Any Travels

Car. If you want to travel..
Car. If you want to travel around especially to the countryside and Scotland, it is advisable to rent a car. Train travel is not cheap too. There are many car rentals at the airport. I had bad experience with Alamo National. Very poor and slow service, that's why the queue is the longest of all car rental booths. Perhaps not that they are popular but giving customers lotsa problems. Imagine queuing at the airport for an hour with all your luggages. They try every means to rip you off.. so becareful with Alamo national. Worse of all, if you do not agree with the charges when you got back home, there's no customer service. I prefer Hertz... Not much more expensive than Alamo National. Faster and better service. Faster queues too... Might be cheaper than Alamo too cos they have cheap upgrades.

Rental Cars are Great!
We almost always fly in to Heathrow from Halifax on Air Canada. In our early London area trips, we just took took the train into London and either walked our used the Underground while in the city. For our most recent trips, I arrange a car rental before arriving and I have found that to be a great way to get around and enjoy the countryside. On our 2000 trip, I booked 2 weeks rental with unlimited mileage for C$600 from Holiday Net in Toronto. We had a zippy standard transmission Ford Focus while in England and I really enjoyed it. For the narrow backcountry roads, I prefer to keep the cars on the small size! Photo of Godrevy Beach on the Atlantic Coast side of Cornwall. We had some great weather (low 30s C or about 90 F) and really enjoyed the chance to play around on the beach!

Trains are the way to go!
The United Kingdom has a very good train network. In the Southeast (where I was living), it is easy to stay out of London, but still get into the city by train. Driving is also good in the UK, though their roundabouts can be a bit of an eye-opener. People also drive fast and impolitely in London. Outside London, driving is usually more enjoyable. Watch out for all the speed cameras that seem to have appeared all over the place since my last visit.