Visa and Mastercard accepted most everywhere. The 15 percent tip is included in the restaurant bill. A small tip extra for the coat check person. Tip about 6 francs per bag to the cab driver and to the bellman. You'll need a step-down transformer for appliances, though most of the better hotels include a 110 plug in the bathroom for shaver.
Parents share strategies that help make trips with teens enjoyable.
Here's a list of suggestions gleaned from several sources. Not if you're vacationing with kids. With dozens of new hotels, restaurants swathed in their best linen and museums, there isn't a better place to visit on the Mediterranean. If you want to spend part of your vacation a step back in time, try Charleston, S.C., with its Southern gentility, antebellum homes and a very walkable historic district and fort. When you tire of the bright lights and big city, there's a place, just two hours by car from Las Vegas, where eons light the way and silence is the only music.