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A French Tour Checklist
I work with checklists and diary entries every day because I find it's the only way I keep track of what I'm doing. My lists and entries also help on the days I feel a bit lazy, as scanning that long to-do list can jolt me into action !!
This tour checklist is only a guide to help you think of things you might like to do in readiness for your trip. Sometimes reading what others do, can help you with your own ideas on what you'd like to do.
While not exhaustive, this is a guide that has helped my previous guests:
- Passport
- Cash in euros (small denominations) in separate purse other than your normal everyday one. (This is particularly helpful when we dine out as a group and you wish to cover just your own expenses for the occasion. Small denominations are best in this situation.)
- Photocopies and photos on your phone of all insurance policies, emergency contact numbers and persons and health / allergy details listed
- Bag sorted with handle and wheels in good condition
- Draft clothes packing list
- Main walking shoes are purchased and are being worn in
- Exercising when possible to prepare for Metro flights of stairs and Montmartre hill
- Find out from doctor whether compression stockings are required for flight or anything else you need to be aware of or let me know about
- Have secure crossover handbag with pockets
- Have hairdressers appointment organised just before you leave and another as soon as you return home (that way you'll always look gorgeous)
- Have purchased and downloaded Kindle or similar books on your phone for reading on plane or at night in your hotel rooms (much lighter than traditional books)
- Have read everything I’ve sent so far and/or related blog posts (if you wish)
- Have a lightweight notebook and pen for journaling. There will be special moments you will not want to forget, or maybe you are a creative who wants to capture your trip by illustration
- Have batteries for your camera, chargers, SD cards and case sorted
- Have laptop, chargers, European wall socket (2 pin) adapter
- Have your phone fully updated with the latest of all your apps while you have WiFi at home. Got chargers and have organised a travel data pack with your telecommunications provider ($5 or $10 a day is usual) for social media, family texting and emergencies
- Have any products you need to take organised in travel sizes. You can purchase more or refill your small containers to save weight, and the hotels will have supplies. I prefer to go without the luxury of my usual brands and inside use hotel supplies so I have a bag that can easily be carried down stairs, up hotel hallways etc.
- Have a lightweight day carry bag to take your camera, water bottle, cardigan, little journal etc elegantly and helpfully around with you during the day
- Organised or rescheduled mail, bills, volunteer roster duties or anything else that you now won’t be doing whilst you’re away
- Notified or plan to notify your banks that your cards will be used overseas at airports, in France and anywhere else you may be travelling
- And anything else you think important and/or that I might have missed
I will have all the paperwork for events, bookings and tickets that I have arranged for you as part of our organised activities and will happily keep them safe during the entire tour for you.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO START GETTING SUPER EXCITED ... !!!
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