The WORST Tourist Traps in London! Avoid!

[@SandyMakesSense]

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[@sigridsimmen]

I see where you're coming from, as a lot of these things are more "big city" attractions rather than specific to London. However, for people who haven't travelled much, London might be the first/only really big city they've been to, and it's exciting to go to something as insane as M&M's world, because it's so different from where you come from. I don't think every kind of traveller goes places to experience the "way of the locals", but they want to see the sights they've heard about and experience a big city, tacky touristy things included.

[@SandyMakesSense]

Good point I guess ☺️

[@flyhi2773]

I'm inclined to add another; avoid rush hour, especially on the tube, especially Victoria underground station, the Northern line, Central line. If you can, avoid it all, especially in heat waves .

[@davidwebb4904]

The sweaty, overcrowded tube, is a true British experience......

[@Thefabuloushub]

oh god the central line in july/august is hell

[@barvdw]

Whitin the city centre, I would likely walk. I walked from St Pancras to Piccadilly Circus, to Trafalgar Square, even to Hyde Park. You're on holiday, you don't *have* to rush anywhere. And it isn't raining as often as people think it does. It'll save you quite a penny as well, TfL isn't exactly cheap.

[@jeromemckenna7102]

I certainly agree with you on Madame Tussauds, it is a waste of time. There are lots of wonderful museums, such as the John Soane Museum. At one time it didn't get many visitors at all. It is still free. Yes, free.

[@Mc1988-p1i]

I love London for their free museums! Always something to do which is crazy because if they were charging people I wouldn’t go as history isn’t a huge interest of mine but by just going to the free ones, it has def introduced me to the idea of learning more and actually seeking more museums! I would however avoid pollocks toy museum - it was great and I think we paid less than £10 but it was the creepiest experience ever haha

[@tarrynlea]

Disagree. It is definitely overpriced but if you're going to splash out on some touristy things, you could do a lot worse. I really love the train ride there that takes you through the history of London. It's really well done. Not a fan of the Chamber of Horrors though, London Dungeons much better if you're into that sort of thing.

[@frogletx]

I'm told that there are over 120 species of fish in the tidal Thames because the river is now relatively clean. There are lots of fry in the river. Hence, the London Aquarium might have lots of fish to show relating to London. But the truth is, I wouldn't know what is in the aquarium, because I (being a local) , of course, have never been in there.Nor have I ever eaten in the Angus Steak House. I've walked past it lots of times, but I've never been tempted to go in.

[@GFSLombardo]

Sometimes people go to an aquarium because they want to go to an aquarium. There is a large aquarium in NYC and New Yorkers actually do go there as part of their "NYC EXPERIENCE". I think that many people who live in large cities tend to take their local "attractions" for granted assuming "they will always be there" or they are "just for the tourists". Yet once they do travel away from home they are eager to see "everything". Go figure...

[@timothyluscombe1876]

I am a local Londoner but even I enjoy the aquarium it’s just a nice and fun place to go for a day out, so I don’t agree with your view on the aquarium

[@EliteXtasy]

As a Londoner born and bred, I agree with this list. I'm going to add the London Eye. Don't @ me.

[@richardhuddart7185]

Very good and helpful video !! Very well done and presented brilliantly.

[@Megara_baila]

The Aquarium!! Totally disagree, I grew up in London and going there was definitely part of the "London Experience"! Haha. As a Londoner we would visit the city centre like many tourists and see many of the tacky attractions. Central London is a different world to parts around the centre. Yes, of course, there are much better things to do but its not to say a "Londoner" hasn't or wouldn't also go to these attractions.

[@GFSLombardo]

True. Sometimes people go to an aquarium because they want to go to an aquarium. There is a large aquarium in NYC and New Yorkers actually go there as part of their "NYC EXPERIENCE".

[@miguelwerv1783]

Enjoyed your video I was thinking the same British museum etc if your about when I'm there I'll give ya shout we could have a drink 😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@andybliss5965]

Had a work party in Camden today. I hate the place so much that as soon as I got to the venue just decided to go home instead

[@verac6731]

I love your videos, Sandy! I'm an English Girl in Germany (from London), so your perspective is really very interesting for me.

