London Pass, Travel Card

Sherry, How many of you are going? If 2, I think the 2-four-1 deals they talk about on here would be better. The way I would make my decision is to see which of those places are on the 2-for-1 scheme. Then add up how much you'd pay that way vs. with the London Pass. Hope that helps!
Kristie

A couple of notes. 1. Westminster Abbey is not eligible for 2FOR1. 2. British Museum is free. 3. The others are included. (I'm rounding these prices up, all are for adults) Tower of London - 20 GBP Churchill - 16 GBP Wembley - 15 GBP So 2FOR1 would save you 41 GBP. A 1-day travel card is 8 GBP (includes peak travel zones 1-2)
A 7 day travel card is 28 GBP. Churchill takes 1-2 hrs. Tower of London greatly varies depending on your pace. If I'm not mistaken Wembley is the only one a bit out of the way to the northwest about 8+ miles. Personally I think you could do Westminster Abbey and Churchill in the morning (they are close by only about 0.2 miles apart) and then head over to the Tower of London for the afternoon (or vice versa). The Tower is about 4 miles away. Much of this depends on luck and the days you are visiting. Saturdays are bad. We skipped the Abbey on a Saturday due to lines (at least an hour just to get the tickets) and came back midweek with no lines. Ditto for the Tower of London, even no wait for seeing the jewels.

How do you purchase the 2 for 1 tickets. We are riding the express train from Heathrow to London. Does that qualify as rail. Can we purchase the tickets at Paddington Station which is where we will be arriving to in London. I looked at the website that offers the vouchers and there were lots of questions to fill out that i didn't know the answers to.
Thanks for your previous information. We are in London from next tuesday to friday so my time is limited in figuring this all out.

Paddington station includes trains so they should have the Travel Card. You have to buy it from the train ticket area and not the tube ticket area. When you buy the travel card just ask them for the 2FOR1 booklet. The booklet lists the places that take the coupons. The booklet also includes blank coupons that you fill out. Info such as date, name, attraction, email address, etc. Nothing too important. There was some kind of address box but we left in blank and no one ever asked for more info. Just wanted the coupon and to see a rail ticket (i.e., the travel card). If you end up taking any train rides while the travel card is active make sure you show it when you buy the train tickets since it gives you a discount (or it is applied towards the train ticket out of town). For example we took the train from Waterloo to Windsor. I don't think the Heathrow express counts. However you should be able to buy the travel card and get the coupon books at the Heathrow Rail station (we arrived/left via Gatwick and got ours there).

Sherry, Unlike at Gatwick, there is no National Rail station at Heathrow. Both the Heathrow Express and the Heathrow Connect are private trains. Yes, you can buy National Rail travelcards at Paddington. However, the HEX is a very expensive ride. Unless you are staying within walking distance of Paddington, getting from Heathrow to your hotel will be nearly as fast on the Tube.

We are staying a 5 minute walk from Paddington. Should we take the tube or the Express from Heathrow. We will have 2 large suitcases so i was worried about that on the Tube.
Thanks everyone for the help?

You may want to take the Heathrow Connect. It's a local train that is half the cost of the Heathrow Express, and only about 10 minutes slower: http://goo.gl/wKCKB How large are your suitcases though? Are they so unwieldy that you will have difficulty lugging them on and off the train, or walking from Paddington to your hotel? If so, you may want to consider a car service like just airports or london transports: http://www.justairports.com/ http://www.london-transfers.com/

We will have one large suitcase and one small carry on each since we are taking a cruise out of Venice later in the week. They are easy to walk with and lift but i was worried how much room the tube has for luggage. My experience in Europe on underground transit is there is room for people, not for luggage. Does the Heathrow Connect go direct from Heathrow to Paddington?