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So you are finally going to get your chance to travel in Europe and you've decided that after you get off the plane that you are going to be taking a bus tour of Europe. Whether it's for one week or three weeks you are going to plan for the idea that there simply is not going to be much room and that means you had better plan for that when it comes to packing.

Below are tips on what to do when touring on a bus while taking your holidays to Europe.

It's really important that the piece of luggage you pick is going to be something that is going to be easy for you to manage and that it can be carried easily and can be left on the bus with ease as well. An oversized backpack or a smaller suitcase that is on wheels should work very nicely.

You need to research the places that you will be visiting and make sure that you know what the weather is generally like at all of your destinations during the time of year that you will be traveling there. This is really important so that you know what kind of clothing you should be packing.

To begin with start with the basics and pack two T-shirts a long with two of your most comfortable pairs of pants. Make sure that you have a couple of different thickness of materials when choosing your clothes so that you will be able to adjust to the different weather. Also, make sure that the material that you choose is made of material that will dry fast.

After you have the two T-shirts and pants then add a couple of wrinkle proof tops or shirts a long with a skirt and a nice pair of pants as well as a dress if you are a woman. For men make sure there are a couple of nicer shirts and dress pants. You don't always want to wear T-shirts and jeans. Dressing in other types of clothing will help you look less the tourist anyway.

You should also add some sort of raincoat or a lighter coat for inclement weather. It wouldn't hurt to include an umbrella either and a sweater and scarf in case you run into places that have some cold evenings.

You should wear one pair of comfortable shoes or sandals and have one other pair in your suitcase, two at the most, one a walking pair the other a pair of dress shoes if you plan on going somewhere nice during one of your stops.

When you are packing your underwear and other person hygiene items make sure you base this on what kind of travel time you will be experiencing in between the different hotels you'll be staying at. If the journeys will be long distances then pack according to that however; if they are shorter journeys you will be able to buy things you need and will have the opportunity to wash your things during your stays.

Items that you should have handy and not packed away when traveling on the bus would be books, your MP3 or iPods and especially your camera. Make sure that you have this at your dispose so you can capture some of the incredible sights you will see while riding on the bus.

Final notes: Make sure that you pack an adapter for any electric items you have brought and also include a small clock, something to write on and write with, sunglasses and plenty of minutes on your phone if you are bringing your cell phone.  

Valentine's Day or your Anniversary is usually a special day for you and your spouse and if you have been together for a while it might be getting hard to figure out what to get or what to do for that special day of love. There are things though that you can do that are fun and that can be done if you are on a budget.

One of those things is to give your loved one is to give them a holidays to some place near by that you've never been to before. The trip does not have to be expensive and luxury filled for the two of you to have a great time together.

Try to plan for a place that might be out in the country outside of town and that doesn't get a lot of business during the month of February (or your anniversary month). If you happen to live near a city on the coast, this would be the perfect place to go since February isn't generally the most popular place to go in the winter.

In order to cut down on the cost for your special day, both of you should of course agree not to exchange any physical gifts since your trip should be the gift that you are giving each other. Consider just making a card with perhaps your own poem written inside.

To save on gas your trip probably shouldn't be any farther than 150 to 200 miles away from where you live. This will not only save on gas but it's also going to cut down on the wear and tear on your car. You would be amazed at how wonderful and even relaxing it will be just to go some place that's only a couple of hours away.

If you have children, make sure that you plan a head for this, get someone that you trust to come over and stay with them while you are gone or take them over to their grandparents if they are available and aren't doing their own thing on the day. Whichever, this trip is for you and not the entire family. If you have pets, the same thing, you will need to find someone to come and take care of them as well, you don't want to board them because after all, you are trying to stay on a budget here.

Try and find a room where you are going that has it's own kitchenette, this way you won't have to spend money on expensive meals while you are gone and you can just buy food from the local grocery store when you get there. This will also give the both of you the opportunity to have a wonderful breakfast in bed while you are there.

For a little entertainment, don't feel like you have to go out somewhere and spend a bunch of money on some evening entertainment, most rooms have VCRs or DVD players and you could just go out and rent your favorite kinds of movies and stay in with a bottle of wine and enjoy the privacy of watching the movies in your room.

If you want to get out and about while you are on your trip, you can take long walks in a near by park, if you are on the coast stroll down the beach together. This should be pretty romantic because you should probably pretty much have the entire beach to yourself during this time of year.

Most important thing is to be creative and have fun.  

Everyone knows that when they travel in a car on vacation that it can be quite a challenge because it can turn into a disaster quickly. This is generally caused from sheer boredom. Everyone including the kids are going to get bored if you haven't prepared for the long trip. So before you go on your family vacation by car it's a good idea to have a plan that includes a variety of different road trip games.

One such game is the 50 states game. What you do with this game is have a list of the 50 states printed out for each person in the car who is playing. The object of the game is to cross of each state on the list when they see a license plate that has the state name on it. You can play as individuals or work in teams. You should also consider some sort of prize for the winner. The winner of course is the first person or team to cross off all of the 50 states first.

Another game is to play a road trip bingo game. You can buy roadside bingo cards or you can make them yourself and print them out. Each card will need to have pictures of things that you might see while you are driving and put them into bingo rows, just like an ordinary bingo card. Then instruct everyone to mark off the items as they see them and to call bingo when they get four in a row. You can make up several different ones so that the game can be played several times.

Another good game is the Alphabet game. You play this game by finding all the letters of the alphabet in order by taking letters off of the different road signs and license plates of different cars and trucks. Continue this game until the first person has found all 26 letters.

You can also play what is called the Trip game. This is where you have one person start off by saying they are taking a trip and then add word or two like “with a toothbrush” and then the next player needs to take that sentence and include the first person's word and then add their word and continue doing this until there is someone who can no longer remember how the sentence started.

You can also do a scavenger hunt in the car as well. Make sure to print out a copy of all the items that everyone needs to find while driving in the car. Give everyone a copy of their own and then instruct them to mark off all the items on the list that they happen to see while driving down the road. Whoever marks off all of their items on their list is the winner.

You can also have everyone take different license plate numbers and try to make words and sentences out of the letters that are on the plates. For example if someone had a plate that read ELD 123 someone might say “Everyone Loves Dogs”. The fun part is trying to see how many different phrases you can come up with and who can come up with the most or the funniest.