This document provides information for travelers in Britain, including tourist information centers, phones, banks, and currency exchange. It notes that there are over 700 tourist information centers located at ports, airports, stations, landmarks, and towns. Phones in Britain include pay phones at coin boxes and card phones that use prepaid plastic phone cards. Banks normally operate Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 3:30pm, though some have Saturday morning hours, and there are 24-hour banks at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Travelers can exchange currency at bureaus de change, large hotels, department stores, travel agents, banks, and locations displaying the BTA code of conduct.
This document provides information for travelers in Britain, including tourist information centers, phones, banks, and currency exchange. It notes that there are over 700 tourist information centers located at ports, airports, stations, landmarks, and towns. Phones in Britain include pay phones at coin boxes and card phones that use prepaid plastic phone cards. Banks normally operate Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 3:30pm, though some have Saturday morning hours, and there are 24-hour banks at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Travelers can exchange currency at bureaus de change, large hotels, department stores, travel agents, banks, and locations displaying the BTA code of conduct.
This document provides information for travelers in Britain, including tourist information centers, phones, banks, and currency exchange. It notes that there are over 700 tourist information centers located at ports, airports, stations, landmarks, and towns. Phones in Britain include pay phones at coin boxes and card phones that use prepaid plastic phone cards. Banks normally operate Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 3:30pm, though some have Saturday morning hours, and there are 24-hour banks at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Travelers can exchange currency at bureaus de change, large hotels, department stores, travel agents, banks, and locations displaying the BTA code of conduct.
Names: 1) Hồ Nguyễn Hải Chu 2) Trần Thị Phương Thảo 3) Dương Thị Ngân NOTE TAKING Topic: Travelling around Britian I. Tourist info ctr: 700 tourist info ctr Locations: 1. ports, airports, stations, historic landmarks, & towns and holiday ctr The staff: 1. maps guides, brochures, ports, airports, addresses
II. The telephone in Britain: two kinds of telephones
Pay phones : 1. Street kiosks: take 10 pence coins 2. In city ctr, mainline railway stations airports, & central london underground stations. Card phones : 1. Operation: the latter small plastic phone cards 2. Come in: 10 20 40 100 and 200 units 3. At post offices news kiosks, station bars, and shops
III.The banks in Britain:
Two main airports: Heathrow & Gatwick: 24 hour banks at london Banks are normally: 1. Mon to Fri 2. Open from 9.30 to 15.30 Barclays bank & National Westminster bank: 1. Saturday morning 2. Service at some of their branches National jarabank: 42 bureaus of descent 1. Weekdays: 9.00 to 17.30 2. Saturday mornings: 9.00 to 12.30 The Trafalgar square office: 1. Weekdays and Saturdays: 8.00 to 20.00 2. Sundays: 10.00 to 17.00 IV. The Bureau de change services: Available to overseas visitors 1. Change money : At bureau de change, large hotels, dept stores & travel argents Use a bank or bureau de change :The bta code of conduct in most cases this is indicated by display of the code