If I had advice for Americans visiting the U.K. and/or Europe it’s: *Use the trains!* (They’re reliable and used regularly over here) From what I’ve seen it seems somewhat common for Americans visiting the U.K. to take really long bus trips, or fly from one domestic airport to another to get around, rather than just using the train network which is faster and better connected.
If you're on a budget and want to get places on time then bus all the way. Trains in the UK are way too expensive and out of London on Avanti you're really taking a risk wanting to get anywhere on time.
@@tuberantz4676 This is also true and false at the same time. I have and will again bus to/from London and other places because of cost, over the train, but some places in the UK have far more reasonable train travel prices than the South of England (and London especially). It very much depends on where you are going and where from, and if the time saved/extra cost ratio is worth it. Certainly, check both options.
@@f3aok High levels of violent crime, the North West as a whole has worse knife crime than London. I have yet to see a league table verifying the really dumb and oft repeated claim it is the most friendly city in Britain or the world. There is no such place.
Lot more to Liverpool than just the Beatles, but you would need a lot more time to explore all that our great city as to offer, nice video by the way✌🏽
We didn't get around to it on this particular trip, but we definitely have plans to stay longer during a future U.K. visit. Unfortunately we were still finding our feet as new travelers on this big adventure when we arrived in Liverpool, so we didn't give ourselves enough time, and didn't take advantage of public transport to squeeze in some of the things we wanted to see. But there's always next time!
Todays Cavern Club is NOT the original club. The Cavern Club closed in 1973 and was filled in during construction work on the Merseyrail underground rail loop. It was reopened in 1984, but the old construction was too damaged to use, so they built a replica, using as many of the original bruicks as they could. The room was turned 90 degrees, and is roughly in the same location as the original, but not exactly. The original entrance was were the Cilla Black statue is. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cavern_Club
I've lived in both. Glasgow is far, far, far more welcoming than Liverpool. Only Scousers think Liverpool is so welcoming. Scousers are actually really wary and suspicious of people without a Merseyside accent. Generations of "us and them" mentality in-built.
@@RadioJammor what utter Garbage ^ why are you making lies up about Liverpool? do you really think people believe you've lived in Liverpool and Glasgow? Also if you hate Liverpool so much why bother commenting on it?
@@garyrigby21 I lived in Liverpool for years, Gary. I pointed out that drug dealers knock on doors like salesmen and offer money in exchange for working out of rooms or flats. That happened and I know where. Shiel Road. So don't try and kid others I don't know the place. I don't so much hate Liverpool as Scousers like you, who refuse to acknowledge the problems Liverpool suffers from and the city's own inhabitants being at least partly guilty of it (as well as government, local and national). I've posted elsewhere about your evident partiality and rose-tinted specs, and your evident attitude that is all too common amongst Scousers, that no one is allowed to be in any way critical of it. You just try and paint it all as coming from people from elsewhere, the "Out of towners" as you tend to call them, when I lived there and I know what it's like. There's your typical Scouse xenophobia right there, in plain sight, coming from you, by trying to paint me as someone other than I am, who just posts rubbish, when the actuality is more that the rubbish comes from you. I can happily say that the city has been much maligned over the years by people from elsewhere, and unjustifiably so, but Scousers like you paint it as wonderful and marvellous and more welcoming than anywhere else (when most of you haven't been around enough to know), and laughably you claimed it was the second most visited tourist destination in the UK (even you wouldn't claim it outdoes London). Fourth or fifth or sixth isn't bad, which is the actuality, but no, you've got to claim it's only second to London. You're the one posting utter garbage. Anyone can simply Google what UK cities have the most tourists to see Manchester and Edinburgh always have more, as well as London, and where Liverpool lies on the list depends on which one you read. But second? That sums you up in a nutshell, Gary. You can't stomach the actuality when it doesn't tie-in with your rose-tinted version of things. I prefer knowing the actuality and advising tourists of the actuality, which will never come from the likes of you. The actuality is that Liverpool can be a nice place to visit, if you stick to the tourist spots and don't stray or explore very far. As for Glasgow, I'm still mulling whether or not to suggest it as a place to visit, because it's very different from Edinburgh and less of a tourist destination, although there are things to see and do. And by the way, Liverpool got the nod over Glasgow for the Eurovision, and I can happily concur with that call. The Liverpool Arena is a better venue than Glasgow's Hydro. How's that for hating on Liverpool?
If you ever come back get a two together railcard and use it to knock 30% of an advance train fare. I've done London to Edinburgh for less than £20 each.
❤😊❤ Wish you could have spent more time in Liverpool. I love that city. ❤ Beautiful people, very interesting architecture. Beatles Black Cab tour worth every penny. Have you gotten to a pub yet???? That's the first stop after landing and checking in to first hostel😊😊😊
1:01 Abflüge is german for departing flights so they have a funny mistranslation there at the Victoria Coach station. When I saw your shot from there I just smiled: memories 😍. I actually had only super cool bus trips around the UK so far, you two were really unlucky there. Thank you for the show, so much fun watching it ❤
I think your London police friend was being a bit biased when stating that London is "safer" than Liverpool. In reality as we all know you can run into trouble anywhere, any place and as you are sensible level headed folks your trip will be without any real dramas.
my husband and i are headed to London for a quick trip this weekend! we've been enjoying your videos so far and we're excited to see where you are headed next!
