15 DAyS - STA Travel

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WHERE SHOULD I GO?
Think about the cities you’d like to visit
and what you really want to see and
experience. Ask your mates for their hot
tips, read some travel blogs or come and
chat to us for advice. Just get inspired,
because your North America trip can be
anything you want it to be.
From the wonderful icy wastelands of
Alaska and Canada to the sizzling desert
heat of Arizona and New Mexico - North
America offers a profusion of changing
landscapes, climates, cultures and
terrain. Whatever your trip is to you, we’ll
do our best to make it happen.
Once you’ve finished flicking through
this brochure and have a rough idea of
what you want, pop into your nearest
STA Travel branch and chat to one of
our friendly advisers. All our staff are
passionate travellers, so they’re full of
helpful advice, tips and tales about the
places that you’re planning to visit.
GETTING AROUND
CHECKLIST
Get a travel discount card
Book your arrival
accommodation
North America boasts long, scenic, well
maintained roads, high-speed trains and
loads of well-connected airports. STA
Travel take full advantage of all of this to
make sure you get around the continent
as safely, comfortably and efficiently as
possible. Our adventure trips or self drive
options showcase loads of fantastic ways
to zip about North America.
If you’re keen to get yourself on one of
our adventure trips, please don’t be put
off if it starts in one city and finishes up
in another. We sell ‘open jaw’ tickets -
which quite simply allow you to fly in and
out of completely different locations.
There are plenty of ways to travel around
North America - plane, train, coach, car,
campervan or even by ferry for part of
the journey!
We offer all of this and more allowing
you to explore this amazing continent on
your own terms.
Get a Travelex cash card
Get travel insurance
Sort out your visa
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MONEY
Things are fairly straightforward across
the Pacific. The USA uses American
Dollars and Canada uses Canadian
Dollars. All very easy – but what ain’t so
simple is knowing when to get hold of
them. Both the exchange rates have been
known to fluctuate faster then Jessica
Simpson’s waistline, so it sometimes
makes sense to get hold of your dollars
before you travel. But if you just want
to wait until you get there, all the major
towns and cities have ATMs – so you’ll
have easy access to your funds with a
credit, debit or Travelex cash card. We’ll
help you to work out a budget by nutting
out where you’ll be going, how long you’ll
be away for and what you’ll be doing
while you’re there.
Booking your first nights accommodation
before you leave is always a good idea
too. You definitely don't want to be
wandering the streets looking for a bed
after a long flight on your first night!