Tag: Heathrow

We’re Here! (Or maybe not quite yet—Arrival processes ahead.)

We realized that in this post we had gotten you on the airplane to London, and in this post from the airport to downtown London, but we had not discussed the entry process in the airport. This post is designed to cover that gap.

Before disembarking from your flight, train, or ship you should be given a card to fill out with some information about your plans while staying in the UK. It’s important to …

Wait? You Mean the Airport Is Not Actually IN London?

You are in England, at the airport, have passed through His Majesty’s Customs and have entered into the Arrivals area of the airport. What will you see? What is next?

First, you’ll see a couple of hundred people holding up signs with names of people, or companies, or organizations, written or printed on paper, or on an electronic tablet. If you have booked a driver to take you somewhere (we’ll touch on that subject later.) …