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With our London Spending Guide, you’ll:

✔ Know how much to save for your trip

✔ Get expert recommendations for the best budget, mid-range and luxury restaurants, hotels, bars and activities around London

✔ Get advice on London’s tipping culture

✔ Figure out how much you need to save from each pay period to reach your trip savings goal (in your currency, 30+ available)

✔ Calculate your total trip budget for the type of travel you want to do (budget, luxury, etc.)

✔  Play around with your budget for each spending category so you know where you want to spend more and where you want to save money

✔  Keep track of your daily spending so you know how much you have left in your budget and when you've overspent

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  • Know EXACTLY how much to save for your trip

  • Find out how much to expect to pay for hotels, food, transportation and activities

  • Ensure your trip isn’t ruined because you went way above your budget

Are you struggling to create a budget for your London trip?

Maybe this sounds like you…

  • London uses a different currency, so I’m confused about how much everything will ACTUALLY cost me...
  • I’m not sure how much to budget for my food and drinks as I don’t know what everything costs in London.
  • I don’t know how much I should save up for this trip.
  • I’m trying to add up all of our trip costs but it’s taking me too long to make a spreadsheet that makes any sense.
  • I’m travelling on a tight budget, so I need budget-friendly recommendations for the city…
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We TOTALLY understand. As a company founded and run by travellers, we know how daunting it can be to plan and budget for a trip in a foreign country that uses a different currency.

We too were frustrated by the generic budget advice you find online, which motivated us to want to create our own budget guide and tracker that adapts to everyone's budget situation and currency.

This is a BIG TRIP for you, you shouldn’t have to worry about whether you’ve saved enough or whether you're going over your budget.

That's why we created the London Spending Guide.

About your London Expert...

Jess is the founder of Love and London, starting her YouTube channel from her little Wimbledon flat not long after moving to the UK back in 2013.

Now considered a travel expert by the likes of Forbes, Sky, and Newsweek, she’s spent many years spreading her hard-earned London knowledge to millions of London tourists every year.

Jess knows this city like the back of her hand, and she also knows what it’s like to come here knowing nothing, making her a true pro at helping London tourists not only figure out their budgets but also plan the most life-changing trip to this magical city.

3 Simple steps to budget your London trip

  • Step 1

    Download your Cost Guide PDF and access your Budget Tracker spreadsheet

  • Step 2

    Calculate your savings goal and trip budget in mere minutes

  • Step 3

    Track your spending while exploring London and feel good knowing you won’t have any expensive surprises when you get home

With this guide, you’ll…

  • Remove the overwhelm of planning a budget for such a big trip

  • Save yourself the stress of not knowing how much money you’ll need

  • Have a great time in London knowing you won’t have a scary credit card bill waiting at home

What our customers say...

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What’s included in the London Spending Guide?

London Cost Guide

A PDF telling you:

  • How to get and spend money in London
  • Crucial advice on London's tipping culture
  • How much to expect to pay in each trip spending category
  • Our top hotels, food, drink and activities for every budget level.

London Budget Tracker 

An easy-to-use but incredibly comprehensive Google Sheets template:

  • Calculate how much money you need to save each month to pay for your trip
  • Figure out the total amount you can spend while in London
  • Play with your numbers to see where you want to splurge and where you want to save
  • Keep track of your daily spending while in London so you can stay on budget
  • Available for 30+ different currencies.

Printable Summary of Costs

To help you easily fill out your Budget Tracker.

Worried that our Budget Tracker might be too advanced for you? Check out our tutorial below on how it all works.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to receive the London Spending Guide?

You'll receive this guide immediately upon purchase via digital download. The links will be sent to your email address.

How do I save the London Cost Guide to my phone/laptop?

To most easily access your London Cost Guide and to make sure you can always reference it into the future, you’ll need to download your file to one or more of your devices. It’s fairly straightforward but if you are not sure how to do that then follow these steps.

