I’d Like A Package Deal For Train, Hotel And The Royal Albert Hall

[Bobbisox1]

Has anyone an idea where I’d go to get one please , I.e. what sites etc
Thanks in advance

[Buenchico]

Unless there's a site that has the relevant concert listed as one of its attractions, I doubt that you'll find any site which will put all three of those things together. (A few concert promoters make tickets available to travel firms but the vast majority only offer them directly to the public).

Just tell us when you want to go though (and to to which concert/gig) and people here (such as myself or Mushroom25) can probably help you with your travel planning.

[237SJ]

You don't need a package deal in this country. Just get the train down to London and stay in a Premier Inn or somewhere.

[Bobbisox1]

Chris it’s for the Classical spectacular

237SJ, that’s a great idea, thank you

[Bobbisox1]

Chris that’s for November 7th

[237SJ]

I haven't looked into it but I have heard that you can get some really cheap weekend deals in Travelodge in the City at weekends.

[Bobbisox1]

That’s a job for me for tomorrow, getting excited

[237SJ]

There are plenty of places you can stay outside of London if you want a cheap weekend. You don't have to stay in the centre.

[Bobbisox1]

Thanks again for your advice 237SJ
Well received

[Buenchico]

You can't currently book rail tickets beyond 29 October but I should still be able to suggest possible times and prices (based upon an earlier weekend) if you can provide a little more information:

1. I assume that you'll be travelling from Newcastle. Please let me know if I've got that wrong.

2. There are two performances on Sunday 7th. One is at 3pm, with the other at 7.30pm. If you're attending the earlier one, you could travel home afterwards, whereas attending the later one will mean staying in London on the Sunday night.

3. When do you want to travel to London? Travelling early on Friday would allow you to have a long weekend in London. Travelling later on Friday would allow you stay overnight and get an early start, for a bit of sightseeing, on Saturday. Travelling early on Saturday would allow you to see some of the sights or, if you're really only interested in going to the concert, you could travel later on Saturday. To save on hotel costs, while foregoing any chance of sightseeing (other, possibly, than on Monday if you stay overnight on Sunday), you could leave your travel until Sunday. So which suits you best?

[naomi24]

Bobbi, stay as close to the RAH as you can. You don’t want to be travelling miles on the tube late at night.

[Bobbisox1]

Too right we don’t Naomi

[Buenchico]

PS: Please don't even consider booking your concert tickets anywhere other than the official ticketing site, which is here:
https://tickets.royalalberthall.com/production/69122

Tickets are priced from £29.50 (or £20 if you don't mind a restricted view) up to £76.

[Buenchico]

>>> You don’t want to be travelling miles on the tube late at night

That's not a problem if Bobbi opts for the 3pm performance!

[Bobbisox1]

I think the Friday till Sunday would be the one we’d like Chris

[Bobbisox1]

Now that’s probably a good idea Chris

[Buenchico]

Thanks for that, Bobbi. I'll examine what your options might be then.

[Bobbisox1]

Thank you Chris

[ubasses]

Register on the Secret Escapes website, you can get some very good prices on hotels in Central London. At the moment they have got one at Tower Bridge for £89 per night, per room Travel Lodge is only a couple of pounds cheaper.

[Bobbisox1]

Thank you ubasses

[Buenchico]

NB: The rail fares below assume that you've got a Senior Railcard. If you haven't, either consider getting one (£30 for a year or £70 for three years) or add roughly 50% onto all of the fares I've shown:

Based upon the prices currently offered for a fortnight earlier than you want to travel (which is the last weekend for which tickets are currently available), outbound travel to London is available on the Friday for just £19.50, if you're a real early bird, at 0655 (getting into Kings Cross at 1003). Travelling later, at 0802 (and getting into Kings Cross at 1053) costs £37.95. There are similarly priced tickets available later in the morning too, plus an option to pay £25.45 for travel at 1058 (arriving Kings Cross 1353).

If you attend the 3pm performance on the Sunday (which finishes at approx 5.35pm) you'd have plenty of options for return travel. Ticket prices for Sunday evening travel aren't currently shown for the sample date I'm using (24 Oct) but bringing the date forward to 3rd October suggests that you might have to pay £50.25 for travel at, say, 1930 (getting back to Newcastle at 2346).

If you stay overnight on the Sunday, there are loads of departures available on the Monday for just £19.50. (So you could either return early on the Monday or do lots more sightseeing and head home much later in the day).

Whatever you do, don't pay for your rail travel on the day, as it'll cost you a whopping £521 (plus another 50% if you've not got a Senior Railcard)!

Check your times, and book your tickets, either here
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
or here
https://www.lner.co.uk/
(Do NOT use other services, such as The Trainline, as they can't offer you any cheaper tickets and usually add a booking fee on top of your fares, costing you MORE).

The best to time to book will probably around the end of this month, as fares for your chosen dates should be online by then.

I'll now start thinking about hotels ;-)