Plan your smooth trip to Europe!

Posted by riverrmerlin on October 27th, 2016

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For anyone to enjoy his or her smooth European vacation trip and visit some important and breath taking places, such traveler needs to plan ahead of time to have a hitch-free trip. The following to-do list will help you have a smooth trip with less worry concerning your travel arrangements.

1. Get your document ready

Before you embark on any trip abroad, you must have a valid traveling passport, but if you don’t have a valid passport, you must be ready to obtain one. It takes about four to five weeks to get a new passport from the date of application to the time of receipt. If you have to hasten the services it takes about two to three weeks, but this will require you pay additional charges, it is better to plan ahead if you want don’t to incur additional charges.

2. Setup a budget

Set a budget for your trip early -- even before your itinerary, traveldates or destination. There are some destinations that are cheaper than others, but there are several ways to save cost most times. One of the ways to save cost is to plan your trip in the offseason, plan a shorter trip, and pick budget accommodations.
It is a proven fact that a trip to London city is expensive with a high exchange rate for the Americans and the rest of the world, but some travel providers and many airlines offerlow-priced holiday packages to the city, It is very easy during the winter to find cheap air bargains to London. Setting your budget earlywill help you avoid any disappointment.

3. Pick a destination

Now that you have set your budget and know how much you want to spend, the next thing is to pick a destination from the list of European cities of your choice. It depends on your choice of city, as different cities have various laws, accommodation arrangement, environment friendliness, and ecological issues.

4. Book your airfare

Since airfare will likely be the costly part of your trip, it is advisable you book your airfare first while hotel, car rentals follow. By so doing, it will afford you the flexibility with your chosen dates, which is the best way to save you money on your flight. You may also spend less if you choose to fly on international airlines with discount.

5. Make a rough itinerary

It is better you sketch out your itinerary on a day-to-day basis before you embark on your trip so as to know how much it will cost you daily. You can align your daily movement with your budget to know whether you have run out of your budget or not.

6. Book your hotel

Take out your itinerary note and put down the place to sleep, it is good you make hotel accommodation arrangements earlier, especially when it fall on summer season. Do a bit research that can help you discover homestays, vacation rentals; house-swapping are options that can be affordable or even free sometimes.

7. Think about travel insurance

Travel insuranceare of different kinds such as flight cancellation insurance, trip cancellation insurance, medical insurance, etc. The most beneficial time to buy insurance is after you have put down the larger deposits on your trip, whether that involves airfare, prepaid hotels or a package. The best time to ensure your trip is when you have made an upfront payment as lots of travel providers and airlines sell insurance you can buy together with your tour package or flight. Before you make a purchase make sure you read your policy fine print and compare with other insurance company’s travel policies.

8. Local transportation

With convenient underground Tube in London or Amsterdam, you do not need car rental unless you want to visit outside the city.

9. Take care of last-minute logistics

At least a week to your departure date, take care of these key logistics: phone, money, pet-sitter (if any) and house-sitter.

Let your credit card companies know you’ll be away for a while and find out if your card will be charged is used overseas.