London Travel Cards

[daffydowndilys]

If we are in London for a few days and want to travel widely on the underground, buses and Thames Clippers. After 9am. What cards do we need to buy.

I used to live in London a number of years back and you used to be able to buy a 1 day travel card and could go on all of these. Is that not the case anymore?

For adults just use a contactless debit card....it will cap the days fare at the one day travel card amount.
Do you have kids with you?

Yes, will have 1 child aged 7 with us.

No you can use your (contactless) debit card to tap in and out of stations. Or buy an oyster card. You pay a £5 returnable deposit for and top up. Again tap in and out of stations and the correct amount is deducted.

I think kids under 10 go free so just use the big gate to go through rather than the stalls.

Thanks, and does this work on buses too?

Just use your contactless debit card - your child travels free with you - so use the bigger buggy barrier exits :-)

Stick with the contactless. Each adult will need one but you don't need anything for the 7-year-old. All tube stations have at least one big gate now so use that to take the child through.

Yes, contactless payments work on buses too