Thanks to everyone who has answered my question about our 7-day itinerary. Here's my new question...Most of the B&B's have hairdryers, so I planned on not taking a hairdryer and converter. BUT now, I realized I will need a converter/adapter to charge my digital camera. Any ideas on how to avoid bringing a converter/adapter...would the B&B's have a converter/adaptor we could just borrow to charge the camera? What have you all done in the past? Thanks for your input!
Posted by
Los Angeles, CA, USA
1003 posts
Rita, check your camera charger - are you sure you need a converter? Note that a converter and an adapter are different - one is a big heavy pain and one is not. If your charger says something like "Input: 100-240v" all you need is an ADAPTER - and you can get that for a few dollars at Target or Walmart in the travel/luggage sections. No big deal. I haven't seen any chargers made in the past few years that haven't said the range so I imagine you're fine with just an adapter, but check the charger out just to make sure :)
Posted by
OP
Washington, IL, USA
7 posts
Hey, Thanks! I checked out my charger and it does say "input 100v-240v." I'm sooo "electronically challenged!"
Posted by
Los Angeles, CA, USA
1003 posts
LOL Nah, you're not. I had no idea til I read about it all on this and other boards. So you don't need a converter, you just need a little adapter for the countries you're going (UK is different from the rest of the continent, for example). You can get a set or a thing that has all the different ones built in - like I said available anywhere - Target, Walmart, on Amazon, etc. You're just looking for travel adapters and you should be good to go! :)
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
15804 posts
Rite - I'm electronically challenged too so have read this post with interest! Based on this post, it appears that all I need is an an adaptor for our camera (input 100 - 240V) for Italy in the fall, and I just saw a set at Target for $10.00.
Posted by
LANCASTER, CA, USA
8 posts
Check out Rick's Travel Store: adapters - 2 sell for $3.95 - I've seen them at Walmart and Target for around $2.99. You may not need more than the two.
Happy Travels
Teresa