Showing posts with label How to get Schengen visa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to get Schengen visa. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

How to Plan a Trip to Europe: Basics

There are 3 parts to this introduction blog on general tips to bear in mind for international travel to Europe.

This first post is aimed at visitors from Indian subcontinent planning a trip to Europe on their own; all the rest of the posts have relevant general info valid for people of all countries! Readers holding passports of other countries can skip to the next post...

The next post gives tips for planning a multi destination Europe trip with suggestions for allocation of number of days and choice of season, tour  vs individual trips, aspects to be considered when planning a driving holiday:

The last past in this particular topic of general tips covers booking air tickets, train trips, Hotel bookings: 
http://adventuretrav.blogspot.com/2016/03/how-to-plan-trip-to-europe-air-tickets.html
                       
gives an introduction about the contents of this blog and navigation of this site    
     

   ESSENTIALS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL


Passports for all members of the family:

These days it’s very easy to get passports –there is an online service for filling up forms and the procedure is well streamlined. Indians can get your passport in a week without any agents or touts.
is the official government site.

For those with passports, check that the passport is valid for 6 more months at the time of travel and there are at least 2 blank pages

Visa for the relevant country:


Indian citizens need to have a tourist visa valid for the country of visit for the duration of visit.

In the context of the visa, many European countries come under the Schengen category and so with Schengen visa got from one country, you can visit other Countries too.

So you can group a couple of countries which are easily connected. For example, you can visit Paris in France and then take a train to Switzerland and enjoy the scenic beauty there on one single trip and with one Schengen visa.


Paris: Opera Garnier
Switzerland: Bachalpsee