Originally Posted by
ryanbryan
They should really encourage tourists to get an Oyster card and not make it seem like such an issue or that it's a commuter only thing. It's 3 GBP that pays itself back in like one/two trips.
And I always think a local travel card makes a nice souvenir of a city anyway :-)
What would make the card more appealing to tourists would be a means to register an Oyster card from outside the country. The system requires a UK postal code and phone number.
They are a nice souvenir and the balance stays on the card indefinitely. I've got three of them including one from the first year they were issued. The subsequent ones were picked up when I'd forgotten the others.
I'm back in London later this month so I'll probably return a couple of them after I've run down the balances.