is right across the street. The next morning you can board the Piccadilly line there, which goes to LHR. Kings Cross also is a stop for several other Underground lines, so would be an easy way to get to whatever sights you might have time for on the rest of your day.

The Premier Inn St Pancras is only a block or so up Euston Rd from both stations, and is reasonably priced.

Allow at least an hour travel time to LHR, and plan to arrive 2 hours or more before your flight. You'll need to clear security and passport control before proceeding to your gate.

If you decide to stay out at Heathrow, I recommend checking the rate for the Premier Inn at Terminal 4. It's about a 15-minute walk from the tube station, going beyond the terminal. But the walkway is covered. The hotel is relatively new, and I got a very, very good deal there last September.

I, too, am confused about why you are traveling from Paris to Amsterdam by way of London.

I too am rather confused by your routing but so be it .

In Paris arrive at Gare du Nord about an hour in advance of your trian , this gives you time so you aren't panicking.
You can / should buy a snack to take in the Eurostar , you can also take liquids on board so bring a drink too !
The Eurostar boarding area is upstairs , you will have to fill in a form and pass through immigration.

How early is your flight to Amsterdam ? If early I would store luggage in a locker ( and I am not sure they have them at the station so Google that , then sightsee in London then go out to airport and stay in airport hotel . If flight to Amsterdam isn't early in day , I would stay in London - going to airport in morning .

It would help is you told us where your train arrives and when your flight leaves

Hi, the reason for my quick London stop was to see more... I leave from London at 10:55 am... I'm starting to think this was a mistake. First time traveling...I think I will check into the airport hotel... so confused.

so are the Eurostar and Amsterdam from London tickets bought?

What time does the Eurostar arrive at St Pancras International (or if you don't know, what time does it leave Paris Gare du Nord)?

Do you know which airline it is from London to Amsterdam?

I too would recommend going straight from Paris to Amsterdam by train. Just 1 hour more than Paris to London.
You are wasting ½ day travelling, including all the hassle of airports and flights, for a few hours in London, when you could have a whole extra day in Amsterdam. Plus, arriving by train, you would have to carry your luggage around London, then catch a train out to Heathrow with your luggage.

A 10:55 departure from Heathrow gives you no time that morning in London.

Even if you have paid for train and airfare into and out of London, you may want to consider just skipping London and going straight to Amsterdam and use the time for meaningful touring, rather than running yourself ragged to get in and out of London.
Unless you are on one of the 1st trains to from Paris to London, you really will have time to ride a circuit of a tour bus around London, and little else.

Hopefully you can get some refund if you have purchased the Eurostar and airfare and just go directly to Amsterdam.

Take a deep breath and relax .

Just as a general rule: You do not see more by going to more places. You see less, because you are wasting time on trains/buses/planes to move between the places. Few people would suggest that a 2-week trip (random example) be spent entirely in one city, but major destinations are major for the reason that they have a lot to see and can keep you busy for a long time.

Don't be confused. Go straight from Paris to Amsterdam.

Save London for another trip.

If you have already paid for your train to London and your flight to Amsterdam, then that money has been spent. It is a sunk cost. Your choices:

• Spend the money for a hotel room in London or at Heathrow, and see just a bit of the city in a short time. You "use" your sunk costs, but waste time.
• Forget about the ill fated sunk costs to/from London, and go straight to Amsterdam by train. You "lose" that money that you've already spent, but you save time and aggravation. And you gain more real time in Amsterdam.

Don't beat yourself up too much about it. We've all done something similar. That's how you gain experience. I never made it to Inverness because I bought the wrong kind of tickets and I didn't have more money to make it right. So I just got to Aviemore. These things happen and you just need to make the best of it.

Look into the possibility of changing your Eurostar ticket. Even with a change fee it might be cheaper. (And in the future, research before you click purchase!)

Wow all this advice is so much food for thought.... I get to London around 11:55... so I'm not even getting 24 hours. I initially had only Paris & Amsterdam... but I called untied airlines & changed it so I could take the Chunnel...thought that was a good experiences(lol first time traveler) 75 $ Change fee so I could change& fly London to Amsterdam...Now the question is do I cancel London and/ or take a train rather than flying to Amsterdam... I agree with a lot of wasted time... u live & learn! Mahalo for all this advice... Any killer Hostiles...

If you're okay with getting up early on the day of your flight to Amsterdam, you do have a nice afternoon and evening in London and I'd book a hotel near the train station, have a walkaround and enjoy the area (the British Library nearby is open to 8:00pm) .

Is it ideal to spend less than a day in London? Not really. But I do feel like there's a fair amount to do in the area right around the train station that you could have some compact fun time there before onward travel.