If you want to get tickets to the games, now is the time to act. They are taking applications for the tickets between now and April 26th at Tickets.london2012.com, if you are a resident of the United Kingdom or of one of the designated European countries. If you’re a US citizen like me, you’ll have to get your tickets through Cosport.com, the official ticket reseller. If you’re from another country, you can check the ticket availability page to see where you can buy your tickets.

For more information about the 2012 Olympics, I am keeping a Squidoo page on the subject.

If you’re planning on attending the 2012 London Olympics, you might want to sign up for ticketing information. They will be going on sale in 2011, so you still have some time, but you might want to sign up now, so you won’t forget.

If ticket sales for London are anything like they were for Vancouver, people in the UK will be eligible to buy the tickets first. There will be plenty of tickets for people in other countries; not all tickets will be released at once. To get the best tickets, you might need to buy a package that includes airfare and hotel. How ticket sales are actually handled will depend on the country that you live in.

The only credit card accepted at the Olympic games is Visa. If you don’t have a Visa card, you will have to get one to pay for the games online. If you don’t like credit card debt, Visa debit and prepaid cards will work just as well as a regular credit card… so, if you don’t have a Visa credit card and your debit card is a Mastercard, you can always go to the grocery store and buy one of those prepaid cards… but you have a year to get one. At the games, the Official Olympic stores… same thing; they only take Visa cards or cash.

There will be free events, like cycling and the marathon.

To express your interest in 2012 London Olympic games tickets, visit tickets.london2012.com.