[@nintendolover114]

Just because something isn't a proper "London experience" Doesn't stop from being fun, I'm not gonna spend my entire time in London drinking beers and eating pie and mash simply cause it's British, fun is fun regardless

[@makkizakki8440]

Number 1 gotta be the Tube followed by the Tower Bridge prices for a terrible tour of it too.

[@CallMeCarolyn]

Just came back from a trip to London :P Madame Tussauds was by far the worst thing i have ever seen. It was so full, a woman started a fight with me about taking a picture with a wax figure :D It all started with her pushing me for having no space! Also there was such a long wait... it was so not worth the 25 euros i paid. Way too stressfull!

[@georgiag2014]

I went a few years ago and it was while people were at school, best time to go cause it's less packed

[@starkingbiker]

Who cares about fucking wax figures?? Like..what the fuck?

[@jacobhicalcium]

Totally agree with the point on Oxford Street. We just moved to the UK from South East Asia, and Oxford Street reminded me, a 100%, of Orchard Road in Singapore. Definitely not the London experience I was looking for! But yeah, the small streets next to it leading to West End is amazing.

[@cijmo]

The thing about some of the ones you mentioned (was museum, Ripleys, M&M world) is they're not unique to London. They're all over the world. I wasn't impressed by the aquarium either but isn't the purpose of an aquarium to see things that AREN'T from the area?

[@SandyMakesSense]

Well yeah that’s exactly what I said

[@vvvvvv2086]

M&Ms are cheaper in the supermarket. Indeed if you want sweets or snacks, go into Tesco Metro on the Strand.

[@smilangkendu5941]

THANKS im going to London soon with family very helpful

[@SandyMakesSense]

Ah amazing! Hope it’ll be an awesome trip :)

[@juliibrahimova1182]

Love your accent and spiritual motivation you provide us with

[@SandyMakesSense]

Oh haha thank you!

[@juliibrahimova1182]

@@SandyMakesSense Welcome,keep it up😄👏

[@verac6731]

Another tip. Don't eat fish in a pub, especially not one of those pubs that make you pay in advance! I once paid for my dinner in advance, and got such a dry fish. It was horrible. If you want a lovely fresh fish, go to the seaside!!

[@andybliss5965]

Definitely agree about the pub. Finding good fish and chips is hard enough in London. The best for me is Superfish in Morden on the Nothern line

[@ewakunat5874]

I really like, when you speaks about something from London and I think you are grat person :) always smiling :)

[@stevencassidy6982]

yep smiling when she sticks the boot in?

[@celine-serinu]

The worst attraction to me was The Queen's Gallery. Paid £25 for one ticket and there were only three rooms with paintings. We were so disappointed haha.

[@Chris-bn1vt]

Liking your videos before even watching them :D Lol, the slight of hand skills of those pickpocketing magicians came to mind, stealing so quickly that you won't notice anything. How does a top 5 least known London attractions worth visiting video sound?

[@anapuyol1413]

That would be fun!

[@joeapplemac08]

In fairness most Londoners Are quite biased as they have the advantage of been able to visit theses places anytime however for people living 200 miles away it is quite nice to visit these places 😊

[@Mc1988-p1i]

Haha I 100% agree with all of this! I’ve never understood M&M world or the point of it! I feel the same about tourists and Harrods, I work opposite at the army barracks in Knightsbridge so walking around at lunch and seeing the amount of people who specifically go to harrods to buy something tiny just to say they’ve been is crazy! Lol its a very expensive carrier bag to own haha

[@tarrynlea]

Then go to Harrods just to look around? There's no obligation to buy. It's an incredible store, there's really nothing quite like it, especially the attention to detail. And at least they've stopped charging for the loos now!

[@aleabogado6703]

I will be today in London . I will be in regents park for five days. It would be nice to have a coffee

[@catherinelam9381]

Thanks for your valuable information! I will bear in mind when I travel to London in the future.

