+1 to everything so far, I'll add that a Washington Mutual MasterCard/Visa (Debit) also works, both in Northern and Southern France.
Tri-band phones with international roaming plans are available from T-Mobile (Deutsche Telecom) and AT&T Wireless (Cingular/AT&T) Nice is gorgeous, hope she has fun! On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For communications, get Skype, it's free. Get web cams and you can see each > other, too. Will she be taking a laptop? If not, Internet cafes are the > place to go. > > I haven't used traveler's checks since the 80's. Get her a Visa card if you > trust her not to charge you too far into debt. From most Visa providers, you > can get a PIN to be able to use the card to do cash withdrawls at ATMs. Up > to you whether you want her pulling cash advances off the credit card. > > Definitely get her an ATM card. BofA cards are part of the Plus, Interlink, > and Star ATM networks - that covers major European bank ATMs as well, not > sure about southern France specifically. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:259132 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
