1) Unless it is a GSM phone it will not work in Europe. She'll probably want to buy a "pay as you go" phone over there. (somebody correct me if I'm wrong here)
2) ATM cards, credit cards will work in Europe. Most American banks do the currency conversion for you, on the fly, and issue the equivalent cash through the ATM, she'll get the best exchange rate through the ATM. 3) International phone calls are expensive over land lines, I don't know if the same holds true for cellular. 4) email is probably the cheapest way to communicate. 5) Make sure you make copies of all of her documentation (passport, drivers license, birth certificate) in case she looses, or is robbed of any of the above, it'll make it a lot easier when she has to get them replaced at the embassy. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Svetlana Rudkovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Europe travel tips, please My child going to Nice, France for Summer Study Abroad. Please share your Europe travel tips regarding cell phone, calling to USA, credit card, traveler's checks, etc... Thank you, ~Svetlana Rudkovsky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
