Travel Tips:
Currency Travel Tips
- Travel cards are one of the best ways to carry cash and can be used in ATM's to retrieve money. Load your travel card with US Dollars. Visa/Mastercard debit cards can also be used in international ATM's.
- While bringing large sums of cash is convenient, it needs to be kept safe at all times and may cause more problems than needed. Only bring the amount of money you feel is necessary to cover food, entry fees, some local transport and souvenirs. Excess cash can be kept in a safe place in the hotel or secured in a money belt/pouch worn under your clothes.
- Always carry your bags across your body and keep wallets, passports and mobile phones hidden from others when travelling to avoid pick pockets.
Clothing:
- Bring clothes that are easy to wear, easy to pack and don't need ironing. It will be spring in the USA and the weather may still be wintry but some days may be warm.
- Build your travel wardrobe in layers, bringing short sleeved shirts, jumpers, cardigans, and jackets. In cooler weather you can wear all layers. Bring long pants, jeans, leggings and long skirts for cooler weather; knee length shorts, T-shirts and skirts for warmer climates.
- Be prepared for wet weather in the USA as the winter rains are still prevalent in April - a light rain jacket and compact umbrella.
- Bring COMFORTABLE shoes as we will be doing lots of walking. Joggers, flat heeled boots, and/or flat casual shoes with solid soles are best. Avoid thongs, flip flops, cheap ballet shoes and leave the killer heels at home! Consider bringing shoes made from leather or synthetics rather than cloth because of wet weather.
Electronic equipment:
- All students and adults will need mobile phones and travel sim cards. These can be purchased from mobile phone stores in Australia and used overseas. This is a cheaper option than using international roaming.
- Students will need to bring chargers for mobile phones, iPods and iPads, cameras and other electronic devices.
- Students and adults will need to get adaptor plugs for the United States. See the illustration below for USA adapters.
Australian adapter plug for the USA
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