Ok here are the two final checklists - I won't be posting tomorrow and I will see most of you Saturday!! Bonjour my friends!
Day of Travel
Check flight status!!
Make sure you have all your paperwork:
Passport
Boarding Passes
Copy of passport
Credit card bank
info
Driver’s license in
case you need to rent a car
Make sure you have your credit and debit cards
Check your list of items that still need packed
Weigh your luggage to insure it is a little under regulation weight
Put luggage scale in carry-on
Make sure the fridge is empty
Run the dishwasher for the last time
Take all trash out
Dress comfortably and don’t wear jewelry – put your jewelry in your
carry-on until you are on the plane
Separate you liquids you plan to carry-on in a quart size baggie and
place on top of your carry-on
Leave for the airport with enough time to arrive 3 hours early
Once on the plane set your watch to the time of the country where you
will arrive
Arriving in Dublin
1)
First stretch and smile the long flight is over
and you have arrived in Ireland – the Emerald Isle.
2)
If an arrival form is needed it will be
distributed sometime during the flight by the flight attendants. Most forms are per family and only one is
required for an entire immediate family.
Complete the form while on the plane so that you can proceed to passport
control immediately.
3)
Once you land and deplane you will go to
Passport Control. You really do not even
have to worry about signs – just follow the crowd. Pay attention and go in the line
specified. There will be one line for European
Union passports and another for all others. Don’t go to the bathroom on the way
because you will end up at the end of the line.
When asked why you are traveling to Ireland you can tell them you are on
Holiday. No one in Ireland calls it a
vacation. In fact I cannot name one
country I have been to that calls it vacation.
Everyone says they are on Holiday.
Most countries will allow the entire immediate family to approach the
passport control booth. Don’t be
nervous.
4)
Once through Passport Control you will claim any
luggage that was checked. Most airports
have boards that display luggage carousel information by flight. Collect your luggage and head to Customs.
5)
You must go through customs. This is quite easy in Ireland since you are
coming into the country with nothing to declare. Well unless you are carrying 10 thousand
dollars in currency, firearms, or expensive jewelry. That has never been an issue for us. J You will go through the Customs line that
says “nothing to declare” (green channel).
This will take you outside of the restricted area to the arrivals hall.
6)
At this point we normally look for an ATM so
that we can withdraw our first Euro.
7)
The Hotel will provide transportation. I have already emailed everyone concerning
this.