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Big Bus Company

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: # 418 of 1189 attractions in London
Traveler Description: Visitors can tour London by hopping on and off these open-top, double-decker buses, with a choice of live commentary in many different languages.
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Attraction type: Tour
Activities: Group tours/bus tour
Address: 48 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W ORN
England
Tel: 44-0-20-7233-9533
Fax: 44-0-20-7828-0638

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Reviews of Big Bus Company

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Mar 16, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

My experience with The Big Bus Company of London was not the best one. It happened on 16th of March 2008. I tried to take part of the walk tour that started at 10:00 at Trafalgar Square. It was raining and quite cold but the prospective to see the guard change at Buckingham Palace was fascinating. I arrived at Trafalgar... more

Mar 10, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

On my last trip to London I tried the Big Bus Company for some new information about London, but unfortunately I was very disappointed. The staff of the Big Bus was very friendly, but on the tape of the bus are too little information about the places of interest. The "authors" of the tape tried to accentuate their information with... more

Jan 17, 2008
2/3 found this review helpful

With a day to spare my friends and i decided to use a bus tour as a way of seeing the whole city. We paid £19 for our tickets, got the green line bus to meet the red and blue buses which would bring us around the city. We were dropped off at a bus stop with 10-15 other passengers... more

4 of 5 stars
Dallas, TX
Oct 31, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

Hey folks, we are American Expats living in London and we take all our visitors on the Big Red Bus Tour - I've done it MANY times. We usually start at the Victoria Station Location. No particular reason, just like that starting point. If you speak English, make sure you get on a LIVE GUIDED tour. The live guides are... more

Oct 3, 2007
1/2 found this review helpful

I have a long story to tell but the basic complaints are they do not have enough buses, bad sound system, employees on the buses that do not care and are very misleading. They just want you to get on the bus and shut up. The only employees that were helpful were at the Big Eye Stop which you pass... more

2 of 5 stars
South Carolina
Sep 18, 2007

We were in London in Sept. 2007 and booked a tour with the Big Bus Company. We experienced 3 tour guides, one of whom was excellent, one was average, and the other obviously hated her job. So, you may get a mixed bag with this tour. We also had to wait longer at stops for the Big Bus while there... more

5 of 5 stars
Ottawa, Ontario
Sep 11, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

There was almost always a guide at one of the stops to help us choose where we were going. Got to know some of the guides who were lively and who were always happy to run into us for a second or third time. Used the bus as our main transportaion in London -and My Mom is 70 years old.... more

5 of 5 stars
Brussels
Aug 27, 2007

I spent 2 days in London the past week end. I highly recommend The Big Bus Company.: lot of busses, very informative and funny guides. I was so glad and I find it so worthy that a bought another ticket on my second day ( using the Big Bus to reach my hotel in the saturday morning). The tour are... more

Jul 24, 2007
0/1 found this review helpful

We prebooked tickest for the big Bus before leaving Australia. We joined the bus at Trafalgar Square and it took 45Mins before we were able to get upstairs. The bus was very old and whilst we could finaly see somthing when we got upstairs we could not hear the comentary. In fact we more able to hear the comentary from... more

4 of 5 stars
Bath, England
Jul 13, 2007
2/3 found this review helpful

My Wife and I were on honeymoon in Dubai. The Big Bus Company is well worth it, we didnt really do it to its full potential as it was sooooooo HOT at 43 degrees. The staff were really pleasant, although the content wasnt very consistent. One would say the UK island of the World was bought buy Richard Branson and... more

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48 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W ORN, England
Tel: 44-0-20-7233-9533 Fax: 44-0-20-7828-0638