Standard British Coach experience, but definately one of the better ways to travel the country - it's slower and you get more loons than the train, but so much cheaper!
I'm pleased that you enjoyed Liverpool, it's a vibrant wonderful city. Did you make it down to the waterfront and see the river Mersey? Arriving at night probably wasn't the best introduction, I think most large cities and towns can feel a bit unsafe after dark especially if you dont know the good and bad areas.
Liverpool has a high crime rate. It is not the utopia many of its residents pretend it is. Most gun crime in the UK has links with Liverpool, according to official figures. The Mersey is filthy and the view of the Wirral is dreadful, grim. The view of the waterfront from the Wirral is striking although the new buildings of recent years have spoilt it. Not surprising that UNESCO World Heritage status was removed. Liverpool has a litter problem in common with many other places in Britain. It also has some of the worst educational standards in the UK.
@@eightiesmusic1984 I live on the Wirral and have worked in Liverpool on and off for the last thirty years, as you say the best views are from this side Woodside Ferry or Seacombe, I'd say.
@@eightiesmusic1984 crime rate not as high as Manchester,Birmingham London,South Yorkshire the Mersey is the same colour as the Thames the Ouse the Irwell the Liffey in Ireland the Tyne. Your version of gun crime in the UK being linked to Liverpool is utter nonsense and Liverpool has the same litter problems as any other major city as for UNESCO removing Liverpools waterfront heritage status means that, that section of waterfront can now develop and not become the museum UNESCO wanted it to be. Your version is 1 massive assumption just like your posts but never mind just carry on hating..sad really.
@@qlctravels This maybe where you got your timeframe from for seeing other Beatles spots. They are not as far out as I think you thought, but if you linger and visit other spots, it certainly takes up the time. Two hours total (per the site) looks quite reasonable. I suspect some stops will be quicker than others. Didn't do that particular tour myself, but have been to where it goes. You mentioned the stadiums. The Anfield museum is worth a visit but the neighbourhood is rough for both grounds. If you can afford a taxi to and fro, rather than bus it, which would be far cheaper, but may mean waiting around for a bus each way (it is walkable, but I wouldn't recommend it to a tourist), then do that, but if you're not that bothered by football, you can happily give it a miss. The stadiums are in residential areas and away from any other tourist destinations, so spending an hour or so inside equates to about two because of travel to/from. The main question really is, how badly do you want to visit there?
A cop from the crime capital of Great Britain warned you to be careful in another city? Hahaha, the irony. They must of been a desk cop because London is 100 times worse than Liverpool. Gave me a good chuckle that lol.
Yeah, looking back on it (aside from that brief time walking around exhausted at night), we didn't feel any different in Liverpool than we did in London. And having been to many cities since, Liverpool is genuinely among the safer-feeling ones.
Great video.. Nice to see you got a bit of free entertainment on the coach up north 🤣 The Hostel looks great! Have you guys not thought about doing a British food/snack taste review video ? People seem to like watching them. Enjoy the rest of your stay Im looking forward to watching more of your adventures.
Taking a Londoners opinion on Liverpool? (& ex police at that!) You might as well have listened to a Klingon or Martian.They think anywhere north of Watford is the 'badlands' & hostile.
It’s been super interesting learning/witnessing how different parts of the U.K. view each other. Not that the Londoner we spoke with portrayed Liverpool as a Mad Max hellscape or anything; but regardless, we still felt safe there and had several nice interactions with locals, so any preconceptions we were given beforehand have been replaced by nothing but positive experiences.
@@qlctravels That's fair comment. I agree that their view was probably overstated to you, but wasn't given entirely without cause. In sticking to the tourist parts of Liverpool, you probably saw and received the best of Liverpool without more risk than you would have had anywhere else. The police might just be more aware of crime in Liverpool than many scousers would care to acknowledge, but avoiding residential areas and suburbs of the place and visiting the tourist spots either during the day or in the city centre whenever, is both sensible and comparatively safe.
@@RadioJammor Both cities have their good and bad parts, but taking whole cities into account, Liverpool is safer than London by just about every metric.
@@duggs4456 I wouldn't even care to compare. They are such different places. I'll say this: London is big enough to explore as a tourist without finding trouble, but for Liverpool, you need to stick to the city centre or tourist rides, or use cabs to and from as leaving those confines means you're far more likely to find it.
LOL......I watched a youtuber the other day who took a trip by Bus from New York to California, and throughout the trip there were crazies all over the place, on and off the Bus. I thought that this would be one thing you wouldn't experience here....and Bang! it happened...
Maybe now that you’ve experienced a few locations you could spend some time evaluating the rest of your plans and slow your trip down. Whirlwind tour spent rushing from place to place isn’t the best way to travel. How much that you wanted to see and do have you already skipped? Catch your breath!
