Help with your travel arrangements
If you are looking to make your own travel arrangements, you are going to need
a lot of information.
Unlike booking a package holiday where it's all done for you, booking your own
flight, hotel, apartment and making your own travel arrangements needs planning.
You may think that this type of thing is not for you.
Fine!
We are sure that other people who are willing to make their own arrangements will be happy that
you are subsidising their trip.
Internet Travel Club - Here to help you plan
Internet travel club provide you with information on where to look for cheap flights, last minute holidays, low cost hotel rooms, and help you to find out how to speak a little of the local lingo.
Internet travel club's main aim is to help you save money on your travel arrangements.
Driving in Europe
If you are taking your car abroad make sure you obtain all the appropriate documentation,i.e.:
green card, a GB sticker for the back of your car, and vehicle registration document.
You should carry a warning triangle, headlamp converters, first aid kit, and spare bulbs, and fan belt.
Get an up-to-date road map showing service stops and accommodation.
Plan your route in advance
Free Travel Planner
Click above for your detailed route map
Get some local currency for toll roads most major roads are.
Or buy a special card in some local garages
Learn a bit of the local language, it will be helpful if you need to ask for directions.
Try this website: Learn a little of the language before you go.
Hiring a car
Book your hire car.
If you are hiring a car for the first time in some countries, don't be surprised when you look in the boot to find it empty.
Yes it's against the law to change tyres at the roadside.
Ensure that the company you hire the car from has a 24 hour call out service.
Also make sure you have full insurance including collision damage waiver.
If you are planning to drive in some less developed countries, be careful
roads are not up to the same standards as other European countries.
Road works are confusing and dangerous.
Many Hillside roads with hairpin bends do not have any form of barriers.
But don't let this put you off. If you are careful, it's well worth it for the freedom and the views
Accommodation
Book an apartment instead of a hotel room. WHY?
More Space.
Has a kitchen area for snacks and you can sit on your balcony watching the sun go down without having to buy the wine in the hotel.
Buying Flights
Fly Midweek it is normally cheaper
If you are planning a weeks holiday - Budget airlines often have the best deals if you fly out Wednesday and back the next Wednesday
You are likely to have to book (and pay for) tickets well in advance
Cruising
If you are booking a cruise - be sure to find out the rules for cancellation