Get in touch with us if you need us to reset your download attempts as each guide can be downloaded ten times by default.

How does the London Budget Tracker work?

You'll get a link to download the Google Sheets template within your files.

We also provide you with plenty of instructions on how to use the sheet, both in the document and via a video tutorial.

How tech saavy do I need to be to use this?

You'll want to know the basics of how Google Sheets works, but otherwise we provide you with plenty of instructions and all of the formulas are protected so it's almost impossible you to mess anything up.

Of course if you have any problems or questions you can email us at hello@loveandlondon.com and we'd be happy to help.

Can I print the London Cost Guide?

We'd prefer if you didn't, it has lots of links in it which obviously won't work if you print it, plus it'll be a waste of paper and ink. It's designed to be used digitally so try to keep it that way :)

Do I need to have a Google account to use this?

Yes, you just need a Google Docs account via Gmail to save your file to.

Do you have recommendations in the Cost Guide for budget travelers?

Yes! We have a "budget" category for each section and we also recommend some hostels.

We're traveling as a family, does this work for us?

While the Cost Guide doesn't have a family-specific section, we included a few notes about which recommendations are kid-friendly (up to 13 years old). The Budget Tracker has a spot where you enter how many people you're traveling with and then the spreadsheet does all the math for you, when relevant.

Which currencies does this support?

It works with British Pounds (as you'll pay for most of your London things in ££) and it converts the following currencies:

  • United States dollar - US$
  • Euro - €
  • Japanese yen - 円 / ¥
  • Pound sterling - £
  • Australian dollar - A$
  • Canadian dollar - C$
  • Swiss franc - CHF
  • Renminbi - 元 / ¥
  • Hong Kong dollar - HK$
  • New Zealand dollar - NZ$
  • Swedish krona - kr
  • South Korean won - ₩
  • Singapore dollar - S$
  • Norwegian krone - kr
  • Mexican peso - $
  • Indian rupee - ₹
  • Russian ruble - ₽
  • South African rand - R
  • Turkish lira - ₺
  • Brazilian real - R$
  • New Taiwan dollar - NT$
  • Danish krone - kr
  • Polish złoty - zł
  • Thai baht - ฿
  • Indonesian rupiah - Rp
  • Hungarian forint - Ft
  • Czech koruna - Kč
  • Israeli new shekel - ₪
  • Chilean peso - CLP$
  • Philippine peso - ₱
  • UAE dirham - د.إ
  • Colombian peso - COL$
  • Saudi riyal - ﷼
  • Malaysian ringgit - RM
  • Romanian leu - L

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Michael Payne
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With so many things to see and do it was a little overwhelming. The Love and London guide has helped us tremendously.

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Blank Peter
So helpful 😃

We purchased the four day itinerary. It has been so helpful in our planning. The check lists and reminders about what needs to be booked in advance has really helped us get organized and be more relaxed! Thank you.

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Kurtis Haines
An amazing resource!

This guide helped us plan 5 days in London with ease. The recommendations and proximity planning really makes a world of difference for someone who is not familiar with the city at all. I would highly recommend this to anyone who's feeling overwhelmed or even just needs a little guidance on what to do and when.

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Ian James Lacey
My go-to for all things London

I always love reading through these guides because I know they have been compiled with care by an independent expert with no agenda or sponsor.

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Deborah Alston
Very Useful Spending Guide!

The London Spending Guide is easy to use and a wonderful budget planner. In addition to a detailed budget calculator, it also includes a detailed expense tracking worksheet. This is very useful because, while you are on vacation, you can see when your spending exceeds budget and make adjustments. At the end of your trip, you can review your total budget versus actual spending which will help you create a better budget for future trips. I also love the trip savings plan. After you calculate your budget, the savings plan helps you determine the amount you need to set aside from each paycheck to fund your trip to London. Jess and the Love and London team did a wonderful job with this spending guide.

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