We completely understand that perspective, but this is the kind of trip we wanted. It may be our only opportunity to see all of these cities and countries for a long time (since when we return to the U.S. we’re looking towards marriage, kids, etc. as the next steps), and though we’re only getting a small taste of these places, we’re currently over a month into the trip and feel like we’ve still managed to absorb the cities and cultures we’ve experienced since Liverpool. To your point, though, we HAVE made adjustments along the way to give ourselves more time in certain cities, so Liverpool (and one other upcoming location) definitely taught us some lessons. In a future video we’ll be able to elaborate on the reasons we designed the trip like this. But we know your comment comes from a good place, and we genuinely appreciate the advice.
It gives you great views of the liverpool skyline to take pictures and also has a guided history of the city as you float past all the parts of the city also it's a cheap ferry trip and not many people get to experience that kind of thing.@@eightiesmusic1984
I really dislike long distance coach travel, I don’t know what your coach fares cost, I would have looked into the discounted cheaper non flexible Advance train fares and taken an early departure from London, you’d still arrive in Liverpool with time for a second breakfast, on the train you can have a stretch and have a walk.
@@rstevens7711 True to both of you, but they would need to hire a car or get a pricey taxi. I think the time/distance comes from the Magical Mystery tour, which takes two hours. I think there was a misunderstanding from that about how far away these places were from the city centre, because they were not familiar with the geography.
Sorry to spoil the illusion, but the original Cavern was demolished decades ago, and the current replica was built more or less next door shortly afterwards, when the mistake was realised.
As someone who isn't a Scouser and has spent a lot of time in Liverpool, I get what you mean. It has an atmosphere all its own that isn't like anywhere else. It does sound like your warnings received about Liverpool were overstated but not without cause. You were wise to stick to city centre and tourist destinations, and whilst some of the Beatles places you mentioned were not as far away as stated (round trip maybe that long), they and the stadiums are in suburban areas where you are more likely to find trouble, if you are a non-Scouser. Like other large UK cities, Liverpool has a gang and drugs problem (with associated crimes that go with) so that is far from unique, but it does exist there. An example: In Liverpool, drug dealers knock on doors to ask if they can operate out of a room or a flat, like salespeople. Also, all too often, people there are "on the make", often in a small scale way, as a consequence of long-term poverty that the city has been particularly subject to. Corruption is pretty rife and the city is too proud of its legacy to expose it. People outside of Liverpool are probably largely unaware of it and don't care. For locals, it's part of parcel of Liverpool. Scousers are unjustly proud of themselves in regard to how they deal with strangers and people from elsewhere. They may have been good at it decades ago (and tbf still can be in the likes of these tourist spots - they're not all bad, by any means), but these days you are far more likely to be taken advantage of or mistreated if you don't have a Scouse accent. They are not generally racist, but they ARE generally xenophobic. This actually runs through the core of the people and I don't think they even realise it, because to them, it's treating people from elsewhere with a wariness that has been instilled over decades of mistreatment and being publicly maligned by people from elsewhere. Some Scousers are better than others at handling their own prejudice, but IT IS there. "Scousers are grifters and thieves", other people from elsewhere would say. Of course, maligning an entire city is clearly overstating it, but sadly all too many are now, because non-Scousers made it true, but so did those Scousers by succumbing to the falsehoods. The UK used to portray the Irish as thick. That has died out and is part of a past best buried. The same cannot be said of how people around the UK think of Scousers, but the sad fact is, the difference between the lies and the truth is far smaller than it used to be. I've seen its sights and sounds and I never need return. Liverpool is a place to visit, if you do as you did; but then, move on.
I've lived in Liverpool for 36 years and never ever had anyone knock on my door asking to use a room to make drugs and dont know anyone else that has🤣. I've lived in Anfield, Wavo, Toxteth and Maghull. Maybe in some absolute ghetto estate that all cities have that's a possibility. You sound incredibly bitter and small minded to be honest. I work in the NHS and its full of people from all over the country and abroad that love it here and started families.
Penny Lane is literally a 20 minute bus ride from where you are Strawberry Fields and John Lennons birthplace another 10,who told you an hour and a half?
the idea that liverpool is more dangerous just really isnt true, especially compared to any city in the usa the crime rate is literally over 10x less per 100,000 people. Theres sentiment in the south of enlgand about liverpool that is almost sectarian or xenophobic in a way, a lot of immigrants came to liverpool from african countries, ireland to escape oppression etc and liverpool has been fighting this false representation for years, so its unfortunate to hear it coming from someone from london these days.
You're right and wrong at the same time. Liverpool has been horrendously misrepresented by other people within England, often for political ends, but consequently Scousers have become xenophobic themselves to people not from Liverpool. You also tend to ignore the crime and corruption that does exist within Liverpool, because it is there, it is bad, but you just won't deal with the matter in a nuanced way - at least in public - and in those areas where locally you can, rather than the problems caused by central government. You'd rather turn a blind-eye to the problems the city has because you see admitting that there are any as making the lies that have been told as justified or true - when what you're actually doing is making the lies true by failing to acknowledge and address the actuality. Yes, Liverpool has been maligned and mistreated as a city, but fighting for a fairer reputation means accepting that too many Scousers have turned around and responded to that injustice by saying, "If you're going to call me a thief and a druggie, and treat me like one, I may as well be one". Reputation is a funny thing. The truth and the actuality require nuance that you simply don't get on either side of the argument. The only thing you can say for certain is that the actuality is somewhere in-between.
