On 13 Sep 2006 00:12:20 -0700, "Neil Williams"
wrote:


You do. I do. But then we are clued up about transport, and we both
read and post to a newsgroup that discusses it in depth. Most people
mainly travel by car, or by local bus on which they just buy single
fares, or maybe a weekly. It is *not* obvious to them that London
would be any different.

That is the key. "Everyone" in Britain knows you buy bus tickets from
the driver. When visiting London you get a day travelcard, except you
can't on Oyster, so bang goes that idea.

PAYG just shouts complex - look how people here describe troubles
getting through places like London Bridge with it.

....

Come on - there is a limit to what any of us can expect in terms of how
well we are treated when we arrive in a foreign land for all sorts of
issues.

Agreed. However, it is not reasonable to rip people off in the way the
gbp4 single fare does. Even the tourist cards of which you speak
aren't, IMX, as ridiculous.

I found Budapest airport a bit rude, as the transport information desk
would only sell transport+museum passes to us phrasebook-wielding
tourists, but not the equivalent of a travel card, even though we knew
what to ask for. They just don't sell 'em. There was some sort of
ticket machine, but it was OOU.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK