I'm heading to Europe next week and I've been looking at the https://www.londonpass.com and http://www.parispass.com when this deal pops up on a banner at the top of the page this morning - I'm browsing via the mobile websites, so it may come up differently on the full website.
The London Pass
- 15% off the 6 day adult pass £98.60
- 15% off the 6 day child pass £68.00
- 10% off the 3 day adult pass £76.50
10% off the 3 day child pass £53.10
NB: Discounts do not apply to the travel element15% off the 6 day adult pass + Oyster TravelCard £141.60
- 15% off the 6 day child pass + Oyster TravelCard £98.00
- 10% off the 3 day adult pass + Oyster TravelCard £104.50
- 10% off the 3 day child pass + Oyster TravelCard £71.10
The Paris Pass
- 10% off 6 day adult pass €197.10
- 10% off 6 day teen pass €103.50
- 10% off 6 day child pass €62.10
- 10% off 4 day adult pass €163.80
- 10% off 4 day teen pass €90.00
- 10% off 4 day child pass €46.80
Check the websites to see what's included.
In summary:
Included in your Paris Pass package is:
Paris Museum Pass – free entrance to over 60 of Paris’ world famous museums and monuments
Paris Attractions Pass – free entry to popular attractions including a Seine River Cruise, Musée Grévin, Tour Montparnasse and even a Wine Tasting experience!
Paris Bus Tour - free Hop-on-hop-off bus tour of Paris with Les Cars Rouge, show your Paris Attractions Pass to pick up a 1 day unlimited use ticket.
Paris Visite Travelcard – free unlimited travel on the metro, buses and RER within central Paris covering zones 1-3
Fast Track Entry – skip the lines at a selection of the busiest museums and attractions in Paris
120+ page Guidebook – a detailed guide to all of the sights and landmarks in Paris including a map and directions as well as loads of helpful tips and hints
Special Offers – exclusive offers at shops and restaurants in central Paris.
What is The London Pass?
The London Pass is a sightseeing city card which gives tourists and visitors free entry to over 60 top attractions, sights and tours. It is designed to make sightseeing in London easy and enjoyable – whilst saving both time and money.
What do you get?
The London Pass grants holders entry into top attractions including: Tower of London, Thames River Cruise, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, Windsor Castle & many more…
The London Pass comes as a package with a 160+ page guidebook, Fast Track Entry at selected attractions and exclusive discounts at shops and dining experiences in the city. Plus you have the option to add a Travelcard for access to the public transport system.
We travelled to the UK, Paris and beyond over several weeks in Dec/Jan.
Do your sums, we found the Paris pass invaluable - many places that you would not add to your itinerary suddenly make sense and if you plan to go to Versailles etc then it makes good financial sense.
We opted not to take the London pass as the places we wanted to go didn't make it good value.
Important transport tips,
Get a Visitor Oyster card when you arrive, load it up with more than you think you'll need and before you leave London go to the ticket office in a major tube station to get the balance refunded. That will save you messing about checking & reloading the cards which are valid forever and the money is better in your pocket than theirs.
Eurostar tickets go on sale 6 months prior to date of travel and as they get close to date, the price escalates in orders of magnitude (sometimes). Book sooner rather than later. Don't bother with a travel agent as they will not be as specific with their booking as you and it will cost substantially more.
For Paris trains we found buying a carnet ('book' 10) of single passes at 2.70 euro each was our best option, but there are multi-day passes that may better suit your travel plans. These tickets work for the underground and heavy rail (with some limitations).
For regional train travel from Paris to say Reims or Versailles you can go to the SNCF site and book, you get a copy of the tickets which you can print.
This usually also means youy can pick your seats. Using tyhe Raileurope site you can do the same thing (no seat selection possible).
For attraction/revue bookings we found an excellent website - have to go, will advise later.