3rd Airports / check-in largest airport in London

My posts call London just because they are my personal, and often completely subjective opinions and experiences of the city. Just as in last year's Paris My posts, and here I will write only about what I myself failed / got to see and experience, which of course excludes a great number of information that I might have heard, but I'm not alone in my skin has experienced. This post, which will have almost nothing to do with the food, everything possible will have to do with turističnijim and logistics part of a trip, if you yourself are planning to visit London .. and mnooogo text. And so, the penultimate post of London:
10 London Tips + Tricks first Landing Card / immigration officer when entering ching the UK (for all of us Croats without EU passports) will have to fill the Landing card and attach it along with your passport, boarding pass and other documents that you can ask an immigration officer.
During my last trip to London, I had no problems at entry, because I was a student. But this time, I was unemployed. A friend of mine was on a plane filled thoughts story about "some girl from the forum" which are twice barred entry to the UK because the landing card she wrote that she is unemployed. So I, fulfilling their information on the card without thinking under Occupation wrote - a journalist. And the best thing is-immigration officer there is absolutely no way that the information in the instant check, except with additional questions on that-be prepared. Can you ask all-of the classic questions as how long you plan to be in the country, whether it's business or pleasure visits, to detail the type-where there is a hotel where you are staying, how much you pay per night, over which sites you've bukirali , all of which are planning to visit the country, if you know someone in the country and whether you plan to see them, do you know what the weather conditions in the country, how much money you plan to spend, etc. Well, just to be prepared and you questions do not get caught unprepared. Bear with me and printed ching information for the return, and are free to attach to whatever you teach him .. can not hinder it.
Second Tax refund .. or better known to us as Mehrwertsteuer (merverštoer), or in the UK known as "VAT refund" (do not mix with the VAT return). VAT on most goods and services in the UK is 20%. If in one shop in one day (sometimes even know to meet and connect the accounts of a few days at a time) you spend over 50, at the box office ask for VAT refund. Some stores are already accustomed to these demands, and within its own stores have an office that will issue the required form in the envelope, but some shops are simply not issued. ching If you buy into these busy shops like Primark, Harrods, Selfridges, John Lewis, it's easy to get to the form. But as it turns out, if you are buying in bookstores such as Waterstones (like me), that mainly sell products without tax (book), it will not issue a form .. because it just does not work. The form will have to be confirmed at the airport before leaving the country, but the counter will have to prove (to show) that the product actually purchased and the amount of land that is that really your accounts. So advice - leave the labels on the clothes, leave the boxes and papers of electronics that you bought it somewhere where you know you and just draw. After that, all nicely ching back pack in a suitcase and - at check-in. After passing the security check-in the realm of duty-free zones, and you will find a counter for a refund (that is, you do not need to return ching back to the country to get you that money back, or leave our commission to the General Post Office). You have the option to return ching to the hand with a commission of 2.70 or payments to your account on the spot with no commissions.
3rd Airports / check-in largest airport in London's Heathrow Airport .. and it is the only airport where you can really expect crowds and queues. All other airports are smaller, simpler, and I check-in works much faster. Our return flight was from Gatwick, and it turned out that was enough to arrive at the airport 2 hours earlier, because saler for check-in opened just two hours before the flight. We are hopefully has arrived four hours before the flight, and the time spent in front of a prime-duty-free zone with a bunch of shops and cafes. Of course, if you are returning home from London with only hand luggage (no matter who we kidding here, as if any), you can do a self check-in machines on which you print out your boarding pass .. is it right to security-check. And if you return home with care and attention to customs clearance, do not worry about customs in Croatia. Simple - do not worry, because you do not which is why!
4th Cash / payment Although ching the pound is around 9.2, I turned out to be much easier to multiply all prices by 10, so just a little be happy when I see that the price is lower. Also, it showed a lot easier to pay card (Visa Electron, Visa, Maestro ching ..), but be sure to keep yourself at least 50-70 pounds, because you may (like me) to happen first (and most important) day both map