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How to prepare for a vacation to Europe.?

My mom won a vacation to anywhere in the world on Delta flying first class and we are going to go for 8-10 days. We wanted to go to Rome, Paris, Cote D'azur, London, and Dublin. Please let someone really dedicated to my question because we were totally unprepared. i want to know what to bring on a plane ride from PHX to the first city in the stop and i really want to know good hotels in rates and car rental from the first city. What i am saying is that i pretty much need a yahoo answer travel agent please help me, thank you so much

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1. ipod, psp, TOOTH BRUSh for plane, chewing gum for popping ears. other snacks. Make sure you buy a power/plug converter
2. I frequently travel to Europe and am so pleased you will get to experience it. First let me tell you that you have chosen way too many cities to visit. Please narrow down the countries you want to visit. Travel between Italy and Great Britain will take a full day out of your trip and I don't imagine the cost will be covered. Go to frommers.com. This site will give you advice given by serious travelers who have been the places you might want to see. There are message boards for each country. You have chosen some expensive cities to explore. Do your homework and you can save money and still enjoy yourselves. If it were my trip I'd start in Rome, go to the Tuscany area, visit Venice (at least one overnight), then to Switzerland stopping for a night in one of the lake regions of northern Italy.
3. Realize everywhere you plan to visit is very expensive. They were expensive places to visit BEFORE the beating the Dollar has taken in the exchange rates in the past few years. I think 5 destinations is too much for an 8 to 10 day trip. That is especially true since you include 3 major cities (Rome, Paris, London) that each deserve a decent-length visit. Also realize that it will basically take you a whole day to get from one place to the next, and that means half or more of your trip will be spent in a car or in airports/train stations. For an 8 to 10 day trip, consider visiting just two of the destinations you list. That would - for example - let you fly TO London and home FROM Paris (or whatever you decide). For hotels and rental cars, best is to go to a real travel agent where you live. You will need passports: http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html If you plan to rent a car then get a "International Driving License", which is actually just a recognized translation of your regular license: http://www.aaa-texas.com/TRAVEL/AUTOTRAV/IDP.ASPX Check with your regular medical insurance to find out if it covers you in Europe. If yes, carry with you proof of coverage. If no, you should strongly consider buying trip medical insurance, which is cheap and sold by travel agents. Each person should take a carry-on bag that contains a complete change of clothes and basic toiletries. The rules for carry-ons are: http://www.tsa.gov/311/index.shtm Each person should take one (1) checked bag, and best is the rolling suitcase type. Take clothes you can mix & match and that don't need dry cleaning. You don't say when you plan to go, but London, Paris, and Dublin will be cool to cold for Fall to Spring. Do the research regarding weather for the dates you decide to go, and pack accordingly. There are many travel guides for all of the places you might visit and you should do the research to decide what you want to do. For example, the cities each have too many attractions to see them all in a week, so you have to prioritize. Reconsider renting a car, except maybe for the Cote d'Azur. You do not need a car to visit the cities, and parking & traffic are horrendous in London/Paris/Rome. London & Paris in particular have wonderful Underground (subway) systems that elimionate the need for personal transportation, and there are lots of taxicabs. You will also be better off traveling between cities on the train (which goes from city-center to city-center) and taking a taxi to your hotel. Then rent a car for local trips if necessary. For flights, Delta does not fly from Phoenix non-stop to anywhere in Europe so you have to change planes. The best schedules appear to be via Atlanta. Give yourself at least two (2) hours between flights, and 3 to 4 hours may be better. If you are flying BusinessElite you will have access to Delta's SkyClub, which is a very nice place to wait between flights: http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/airport_information/delta_sky_club/index.jsp If you have a choice, make London or Dublin your first arrival airport in Europe. You will have fewer ;language problems and the British & Irish don't go on strike as often as the French & Italians. As mentioned above, you may want to fly TO one city and home FROM another. If the tickets you won won't allow that then you may be best off flying to & from London. Hope you have a great tirp!