Glad that the mouthy woman got kicked off the coach. She was obviously in the wrong, but wouldn't accept it. I'm going to sue you - yeah yeah, blah blah. Pathetic really. Didn't care that she was delaying other people. Glad I wasn't on the coach, or she would have got some choice words from me......
Spoiler alert…the real cavern you went to is not the real cavern, that was the copy as the cavern was demolished in 1976 before the Liverpool council realised they had a big money earner so they used some similar cellars further along the street and recreated a copy….
Really unfortunate that the UK person you spoke to still holds such prejudice and outdated stereotypes against liverpool. Check any official stats London is far far faaarr more dangerous than Liverpool (or anywhere else in the UK).
@@Malc180s it's not a fact at all. This is getting exhausting everybody putting Liverpool down cos they have been told to by the media it's almost as if they want it to be like that. I'm 60 old and from Liverpool I know the city inside out so who would you rather believe? I've never had any hassle ever! Explain that
@Malc180s It's a fact that your speaking garbage and can't do a simple Google search to pull up any verified source. Make ridiculous claims you best be able to back them up.
Liverpool has 128 crimes per 1000 people. London has 87 per 1000. Sadly this city is a crime hub for wanna be gangsters who spread it beyond Liverpool's city too. Embarrassing for the city. Back in around 2010 1 in 5 people in Warrington prison alone were from Liverpool. We have this horrible ghetto like culture here which is a stain, luckily the rest are very nice and welcoming. Until this ghetto like culture dissolves this city will become less nice to live in. I was born and still live here. But ignoring the issues here will not fix the problem it will make it worse.
24 hours is nowhere near long enough to spend in Liverpool - you could spend 4 or 5 days in the city and still not have covered half of the things worth seeing ...
I mean technically it's a northern accent, but, as a northerner, I feel a little - repulsed is too harsh a word, offended(?) to be associated with the abomination that is the scouse accent.
I wouldn't call it Northern myself. I'm oop north, near Newcastle but not close enough to be called a Geordie (or a Macam from Sunderland). I would label Scouse as being...Scouse!🤣
The woman arguing with the dude saying she never paid for a ticket. He is a con man. Transport officers have a uniform and official ID. He had normal clothes and no ID. They are prevelant on traind.
He was the FlixBus driver. He was authorized to drive the bus, and had no record of the woman purchasing a ticket. He called his employer at Flixbus first, and then the police, and both agreed with him when he explained the situation. In this instance, he had every right to deny the woman transport.
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If I had advice for Americans visiting the U.K. and/or Europe it’s: *Use the trains!*
(They’re reliable and used regularly over here)
From what I’ve seen it seems somewhat common for Americans visiting the U.K. to take really long bus trips, or fly from one domestic airport to another to get around, rather than just using the train network which is faster and better connected.
If you're on a budget and want to get places on time then bus all the way.
Trains in the UK are way too expensive and out of London on Avanti you're really taking a risk wanting to get anywhere on time.
@@tuberantz4676 - the secret is to book in advance, and travel off-peak.
@@tuberantz4676 This is also true and false at the same time. I have and will again bus to/from London and other places because of cost, over the train, but some places in the UK have far more reasonable train travel prices than the South of England (and London especially). It very much depends on where you are going and where from, and if the time saved/extra cost ratio is worth it. Certainly, check both options.
@@tuberantz4676they're usually quite reasonable if you plan ahead (not always possible I know)
Glad you enjoyed Liverpool! Most people do. Wonderful city.
Liverpool is the safest city in the UK, definitely the friendliest in Britain if not the world.
Not according to the stats it's not.
@@f3aok High levels of violent crime, the North West as a whole has worse knife crime than London. I have yet to see a league table verifying the really dumb and oft repeated claim it is the most friendly city in Britain or the world. There is no such place.
Lot more to Liverpool than just the Beatles, but you would need a lot more time to explore all that our great city as to offer, nice video by the way✌🏽
Thanks, Raymond! We definitely hope to make a return in the near future and give ourselves several days to explore.
Hope you make a return journey to Liverpool
We didn't get around to it on this particular trip, but we definitely have plans to stay longer during a future U.K. visit. Unfortunately we were still finding our feet as new travelers on this big adventure when we arrived in Liverpool, so we didn't give ourselves enough time, and didn't take advantage of public transport to squeeze in some of the things we wanted to see. But there's always next time!
Todays Cavern Club is NOT the original club. The Cavern Club closed in 1973 and was filled in during construction work on the Merseyrail underground rail loop. It was reopened in 1984, but the old construction was too damaged to use, so they built a replica, using as many of the original bruicks as they could. The room was turned 90 degrees, and is roughly in the same location as the original, but not exactly. The original entrance was were the Cilla Black statue is.
