Help: TKO goes to England

Actually the airfare is not the "bad" part of travel to London (there are many good deals on airfare now); it's the cost of accommodation and food. I even remember on my last trip to London, we paid US$10 for a hamburger at a pub, and I've never paid $10 for hamburger at home - even today.

Surely that's not THAT bad.
Like, a proper burger with chips and stuff?

Yup! We can get a hamburger with chips at In and Out for about $3.

Whats an 'In and out', a takeaway?
We can get a burger and chips for like £2 or less at a takeaway.

Sorry, i want to clarify this issue.

Weighing in...

What I find to be the best burger in Albuquerque, found at a charming sit down restaurant in Corrales, still is, I think, $6.99. I've had other incredible hamburgers in cafes in Los Angeles, for something like $9.00 or $10. All of these come with some kind of side 'dishes'. They had In-and-Out Burgers in LA, not bad for a drive through, though I remember wondering what all the fuss was about. I do remember they are famous for good procedures re the business as a whole. Haven't been there in a long time, don't remember the cost, but I assume it is MacDonald's equivalent.

What I think of as the worst burger in Albuqueque, also at a "sit down restaurant", comes with one side dish and is $5.99. I figure MacDonald's and Carl's Junior - where you can go in and sit down, should you wish, but all plastic all the time - are better than that place, but I haven't been to either of those places in many years.

Given the value of the dollar and the pound, $10.00 for a non-drive through burger seems even low to me - or at the least equivalent - especially if drive through places are as inexpensive as you say, PQ.

osso, In and Out is known for their fresh ingredients; their burgers are not frozen. The price is good too!

I've only been there maybe twice - there used to be one somewhere around Riverside, which we would stop at on driving back from my in-laws.

The place in Abq that I'm most recently unenamored of is famous for their fresh meat too. Last time there I simply couldn't swallow the burger, it was weirdly dry. And the bun dissolves as you hold it, pretty much. It's too bad, as I like the folks working there, the place is fairly close, and they have a super selection of beer, which I at least enjoy reading about, if not ordering.

Anyway, I'm envious of those getting to visit/tour England. I have so many places I'd want to see there that I'd need a couple of months time. And then there's Scotland, and Ireland, my ancestral home.

My wife and I go to In and Out about once-a-month if that often.

We owe mucho dinero. It's no wonder Brits are coming over and scarfing up foreclosures in Orlando...and why we can't afford to tourist as much.

I don't mean to be antagonistic, CI, but I don't get it. You have traveled the world extensively - tours and cruises and tours and cruises at some fair expense, which most of us couldn't do if we wanted to. Now you're watching the money, re a slight increase in a hamburger's worth to you, and wouldn't set foot in England again for that reason?

I've lived more or less at the edge re money for a variety of reasons for fifty years. If I could get to England, I'd check out the grocery stores or street food where there is any.

But wait, that wouldn't be on a tour. I get you like the guidance of a tour. But that in itself is a batch of dollars.

osso, I do independent tours too!

We all have our funny quirks about different issues in our lives. I know it sounds pretty funny when I make it such a big deal about paying $10 for a hamburger, but will pay $10 for a vodka martini on a cruise ship.

Just don't ask me to explain it. LOL

'k, long as you see the juxtaposition..