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T Hand-wash laundry soap (Woolite) clothespins/travel clothesline/stopper

T Small gift for home-hosted visit

T Pocket calculator for exchange rate

T Travel money bag or money belt, to be worn under your shirt/jacket if possible

T Washcloth

T Travel-size hair dryer: Many hotels will provide hair dryers, but not all. If a hair dryer
is essential to you, consider a travel-size version.

Home-Hosted Visits

Many of our adventures feature a visit with a local family, often as part of the A Day in the
7TQP experience. It is customary, though not necessary, to return your hosts’ generosity
with a small gift. If you do bring a gift, we recommend that you bring something the whole
family can enjoy, or something that represents your region, state, or hometown. Get creative
and keep it small—peach jelly from Georgia, maple sugar candy from New England, orange
blossom soap from California; something that can be used or used up is best. When choosing
a gift, be certain to consider the local culture as well. For example, we do not recommend
alcohol in Muslim countries because it is forbidden in Islam, and your hosts may be religious.
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you depart.

Electricity

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Voltage
Electricity at hotels in Italy is 220 volts. In the U.S. it is 110 volts. Most of the things a traveler
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before you plug it in. Plugging a 110V U.S. appliance into 220/240V 50/60Hz service will ruin
the motor. If you have something that needs 110 volts—like a shaver or a hairdryer—you can
bring a transformer to change the current. (But transformers tend to burn out, so it might be
better to leave whatever it is at home.)

Plugs

The shape of plugs will vary from country to country, and sometimes even within a country
depending on when that building was built. To plug something from the U.S. into a local
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traveling in one country on this trip, it may be easier to purchase an all-in-one, universal

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