Travel: Keeping in touch abroad

Keeping in touch abroad

Written by Trevor Dumbleton

In these days of mobile phones, it's tempting to think that staying in touch will be easy. Oftentimes this is repparttar

case.

But you need to think about a few things if you're going abroad and still want to be able to keep in touch.

This simple checklist should help:

1. Can you use your current cell phone in repparttar 134139 country you are visiting? For instance, many European phones are dual band and won't work in America. Check your cell phone supplier's web site for information about using your phone in repparttar 134140 country you are visiting.

2. Assuming you can use your phone, have you set up 'international roaming'? To keep fraud down to a minimum, when you first buy your phone it will likely be restricted to use in your home country. Call your supplier to make sure that you can also use your phone abroad. If you've already set up roaming and it's been a while since you last went abroad, double check that it is still set up on your account. This is MUCH easier to do at home than when you've landed elsewhere!

Travelling to the UK from abroad

Written by Trevor Dumbleton

If your journey isn't too great a distance, for example you are visiting from Europe, you might want to consider a variety of travel options. But if your journey is a long one, plane fares are now so competitive that in terms of speed, comfort and cost you should probably just look at flights.

Flying is repparttar most obvious way to travel to repparttar 134138 UK. Fares can vary dramatically so repparttar 134139 best advice is to shop around and be flexible about dates and airlines. In particular students, young travellers and seniors should be able to get special deals and discounts.

Prices are generally a bit lower if you travel during repparttar 134140 week. Peak season is from about May to October and this is when fares will be most pricey with repparttar 134141 most expensive months from June to September. Fares will probably also be very high (and flights booked out in advance) over Christmas and New Year.

The busiest and most popular airports are Heathrow and Gatwick, both in London. But if you are not visiting London you might try some of repparttar 134142 other airports in repparttar 134143 UK which handle international flights, such as Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow. You could always travel to repparttar 134144 UK by ship, for example you could choose a transatlantic crossing on a big cruise ship. This would mean that you arrive in repparttar 134145 UK in style and without repparttar 134146 hassle of jet lag, but any long distance journey by ship will be very lengthy and, of course, very expensive compared to flying.

Another way to get to repparttar 134147 UK by water is to travel by ferry. Crossings are very extensive and are a great way to travel to repparttar 134148 UK if you wish to bring your own car. Prices vary enormously as ferry fares can change according to time of year, time of day you want to travel and even repparttar 134149 size of your car - so you will need to so some careful research to find a good price. And remember that during peak season you will need to book a place for your car in advance.

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