[@linhnguyenhai4072]

Hello Sandy Could you tell me whether employers in the uk appreciate a degree from the top universities to sponsor somebody.Thank you for sharing may helpful things

[@lindenbeck]

Ich habe mal eine Tasse in der Oxford Street im Laden, der nicht zu Crest of London gehört, gekauft und nach 10x benutzen, bekam die Tasse einen Sprung. Da gehe ich doch lieber zu Crest of London und kaufe mir eine Tasse die ich auch mehr als 10 mal benutzen kann ohne das sie einen Sprung bekommt.

[@spqr1132]

Cheers for all the information, I’m moving to London next month, at least I will know some scams

[@redfox4020]

Hey, I’m visiting London for the first time this March and this video was really helpful.🙂 keep going👍 (I’m from Czech Republic)

[@SandyMakesSense]

Amazing!!! ❤️ Enjoy

[@trishnax]

How was your trip?x

[@raulmoat2570]

iam afraid i dont agree with a lot of your choices. its all upto individual choice. you may not like shopping in oxford street but in fact majority of tourists love going there. in fact it is THE busiest shopping street in the whole of europe, and the longest street. and that is reason enough for tourists to go there, just to see what its about.

[@starkingbiker]

raul moat to see doesnt mean to consume like a little sheep

[@lisahernandez4224]

I thank you. Hadn't planned on going to any of those, but you just let me know I'm right not to go to any of those! The 😊

[@SandyMakesSense]

Ah yay :)

[@vvvvvv2086]

Babe with a touch of class. Quality.

[@SokiLondon]

So true !

[@mc2594]

that's the best answer on a Postcard ever Sandy! making perfect sense there.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

This video brought to you by our sponsors Aberdeen Angus Steakhouse and M&M, your money is our main concern.

[@ceppyoldskool2006]

march I'm going there..thx for the info 😉👍

[@tadhgobrien8744]

London is fun, M&M world is for kids who love candy! Eating disgusting food has been part of the English experience for ever! If I ate in a great restaurant in England I'd have to check did I cross in to Wales without noticing!

[@nerkerasaunders3368]

looking lovely as usually love your videos

[@GoMrTom]

Danke für deinen Erfahrungsschatz. Bei meinem ersten London-Besuch habe ich damals eine nach der anderen Touristenfalle mitgenommen. Wenigstens bin ich den Taschenspielern nicht auf den Leim gegangen. Kleines Erfolgserlebnis. ^_^ BTW: Hast heute wieder einen Klasse-Look gewählt. :)

[@a.b.2958]

Thank you for another good video.

[@StrawberryCream78]

Aberdeen steakhouse is in tenerife too

[@chatbud]

What's wrong with the M&M shop? I went in took a couple of pics and left. C'mon. nobody cares for the sweets.

[@WifeMamaArtist]

Desmond P T . I’m not sure what’s more tacky and tasteless, a ‘(ENTER NAME) went to London and all I got was this lousy T-shirt’ T-shirt, or flipping’ M&M World. Why would you even bother with a selfie!!

[@geoffreyhansen8543]

Helpful video!

[@blubnugg4928]

Don't go to the pier fish and chips

[@lisabetbraun2488]

This Londoner stepped foot in one once . Years ago though . It was once though

[@storiasung]

Always keep an eye on pick pocket ! I hope you to come to my gossip video in london. Thank you

[@Alan_Mac]

Brilliant vid and I loved how passionate you were about rip-off London. I actually vowed to unsubscribe if you didn't mention Oxford Street - phew!!!. If one's out shopping the only reason to go to Oxford Street is to leave it to visit Liberty - which really should be a subject of one of your videos. You are right about Aberdeen Steakhouse (They used to have loads of branches and I actually took a girl from Hamburg on a date to one in about 1981) but wrong about Flat Iron. If you want the best grilled/roast meat in London go to either The Jugged Hare by the Barbican or Mac & Wild near Fitzroy Sq. If you go to the latter then have their venison chateaubriand and come back and tell me if it's not the best roast meat you've had in your lifetime ;)

[@GFSLombardo]

Buying tourist tat that is invariably"MADE IN CHINA" et.al. makes no sense. As my UK friends always say "BUY BRITISH"!