More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cavern_Club
So excited for Edinburgh. That place is perfect!!!
Liverpool and Glasgow are similar in terms of hard-working class cities, but i guarantee that's where you'd meet the most welcoming people.
I've lived in both. Glasgow is far, far, far more welcoming than Liverpool. Only Scousers think Liverpool is so welcoming. Scousers are actually really wary and suspicious of people without a Merseyside accent. Generations of "us and them" mentality in-built.
@@RadioJammor what utter Garbage ^ why are you making lies up about Liverpool? do you really think people believe you've lived in Liverpool and Glasgow? Also if you hate Liverpool so much why bother commenting on it?
@@garyrigby21 I lived in Liverpool for years, Gary. I pointed out that drug dealers knock on doors like salesmen and offer money in exchange for working out of rooms or flats. That happened and I know where. Shiel Road. So don't try and kid others I don't know the place.
I don't so much hate Liverpool as Scousers like you, who refuse to acknowledge the problems Liverpool suffers from and the city's own inhabitants being at least partly guilty of it (as well as government, local and national). I've posted elsewhere about your evident partiality and rose-tinted specs, and your evident attitude that is all too common amongst Scousers, that no one is allowed to be in any way critical of it. You just try and paint it all as coming from people from elsewhere, the "Out of towners" as you tend to call them, when I lived there and I know what it's like. There's your typical Scouse xenophobia right there, in plain sight, coming from you, by trying to paint me as someone other than I am, who just posts rubbish, when the actuality is more that the rubbish comes from you.
I can happily say that the city has been much maligned over the years by people from elsewhere, and unjustifiably so, but Scousers like you paint it as wonderful and marvellous and more welcoming than anywhere else (when most of you haven't been around enough to know), and laughably you claimed it was the second most visited tourist destination in the UK (even you wouldn't claim it outdoes London). Fourth or fifth or sixth isn't bad, which is the actuality, but no, you've got to claim it's only second to London.
You're the one posting utter garbage. Anyone can simply Google what UK cities have the most tourists to see Manchester and Edinburgh always have more, as well as London, and where Liverpool lies on the list depends on which one you read. But second? That sums you up in a nutshell, Gary. You can't stomach the actuality when it doesn't tie-in with your rose-tinted version of things. I prefer knowing the actuality and advising tourists of the actuality, which will never come from the likes of you.
The actuality is that Liverpool can be a nice place to visit, if you stick to the tourist spots and don't stray or explore very far.
As for Glasgow, I'm still mulling whether or not to suggest it as a place to visit, because it's very different from Edinburgh and less of a tourist destination, although there are things to see and do.
And by the way, Liverpool got the nod over Glasgow for the Eurovision, and I can happily concur with that call. The Liverpool Arena is a better venue than Glasgow's Hydro. How's that for hating on Liverpool?
@@RadioJammor in your head rent free ha
If you ever come back get a two together railcard and use it to knock 30% of an advance train fare. I've done London to Edinburgh for less than £20 each.
Thank you for visiting my city! I am so very pleased that you enjoyed yourself and hope that you return one day.
Loving your video's. Some very special memories of Liverpool last year...
❤😊❤ Wish you could have spent more time in Liverpool. I love that city. ❤ Beautiful people, very interesting architecture. Beatles Black Cab tour worth every penny. Have you gotten to a pub yet???? That's the first stop after landing and checking in to first hostel😊😊😊
2.5 hours by train. Costs more but more time on the ground in London/Liverpool, less time on a bus, would be my choice.
That woman was a bloody nightmare, gerroff the bus woman, you don't have a ticket lmao.
That Hostel was awesome!! I love seeing other places and countries. What a neat experience for you two❤❤
Looking forward to seeing you visit our current hometown next week after havung visited two of the previous ones.
1:01 Abflüge is german for departing flights so they have a funny mistranslation there at the Victoria Coach station. When I saw your shot from there I just smiled: memories 😍. I actually had only super cool bus trips around the UK so far, you two were really unlucky there.
Thank you for the show, so much fun watching it ❤
I think your London police friend was being a bit biased when stating that London is "safer" than Liverpool. In reality as we all know you can run into trouble anywhere, any place and as you are sensible level headed folks your trip will be without any real dramas.
Cheers! Loved the details of this video - food, drama, laundry... I'm excited every week to see the next episode. Muhhh.
Laundry is always exciting!
Liverpool is Über safe! Very safe compared to London. Compared to USA it is completely safe.
my husband and i are headed to London for a quick trip this weekend! we've been enjoying your videos so far and we're excited to see where you are headed next!
Thanks, Adrienne! 😊 Hope you guys have an amazing time!
LOVING this UK vlog! Great editing btw❤❤❤
Aww thank you so much!!! 🥰
Guys delete the negative comments about Liverpool
Standard British Coach experience, but definately one of the better ways to travel the country - it's slower and you get more loons than the train, but so much cheaper!
slower and you get more loons != definitely one of the better ways to travel the country.
