Big Bus Company

Die Busse fahren einen Rundkurs und halten an verschiedenen Stationen, an denen man nach Belieben ein- und aussteiegen kann. Im Prospekt heisst es dazu, die Busse wurden alle 15 Minuten kommen und fahren. Tatsachlich ist die frequenz weit niedriger : Wir mussten (11. und 12.06.2009) uber 1/2 Stunden warten, und zwar an drei verschiedenen Stationen zu unterschiedlichen Tageszeiten (also kein Einzelfall). Offensichtlich verfugt die Unternehmung uber zu wenig Busse. - Zudem funktionierte die Tonubertragung der Erklarungen (vom Band) im Oberdeck eines der Busse nicht .

Insgesamt : Nicht empfehlenswert.

Don't take this in the winter because it's far too cold up top, and on the bottom you can't see anything. The only advantage is there are far fewer people and no long lines and they give you two days on the ticket. Also, if you want to get on and off it's great, but if you want to take tours, in the winter the buses stop at 4:30pm so you might be able to get in one tour and maybe a walk or river cruise. Have to get started very early to use the price of the bus ticket. If you get an Oyster Card, the tube would be much cheaper. Also, as one other reviewer said, they dont seem to have any plan B if anything happens. There was a protest at the Israelie embassy and we were literally "dumped' at Trafalger Square and pointed in the direction of a city bus. We Didn't know where we were, there were a million buses, and the driver just said matter of factly that he couldn't get us back to where we boarded the bus. It was below freezing out so that made it worse. And I'm in a wheelchair. They don't tell you to pick up earbuds when you board so we had to go back while the bus was moving to find them. I'm afraid to take a cab as I have no idea of the cost and we were far away. Plus it made me mad the Big bus company just dumped us far away from our hotel. The protest was planned far ahead and besides they should have a plan B because these things happen in London often. I also observed the other buses seemed to be running and making stops. I think it was close to quit work time for the drivers and that was it, they weren't going any further or out of their way as he said at first he was going to try to get us back to our point of origin where we could catch the bus that stopped close to our hotel. But then said he couldnt make it. So that meant the bus company didn't even endeavor to hold the bus or run it later for people who were late in getting to the connecton because of the protest..

I am from Newcastle and i visited London with my daughter for the first time at the begining of November, we made our way to The London eye and happened to be asked if we wanted to buy a ticket to see the sites of London. It was the best thing we ever did we would never have seen as much as we did under our own steam. The two gentlemen staff who helped us where really nice , even the staff we encountered on the journey where really helpful and friendly. It made our visit to London great, thank you.