[@WifeMamaArtist]

M&M World, OMG yes, someone should light a fire under that place!!! It’s just so awful!

[@SandyMakesSense]

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[@andrewstevens3555]

and does that have anything to do with the rapper Eminem.

[@candygirl9509]

M&m store smells so bad... but free to go in.... didn't do the others

[@RaveeCG]

I wonder why you have said nothing about Tower of London, I think from all what I have visit in London that place was my worst experience. First of all, they didn't want to apply my discount from booking.com promo code (everywhere else was perfectly fine), you can see almost everything what is inside yard from outside, to many people wondering around and nothing to show, until you get to see the crown you will get some sort of boring pink walls, insane price for everything I have just said and many more to be said but I will stop here. P.S: Some sort of alarm took off while waiting to see that crown and they evacuate all of us hahah. Awesome video!

[@kylewaddington1983]

London beatfull city but a long way a way from Australia

[@SandyMakesSense]

True

[@kylewaddington1983]

Are you British ?

[@FrediLve]

I really like Carnaby street 😊

[@johnkean6852]

THIS GIRL KNOWS HER STUFF - LISTEN. AND LEARN - Lived london 50 years

[@SandyMakesSense]

:D thanks

[@johnkean6852]

@@SandyMakesSense Not at all!

[@aasimraheela]

oh no you put them out of business

[@jasonopoku4139]

1 thing i dont get is why every attraction has to have root in British culture. So the London Aquarium should only have London/ British based sealife? What happened to bio diversity..the aquarium is there so you can see a range of fishes and marine life..everyone says how diverse London is so why cant its attractions too?

[@manofvalour6982]

Thank you Mädchen!

[@tariqs1657]

That’s was too late for me they already stolen from me a lot of money

[@IanJTaylor]

If you think Flat Iron is the only place to get a good steak in London you don’t know what the fuck you are on about. I love Flat Iron but it’s not a patch on some other places. Hawksmoor is my favourite but also Hix and Bob Bob Rickard are great.

[@SandyMakesSense]

Depends how much money you want to spend ;)

[@lindenbeck]

Machte mal den Fehler fish and chips am Tower of London zu kaufen. Das meiste habe ich den Möven gegeben.

[@SandyMakesSense]

Hahaha da musste ich lachen :) Ich wurde auf Westminster Bridge mal von Moeven angekackt xD

[@ramcoramco4852]

Hello 👋

[@YUSKHAN]

it's been over two years now, you still upset about about Brexit

[@andrewstorm8240]

You don’t like M&M :-)))

[@billrankin]

The touristy crap is overpriced and food is crap avoid London

[@ABMW-tech]

thanks!....MMs World is total crap...seriously

[@blastharder5292]

i was with you on the aberdeen stake house. but the rest was just you moaning.

[@TheStgmp44]

you cant have a picture with Big Ben, as it is the bell. you can however have a picture with the Westminster clock tower. as for London not being "on the sea". the Thames is sea water, that it why it is tidal. you seem to have missed a few things in your 10yrs living there.

[@SandyMakesSense]

Know it all :p

[@FerbanaKinnitty]

She's lived here for 10 years and, like every single British person, she refers to the Westminster Clock Tower simply as "Big Ben". Stop trying to troll people. For reaaal...

[@verac6731]

She's Right, London isn't on the sea. If London were on the sea, why do so many Londoners go on daytrips to the sea, like South-end-on-sea. or Brighton etc.???????????? And I grew up in London, I'm English and I also say Big Ben for the whole tower. That's called pars pro toto in rhetoric. Really!!!!!!

[@Alan_Mac]

Dreary fucking me. Yet you claim to be a Londoner? The Thames is tidal as far west as Teddington but it certainly isn't 'sea water'. FFS, chappy. How can you be so ignorant? We drink water from the Thames but have no desalination plants.

[@TheStgmp44]

hmm looks like the millennials have arrived. seems facts are no longer valid anymore. lets all just call things different names from now on shall we. as calling them by there real names hurts your feelings.

[@UNPLUGGEDTUNES]

😘😘😘😘 Yeahhh again 1st

[@SandyMakesSense]

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[@Ishvires]

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