Some claims about savings are illusory and reminds me of the joke, possibly by Groucho Marx, who upon being told that some one had saved a dollar by walking instead of catching a bus suggested that if they'd walked instead of catching a taxi, that their saving would have been much greater.
My savings tip from this weekend:
Making sure that you know the rules and regulations for age limits for rail and tube travel can lead to savings:
This weekend i took a group of thirty youngsters and three adults to London on a school trip. On the railway child fares cease on reaching sixteen. The same appeared to apply on the tube with ID required for fifteen year olds to get half fare unless a day ticket is purchased.
For London transport purposes my group appeared to be eight adult fares and twenty four child fares for day tickets. The kind cashier at Kings Cross rail ticket office refused to serve me yesterday and redirected me to a London transport ticket office where I could get group rates - 50% off which lopped a substantial amount off the bill.
This morning I duly turned up a London Transport ticket office to get group rate tickets and attempted to place the same order only to be asked the ages of the kids where I found that the sixteen year olds qualify as children on group rate which made an additional saving.
because my spare one is in bits and pieces (expensive ones) awaiting resurrection.
