# Is $250 a day in London cutting it close?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-250-a-day-in-london-cutting-it-close/568183 "2011-01-19T07:44:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-250-a-day-in-london-cutting-it-close/568183/21 "2011-02-11T11:33:25Z")

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> [@Quintas](#):
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> Another question, if any brits are reading this. I’ve _considered_ extending my stay to 9 days. If I do that, I wanted to do 5 in London, 4 in Bath.Or something like that. This will mean postponing my trip for 1 month to get the extra $$, but that’s fine.
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> What are my transportation options between cities in the UK? I don’t want to rent a car. Is there a train to take me there? Really, thats the only way I would do this, is if there is an easy inexpensive train to Bath from London. Is there?

I live near to Bath. There is a good train service, as noted, in terms of time to arrive, but you really need to book ahead or travel at the weekend to avoid being totally fleeced by the fares. For example, just pitching up in London Paddington this Monday and asking for a single ticket to Bath Spa, wanting to just get on any train that day would cost you £79, standard class. Presumably much the same back the other way.

And yes, I think you would tire of Bath after two days. It’s a shame about the lack of car because some of the other cool places in that vicinity like Avebury and the Cotswolds are just not served by trains. There are buses to Avebury from Swindon (not far away, same train line as the London-Bath line), though. I recommend Avebury. Especially if you like little villages surrounded by prehistoric massive stones. If you like _those_, it can’t fail!

Alternatively, you can catch a bus from Bath and go to Wells. Wells is very pretty but possibly lacking in sustained excitement for more than a long afternoon. Although if you’re a fan of the movie _Hot Fuzz_, that was filmed all around Wells so it has that going on.

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-250-a-day-in-london-cutting-it-close/568183/22 "2011-02-11T11:34:53Z")

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To concur with the others, as long as you’re sticking to major towns and cities, then you can very easily reach hundreds of places via the train direct from London.

I also agree that 4 days in Bath (without a car which would allow you to explore the surrounding countryside) sounds too much to me.

Just for the hell of it, check out Eurostar for train prices to Paris – plenty of people even do it this way as a day trip, as Central London to Central Paris is a mere 2hours 20mins.

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