We just have to survive 6 hours on the bus.... Famous last words!
I'm pleased that you enjoyed Liverpool, it's a vibrant wonderful city. Did you make it down to the waterfront and see the river Mersey? Arriving at night probably wasn't the best introduction, I think most large cities and towns can feel a bit unsafe after dark especially if you dont know the good and bad areas.
Liverpool has a high crime rate. It is not the utopia many of its residents pretend it is. Most gun crime in the UK has links with Liverpool, according to official figures. The Mersey is filthy and the view of the Wirral is dreadful, grim. The view of the waterfront from the Wirral is striking although the new buildings of recent years have spoilt it. Not surprising that UNESCO World Heritage status was removed. Liverpool has a litter problem in common with many other places in Britain. It also has some of the worst educational standards in the UK.
@@eightiesmusic1984 I live on the Wirral and have worked in Liverpool on and off for the last thirty years, as you say the best views are from this side Woodside Ferry or Seacombe, I'd say.
@@eightiesmusic1984 crime rate not as high as Manchester,Birmingham London,South Yorkshire the Mersey is the same colour as the Thames the Ouse the Irwell the Liffey in Ireland the Tyne. Your version of gun crime in the UK being linked to Liverpool is utter nonsense and Liverpool has the same litter problems as any other major city as for UNESCO removing Liverpools waterfront heritage status means that, that section of waterfront can now develop and not become the museum UNESCO wanted it to be. Your version is 1 massive assumption just like your posts but never mind just carry on hating..sad really.
@eightiesmusic1984 Cool story bro
@@eightiesmusic1984 My word you are utterly boring.
It is a shame they tore down the original cavern but that replica next door to where it was is fun.
should have gone on the Magical Mystery Tour and seen all the Beatle spots!
Next time for sure! A return trip to the U.K. is 100% in our future plans.
@@qlctravels This maybe where you got your timeframe from for seeing other Beatles spots. They are not as far out as I think you thought, but if you linger and visit other spots, it certainly takes up the time. Two hours total (per the site) looks quite reasonable. I suspect some stops will be quicker than others. Didn't do that particular tour myself, but have been to where it goes.
You mentioned the stadiums. The Anfield museum is worth a visit but the neighbourhood is rough for both grounds. If you can afford a taxi to and fro, rather than bus it, which would be far cheaper, but may mean waiting around for a bus each way (it is walkable, but I wouldn't recommend it to a tourist), then do that, but if you're not that bothered by football, you can happily give it a miss. The stadiums are in residential areas and away from any other tourist destinations, so spending an hour or so inside equates to about two because of travel to/from. The main question really is, how badly do you want to visit there?
Hope you guys make a return visit to Liverpool
A cop from the crime capital of Great Britain warned you to be careful in another city? Hahaha, the irony. They must of been a desk cop because London is 100 times worse than Liverpool. Gave me a good chuckle that lol.
Yeah, looking back on it (aside from that brief time walking around exhausted at night), we didn't feel any different in Liverpool than we did in London. And having been to many cities since, Liverpool is genuinely among the safer-feeling ones.
Great video.. Nice to see you got a bit of free entertainment on the coach up north 🤣 The Hostel looks great! Have you guys not thought about doing a British food/snack taste review video ? People seem to like watching them. Enjoy the rest of your stay Im looking forward to watching more of your adventures.
Penny lane and strawberry fields are around 20 mins away by taxi from the city centre.
Taking a Londoners opinion on Liverpool? (& ex police at that!) You might as well have listened to a Klingon or Martian.They think anywhere north of Watford is the 'badlands' & hostile.
It’s been super interesting learning/witnessing how different parts of the U.K. view each other. Not that the Londoner we spoke with portrayed Liverpool as a Mad Max hellscape or anything; but regardless, we still felt safe there and had several nice interactions with locals, so any preconceptions we were given beforehand have been replaced by nothing but positive experiences.
@@qlctravels That's fair comment. I agree that their view was probably overstated to you, but wasn't given entirely without cause. In sticking to the tourist parts of Liverpool, you probably saw and received the best of Liverpool without more risk than you would have had anywhere else. The police might just be more aware of crime in Liverpool than many scousers would care to acknowledge, but avoiding residential areas and suburbs of the place and visiting the tourist spots either during the day or in the city centre whenever, is both sensible and comparatively safe.
@@RadioJammor Both cities have their good and bad parts, but taking whole cities into account, Liverpool is safer than London by just about every metric.
@@duggs4456 I wouldn't even care to compare. They are such different places. I'll say this: London is big enough to explore as a tourist without finding trouble, but for Liverpool, you need to stick to the city centre or tourist rides, or use cabs to and from as leaving those confines means you're far more likely to find it.
LOL......I watched a youtuber the other day who took a trip by Bus from New York to California, and throughout the trip there were crazies all over the place, on and off the Bus.
I thought that this would be one thing you wouldn't experience here....and Bang! it happened...
Taking the train is better and highly recommended.
