Top Travel Tips for France

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Travel Tips

1. Check the latest travel advice and subscribe to receive free e-mail notification each time the advice for your destination is updated.
2. Take out appropriate travel insurance to cover hospital treatment, medical evacuation and any activities, like adventure sports, in which you plan to participate.
3. Before travelling overseas register your travel and contact details online or at the local Australian embassy, high commission or consulate once you arrive so we can contact you in an emergency.
4. Obey the law. Consular assistance cannot override local laws, even where local laws appear harsh or unjust by Australian standards.
5. Check to see if you require visas for the country or countries you are visiting or transiting.
6. Be aware that a visa does not guarantee entry..Make copies of your passport details, insurance policy, travellers' cheques, visas and credit card numbers.
7. Carry one copy in a separate place to the originals and leave a copy with someone at home.
8. Check with health professionals for information on recommended vaccinations or other precautions and find out about overseas laws on travelling with medicines
9. Make sure your passport has a minimum six months validity.
10. Carry additional copies of your passport photos in case you need a replacement while overseas.
11. Leave a copy of your travel itinerary with someone at home and keep in regular contact with friends or relatives while overseas.
12. Before departing Australia check whether you're regarded as a national of the country you intend to visit.
13. Research whether holding dual nationality has any implications for your travel.
14. Hire a diesel over petrol car. Diesel is cheaper in France and more economical. Diesel is also more likely to be the greener option as a large proportion of diesel in France is bio fuel
15. Take a powerboard from home and use it with the European adapter allowing you to charge multiple devices simultaneously
16. Get you international drivers permit
17. Take advantage of late hotel or flight deals online while you are in France
18. Get global roaming activated on your mobile phone before you leave
19. Turn your phone off and check messages every day or two
20. Divert your mobile phone straight to message bank and change your voicemail to inform callers that you are overseas for whatever period and to text if urgent or email if not.