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6 Traditional London pubs to try when visiting London

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Many people who come to London for the first time want to drink in a traditional London pub and try traditional fish and chips.
Sadly what far too often happens is they go into what they imagine a traditional pub in London looks like or worse still go into one of the chain pubs because it [...]

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How to find London vacation apartment rentals when you visit London

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If you’re reading this the chances are that you’ve looked on Google for London vacation rentals and be blown away by the sheer number of companies offering apartments.
As you’ve found there are so many companies to choose from how do you know which one to go with. Let’s face it no one wants to be [...]

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Where to get the best Pound exchange rate when visiting London

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We recently got this question about where was the best place to exchange foreign currency to get the best rate for British pounds.
Last year I did a couple of posts about how you see so many tourists getting ripped off using foreign exchange bureaus. I’ve grouped those posts into this article so that you can [...]

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Be a restaurant critic in London and eat for free

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Are professional restaurant critics any better than a blogger who is passionate about food or even better than say someone who eats out regularly?
Personally I don’t think they are. If you don’t think they are either and you like eating out in London restaurants, you might want to become one of our restaurant critics.
Now don’t [...]

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What’s the best guide to London? Find out what London travel guide to buy

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If you’re looking for a guide to London there are lots of travel guides available. To help you decide which London travel guide to get I looked at 7 of the most popular ones to see if any of them would really help you in London.
Before reviewing these guides I was firmly in the Internet [...]

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Tripadvisor survey – Can it be believed?

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Tripadvisor recently announced their user survey awards, I won’t call it by its official title, and no London hotel got in the top 20 in the UK.
Does this finally prove that Tripadvisors reviews are unreliable? I think it does. There I said it. And it shows the sorry state of journalism and blogging when so [...]

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London film premiere guide and tips if you want to see the stars

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Going to a big film premiere in London is a complete waste of time if you haven’t done your planning. This guide will give you an idea of some of the things to take into consideration.
The two things that most people don’t appreciate are how early you have to get to Leicester Square to make [...]

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