Maybe now that you’ve experienced a few locations you could spend some time evaluating the rest of your plans and slow your trip down. Whirlwind tour spent rushing from place to place isn’t the best way to travel. How much that you wanted to see and do have you already skipped? Catch your breath!
We completely understand that perspective, but this is the kind of trip we wanted. It may be our only opportunity to see all of these cities and countries for a long time (since when we return to the U.S. we’re looking towards marriage, kids, etc. as the next steps), and though we’re only getting a small taste of these places, we’re currently over a month into the trip and feel like we’ve still managed to absorb the cities and cultures we’ve experienced since Liverpool.
To your point, though, we HAVE made adjustments along the way to give ourselves more time in certain cities, so Liverpool (and one other upcoming location) definitely taught us some lessons.
In a future video we’ll be able to elaborate on the reasons we designed the trip like this. But we know your comment comes from a good place, and we genuinely appreciate the advice.
Great question, and great reply. ❤😊❤ I was thinking the exact same thing😊
Enjoy your travels 😊
Glad you enjoyed my city, You defo missed an opportunity by not going on the mersey ferry and plenty more things.. maybe next time!
Definitely next time! 🙂
What is so good about the Mersey Ferry?
It gives you great views of the liverpool skyline to take pictures and also has a guided history of the city as you float past all the parts of the city also it's a cheap ferry trip and not many people get to experience that kind of thing.@@eightiesmusic1984
@@eightiesmusic1984Sometimes divvies like you fall overboard
@@eightiesmusic1984Keyboard warriors, always easy to offend.😂
Wow what excitement on the bus 😬
That’s certainly one word to describe it 😅
I really dislike long distance coach travel, I don’t know what your coach fares cost, I would have looked into the discounted cheaper non flexible Advance train fares and taken an early departure from London, you’d still arrive in Liverpool with time for a second breakfast, on the train you can have a stretch and have a walk.
Strawberry field and penny lane are a 15 minutedrive fromyour hostel and the lads homes 25 minutes drive.
@jamesriley9472 - Yep, that one surprised me as well. They were in a great location to go anywhere in the city.
@@rstevens7711 True to both of you, but they would need to hire a car or get a pricey taxi. I think the time/distance comes from the Magical Mystery tour, which takes two hours. I think there was a misunderstanding from that about how far away these places were from the city centre, because they were not familiar with the geography.
Sorry to spoil the illusion, but the original Cavern was demolished decades ago, and the current replica was built more or less next door shortly afterwards, when the mistake was realised.
Yeah not sure why they didn’t find that out?
As someone who isn't a Scouser and has spent a lot of time in Liverpool, I get what you mean. It has an atmosphere all its own that isn't like anywhere else.
It does sound like your warnings received about Liverpool were overstated but not without cause. You were wise to stick to city centre and tourist destinations, and whilst some of the Beatles places you mentioned were not as far away as stated (round trip maybe that long), they and the stadiums are in suburban areas where you are more likely to find trouble, if you are a non-Scouser.
Like other large UK cities, Liverpool has a gang and drugs problem (with associated crimes that go with) so that is far from unique, but it does exist there. An example: In Liverpool, drug dealers knock on doors to ask if they can operate out of a room or a flat, like salespeople.
Also, all too often, people there are "on the make", often in a small scale way, as a consequence of long-term poverty that the city has been particularly subject to. Corruption is pretty rife and the city is too proud of its legacy to expose it. People outside of Liverpool are probably largely unaware of it and don't care. For locals, it's part of parcel of Liverpool.
Scousers are unjustly proud of themselves in regard to how they deal with strangers and people from elsewhere. They may have been good at it decades ago (and tbf still can be in the likes of these tourist spots - they're not all bad, by any means), but these days you are far more likely to be taken advantage of or mistreated if you don't have a Scouse accent. They are not generally racist, but they ARE generally xenophobic. This actually runs through the core of the people and I don't think they even realise it, because to them, it's treating people from elsewhere with a wariness that has been instilled over decades of mistreatment and being publicly maligned by people from elsewhere. Some Scousers are better than others at handling their own prejudice, but IT IS there. "Scousers are grifters and thieves", other people from elsewhere would say. Of course, maligning an entire city is clearly overstating it, but sadly all too many are now, because non-Scousers made it true, but so did those Scousers by succumbing to the falsehoods.
The UK used to portray the Irish as thick. That has died out and is part of a past best buried. The same cannot be said of how people around the UK think of Scousers, but the sad fact is, the difference between the lies and the truth is far smaller than it used to be.
I've seen its sights and sounds and I never need return. Liverpool is a place to visit, if you do as you did; but then, move on.
You sound like a complete snob and you obviously don't know what your talking about
I've lived in Liverpool for 36 years and never ever had anyone knock on my door asking to use a room to make drugs and dont know anyone else that has🤣. I've lived in Anfield, Wavo, Toxteth and Maghull. Maybe in some absolute ghetto estate that all cities have that's a possibility. You sound incredibly bitter and small minded to be honest. I work in the NHS and its full of people from all over the country and abroad that love it here and started families.
