Planning Your Trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland

There is a lot to read, but you will find some good information here for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland travel and European travel in general. We list guidebooks, planning resources and some of our "where to go" notes.

"Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six,
result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six,
result misery."
- - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1849-1850) - -

Europe Trip Planning

Europe Trip Planning: Trip planning items that are common for Europe trips. Booking rental cars, hotels, trains. Traveling with large groups, seniors, teens, solo, disabled travelers. Europe trip planning pages, what to wear, packing, cell phones, traveling with a digital camera and other electronics, converting money, accessing the Internet, and more - to help you plan your trip to Europe.

England Trip Planning

Guidebooks: Recommended guidebooks and maps for trip planning.

Novels, Memoirs: Recommended reading to learn more about life in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Travel Consultants: Using a Travel Consultant, lists of travel agents / consultants.

Maps of the United Kingdom and Ireland

United Kingdom Counties: Map showing the counties of England, Scotland and Wales (Northern Ireland is shown on the Ireland page).

Ireland Counties: Map showing the counties of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Arriving and Departing

Car Services: How to find a car service to pick you up from the airport.

Gatwick Airport: Getting from Gatwick Airport to London, Heathrow, or other UK cities by train (Gatwick Express), coach service or car service.

Returning Your Rental Car at the Airport: Instructions for finding the car rental return at Gatwick, Heathrow and Bristol airports.

Where To Go in England

Towns in the Cotswolds: Description of the towns in the Cotswolds (Travel Guide).

Other Resources to Help You Plan Your Trip to England

Travel Resources: Websites for travel to the UK and Ireland.

Moving to the United Kingdom: Links for information about moving.

Taking pets to the United Kingdom: You no longer have to quarantine pets entering the UK, but you have to prove they do not have rabies by following this procedure.

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