Coming to Europe these are the things that you must do

so you're coming to Europe these are the things that you must do before you take your trip abroad

First, you need to get local currency I don't recommend going to any foreign country

without having at least a little bit of the country's currency in your pocket

when you get off the planes you never know when you're going to need it for a

taxi ride to tip someone or to use the toilet the amount you should bring with

you depend on a lot of things

but I have a video about how to buy and spend

money in London that actually applies to most of Europe so you can watch that

next by clicking up here make sure you tell your bank that you're going to be

travelling abroad if you don't and you try to use your card in a foreign

country.

it's going to reject the card

and also cancel it meaning you won't be

able to use it at all and not to send

you a new one also while you're on the

phone with them ask them if they have

any partner banks in the country that

you're going to so if you have a debit

card

sometimes banks will have deals with

international banks that you can use

their ATM and you actually won't have a

withdrawal fee for example I used to

have a Bank of America card and when I

was in Italy there was a bunch of banks

that I could get free international

withdrawals from also double check to

see what kind of fees you're going to

incur if you use your debit or credit

card

internationally make sure you get a

couple of power adapters obviously if

you're bringing any electronics with you

you're going to need to probably charge

them or plug them in at some point and

if you don't live in Europe or the UK

your plug isn't going to fit here

different countries in Europe have

different plugs so make sure that you

find the plug for each of the countries

that you're going to be going to for

example if you go to the UK and then to

Italy you're gonna have two different

adapters you're going to need I'll leave

a link down the description box to the

adapters that I recommend and they have

options for pretty much any country that

are going to be going to around the

world so just make sure you order a

couple of the ones you're going to get

an international phone plan if you want

to use your phone abroad you're going to

have to call up your mobile company and

let them know that you want to do this

switching to an international plan for

however long you're going to be away can

be really expensive depending on your

and what kind of phone you have so that

might not actually be the best option

for you I have a video that explains how

to be able to use your phone while

you're in Europe so watch that video

next by clicking the card that's popping

up here check your luggage situation

nobody ever thinks about this the last

thing that you want to happen when

you're packing for your trip the night

before that you leave is to throw

everything into your luggage and go to

zip it up and realize that the zipper is

completely broken if it's not a o'clock

at night and your flight leaves at 6

a.m. the next day you're kind of screwed

so a few days before you're going to

start packing make sure you give your

all of your luggage a once-over to check

that all the zippers are working and

that everything is going to stay in

touch check your travel-sized toiletries

situations I always forget to check out

what kind of toiletries I need to refill

before I go on a trip and I end up

having to buy really expensive ones in

the airport on the way to wherever I'm

going so a few days in advance make sure

you look to see if you need to refill

your travel sized toothpaste your bar

soap anything like that also I have

these refillable travel size liquid

containers that are really really good

if you've seen any of my other packing

videos you've heard me talk about them I

have a bunch of those and they make my

life easier because instead of having to

buy new travel sized bottles of shampoo

conditioner things like that

I just refill them every time I go on

holiday I'll leave a link to those down

in description so you can pick them up

see if you can book your airport

transfers ahead of time if you can get

your travel from the airport to your

hotel sorted before you arrive that just

means it's one less thing you have to

worry about when you get off the plane

and you're tired and grumpy so first

check to see if your hotel offers an

airport shuttle service if not there are

some shuttle services that you might be

able to book like easyJet's

also you can check the sites like Rome

to Rio and Google Maps to see what the

best ways to get from the airport to

your hotel is because you might be able

to buy some fuss or train tickets in

advance as well also when you have a

look at those options make sure you

screenshot that so you can hold on to it

just in case your first option of how

you're going to get your hotel falls

through then you know other ways you can

get there confirm your hotel or your

Airbnb reservation you want to obviously

make sure that your accommodation is all

sorted for you before you arrive

try to check in and realize that

actually Hotel canceled your reservation

two weeks ago but you didn't get the

email so if you haven't had a series of

emails from the hotel that you're

staying at saying stuff about your

arrival then get in contact with the

hotel and just double check that they

have your confirmation they're waiting

for you with your Airbnb needs the same

thing go and log into your Airbnb

account check that it still says

confirmed next to your reservation and

also make sure you message your host to

see if there's any special instructions

that you need to get the key to get into

your place print out all documentation

so things like your hotel confirmations

your Airbnb confirmations addresses of

the places you're going plane tickets

for your entire trip in Europe all that

stuff should be printed out and put into

a waterproof envelope depending on where

you're going you might need to present

all that at border control once you get

off the plane but also it's good to have

all that in paper just in case you your

phone dies or it gets lost

you have everything with you check in

for your flight a lot of international

flights you can actually check in online

24 hours in advance I always try to do

that because that it means you might be

able to snag some really good seats make

sure you make copies of your credit and

debit cards and also your passport the

reason for this is that you want to have

all of this stuff documented and you

want pictures of it just in case

anything gets lost or stolen don't rely

on just taking a photo on your phone

because if that gets stolen as well then

you're screwed so usually what I'd say

is take photos on your phone of both

your front and the back of your cards

but then also make paper photocopies and

put a couple of different copies in

different parts of your bags like your

carry-on bag and your checked bag prep

your house if you're gonna be away for a

few days you want to make sure that you

have someone who's going to pick up the

mail for you so it doesn't look like

you're not home and also maybe invest in

a timer so that you can have a light go

on and off in the evening so it looks

like someone is actually in the house

I'll leave a link to something like that

down in description so you can have a

look and finally make sure you research

the best place to have a glass of

Prosecco in the airport before you get

on the plane because you're going on

holiday