This southerner is talking out of his arse!
What absolute rubbish
(3:50) O Wunga wunga wunga ...this is NOT my sandwich.
lol
I'm so invested in this trip I'm embarrased.
Aww thanks, Steve! Glad to have you along. ☺️
Penny Lane is literally a 20 minute bus ride from where you are Strawberry Fields and John Lennons birthplace another 10,who told you an hour and a half?
the idea that liverpool is more dangerous just really isnt true, especially compared to any city in the usa the crime rate is literally over 10x less per 100,000 people. Theres sentiment in the south of enlgand about liverpool that is almost sectarian or xenophobic in a way, a lot of immigrants came to liverpool from african countries, ireland to escape oppression etc and liverpool has been fighting this false representation for years, so its unfortunate to hear it coming from someone from london these days.
You're right and wrong at the same time. Liverpool has been horrendously misrepresented by other people within England, often for political ends, but consequently Scousers have become xenophobic themselves to people not from Liverpool. You also tend to ignore the crime and corruption that does exist within Liverpool, because it is there, it is bad, but you just won't deal with the matter in a nuanced way - at least in public - and in those areas where locally you can, rather than the problems caused by central government.
You'd rather turn a blind-eye to the problems the city has because you see admitting that there are any as making the lies that have been told as justified or true - when what you're actually doing is making the lies true by failing to acknowledge and address the actuality. Yes, Liverpool has been maligned and mistreated as a city, but fighting for a fairer reputation means accepting that too many Scousers have turned around and responded to that injustice by saying, "If you're going to call me a thief and a druggie, and treat me like one, I may as well be one".
Reputation is a funny thing. The truth and the actuality require nuance that you simply don't get on either side of the argument. The only thing you can say for certain is that the actuality is somewhere in-between.
Glad that the mouthy woman got kicked off the coach. She was obviously in the wrong, but wouldn't accept it. I'm going to sue you - yeah yeah, blah blah. Pathetic really. Didn't care that she was delaying other people.
Glad I wasn't on the coach, or she would have got some choice words from me......
Spoiler alert…the real cavern you went to is not the real cavern, that was the copy as the cavern was demolished in 1976 before the Liverpool council realised they had a big money earner so they used some similar cellars further along the street and recreated a copy….
How to crush someone's memories 🙄
Really unfortunate that the UK person you spoke to still holds such prejudice and outdated stereotypes against liverpool. Check any official stats London is far far faaarr more dangerous than Liverpool (or anywhere else in the UK).
London is bound to be more violent statistically with it being enourmous it's the largest city in Europe
Not actually true though. Liverpool is still No1 for drug related crime, and well above London in general crime levels. That's just a fact.
@@Malc180s it's not a fact at all. This is getting exhausting everybody putting Liverpool down cos they have been told to by the media it's almost as if they want it to be like that. I'm 60 old and from Liverpool I know the city inside out so who would you rather believe? I've never had any hassle ever! Explain that
@Malc180s It's a fact that your speaking garbage and can't do a simple Google search to pull up any verified source. Make ridiculous claims you best be able to back them up.
Liverpool has 128 crimes per 1000 people. London has 87 per 1000. Sadly this city is a crime hub for wanna be gangsters who spread it beyond Liverpool's city too.
Embarrassing for the city.
Back in around 2010 1 in 5 people in Warrington prison alone were from Liverpool.
We have this horrible ghetto like culture here which is a stain, luckily the rest are very nice and welcoming.
Until this ghetto like culture dissolves this city will become less nice to live in.
I was born and still live here.
But ignoring the issues here will not fix the problem it will make it worse.
24 hours is nowhere near long enough to spend in Liverpool - you could spend 4 or 5 days in the city and still not have covered half of the things worth seeing ...
Don't over do it
YOU CANNOT TRAVEL......WITHOUT A TICKET!!.....simple as that!...
Guys please delete the negative comments underneath my previous comments down below
In an hour and a half you could get to Manchester and beyond
Please take a train next time
Nice to know we've got another high quality Nigerian immigrant
Oh yeah liverpool is so dodgy compared to London....my arse...liverpool has vibes.
I mean technically it's a northern accent, but, as a northerner, I feel a little - repulsed is too harsh a word, offended(?) to be associated with the abomination that is the scouse accent.
Ey, ey... calm down, calm down.
I wouldn't call it Northern myself. I'm oop north, near Newcastle but not close enough to be called a Geordie (or a Macam from Sunderland). I would label Scouse as being...Scouse!🤣
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why the offensive comment? Liverpool/ Scouse is a great accent
I hope you get help with your clear and evident issues but haters will always hate
The woman arguing with the dude saying she never paid for a ticket. He is a con man. Transport officers have a uniform and official ID. He had normal clothes and no ID. They are prevelant on traind.
He was the FlixBus driver. He was authorized to drive the bus, and had no record of the woman purchasing a ticket. He called his employer at Flixbus first, and then the police, and both agreed with him when he explained the situation. In this instance, he had every right to deny the woman transport.
The hobby African wasn’t British 👍.... you may have noticed