Private London Christmas lights tours give your party a black cab or a guide of its own, and nobody else. A cab collects you from your hotel and takes up to six for one fare; on foot, your guide goes where you want.
A traditional black cab and a guide-driver for up to six, collected from your hotel for two and a half hours. London taxis carry no booster seats, so bring one for a small child.
From $538 per group (up to 6)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The lowest cab fare: a private London taxi for up to six, from a central pickup, for two and a half hours with short stops on foot. Infant seats are listed.
From $372 per group (up to 6)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three hours in a private cab for your group, with bottled water, a central pickup and the drop-off wherever suits you in central London at the end.
From $411 per group (up to 6)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three or four hours, chosen when you book, in a private black cab from your London address. Parking is paid and there is Wi-Fi on board; tips and hot drinks are extra.
From $471 per group (up to 6)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The longest cab evening: four hours with a guide-driver, a route shaped to your party, and pickup and drop-off at your hotel within five miles of the square.
From $620 per group (up to 6)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own guide on foot for up to ten, from the opera house in the piazza, along the big shopping street under its lights, ending by Piccadilly Circus station.
From $242 per group (up to 10)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hours on foot with a Londoner for up to eight, from the station forecourt on the Strand, with the history of British Christmas customs as you go.
From $262 per group (up to 8)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private two-hour walk priced per person, from the Tube station on the shopping street, with a coffee or tea on the way and the lanes of Soho before the finish.
From $114 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A traditional black cab with a guide-driver for up to six, collected from your hotel, for two and a half hours. $538.02 for the whole cab.
See this tourIt is your own party and nobody else, with a cab and a guide-driver or with a guide on foot. The route bends to what you want to see, and nobody waits for strangers. There are two kinds.
The black cabs collect you from your hotel or another central address, drive you between the displays for two and a half to four hours and drop you back. You pay one fare for the cab, and it takes up to six. Fares run from $372.16 to $620.27.
The private walks put a guide of your own on foot with you for two to three hours. Two are priced for the whole group, at $242.71 and $262.94; the walk from Bond Street is priced per person, at $114.62.
$372.16 covers a cab of up to six. That is $93.04 each for four of you, or $62.03 each for six. The private walk from the opera house costs $242.71 for up to ten, $24.27 each if you fill it.
Nobody hunts for a bus stop in the dark. Every cab picks you up at your door, and several drop you back there or wherever suits you in central London.
Several cabs shape the route to your party, and one gives you four hours to do it. Say which displays matter most when you book, and ask the driver to stop where you want a photo.
A cab is heated and dry between stops. The taxi with short stops on foot builds the walking into the evening, so you stand under the best displays and climb back in.
A cab costs more than a bus seat for a couple and about the same for six. Here is what a party of four pays, computed from each fare.
| Fare | Priced | For four | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private taxi, stops on foot | $372.16 | Per cab of six | $372.16 | 2.5 hours |
| Cab, drop-off anywhere | $411.27 | Per cab of six | $411.27 | 3 hours |
| Cab from your address | $471.95 | Per cab of six | $471.95 | 3 or 4 hours |
| Cab from your hotel | $538.02 | Per cab of six | $538.02 | 2.5 hours |
| Four-hour guided cab | $620.27 | Per cab of six | $620.27 | 4 hours |
| Open-top bus | $40.45 | Per seat | $161.80 | 60 to 90 minutes |
Check availability from $372.16
For four people the lowest cab costs $93.04 each, against $40.45 a seat on the open-top bus. What the extra buys is the pickup, the heat, a route of your own and the stops. What the bus gives you that no cab can is the top deck, level with the displays. The buses are compared on London Christmas lights bus tours.
A private London taxi for up to six from a central pickup, for two and a half hours, with short walks under the displays. $372.16 for the cab.
Check availabilityWhere each pickup and meeting point sits is on the meeting-point map. For a base close to the displays, see where to stay. What each kind of evening costs, tips included, is set out in what each kind of evening costs.
What the closure means for every kind of tour is in the traffic-free street explained.
Would a seat on the top deck suit you better than a cab? Every way round the lights is side by side on London Christmas Lights Tours.