Tourist visit to London next week. Good idea?

[dang65]

I'm just weighing up a day trip to London with the kids next week, say Tuesday or Wednesday. Obviously this is smack in the middle of a) the school holidays and b) the biggest English Bank Holiday bonanza in living memory (or an average week in Italy).

I'm trying to work out whether that will work in our favour, with everyone taking the three days off and fleeing the country for the duration, leaving London like the beginning of 28 Days Later, or if it just means that thousands and thousands of stupid tourists will pour in to town for stupid days out with their stupid children. Uhh, like me.

Anyone care to make an educated guess? No, hang on, this is CUK. Anyone care to offer some pointless speculation based on nothing more than a wild guess?

Either will do.

[doodab]

It will be horrid.

[Spacecadet]

You could always take them somewhere nice instead

[doodab]

What about the seaside? Where are you starting from?

[dang65]

We live in the countryside and not far from the beach, so going in to London is variety and a different day out. I know when you live in London you want to get out to the seaside and the countryside, but it does work the other way round as well.

So, do people expect London to be packed next week? Even more than usual I mean, or about the same, or a bit less?

[Spacecadet]

We live in the countryside and not far from the beach, so going in to London is variety and a different day out. I know when you live in London you want to get out to the seaside and the countryside, but it does work the other way round as well.

So, do people expect London to be packed next week? Even more than usual I mean, or about the same, or a bit less?

I would say even more than normal and normal generally means heaving anyway

[Support Monkey]

as long as you know it will be a nightmare and don't get worked up about it there is no problem, see the crowds and chaos as being part of the great adventure trip to the sprawling metropolis of london

[sasguru]

We live in the countryside and not far from the beach, so going in to London is variety and a different day out. I know when you live in London you want to get out to the seaside and the countryside, but it does work the other way round as well.

So, do people expect London to be packed next week? Even more than usual I mean, or about the same, or a bit less?

As a Londoner I expect all the Northern Numpties, Home Counties Homies and European Existentialists will bugger orf back to their origins.
Bank holidays in London are usually very quiet and I expect this one to be more so than usual, or I'll be very disappointed.

I don't know if the parasite's wedding will change the normal pattern of events though.

[doodab]

So, do people expect London to be packed next week? Even more than usual I mean, or about the same, or a bit less?

AFAIK the kids are supposed to be at school on those three days so it shouldn't be full of people enjoying family days out, on the other hand it will be full of foreign tourists, people working, and all the usual crap.

But then if you want the genuine London experience, a bit of heaving is a good thing.

[norrahe]

I would say even more than normal and normal generally means heaving anyway

Agree, the influx of tourists has started early this year and next week will be pretty bad. Especially with this wedding nonsense.