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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A tip I learned on this forum:[b] When traveling to Europe, book your first hotel/apartment/whatever in the first city starting the night before you arrive, so you can check in immediately upon arrival (assuming you take a red eye to Europe)[/b]. Having to putz around for hours while you’re exhausted, waiting until 3 or 4 pm to check in, sucks. 
Make sure everyone in your party uses the bathroom before getting into the passport control line, and maybe grab a bottled water on the way if you can. Last March in Rome, we waited well over an hour in line. In Paris this past April, the wait was over two hours! [/quote]

You better let them know what you are doing, or there is a good chance you will arrive and your reservation was canceled and they gave your room away when you didn't show up. Even when you do let them know what you are doing, this can happen.

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Alternatively, bring an outfit to change into plus a small face cleanser and washcloth (or even an individually wrapped piece of sterile gauze) in your carry on. When you arrive at your hotel and they tell you to wait until check in time, ask for a place where you can change your clothes. I just did this at our hotel in Europe last month. They let me use the changing rooms in the hotel spa and they even offered to let me use the spa showers. If I’d had flip flops and if DH wasn’t waiting for me I would have taken that shower. But just washing my face and changing my clothes made me feel so much better. Then we ate lunch at the hotel restaurant while we waited for check in. Next time I will bring flip flops and ask DH to start lunch without me and I will take them up on that shower offer. The hotel was holding our large checked luggage and I was so glad I had a dress and change of underwear in my carryon (a small duffel). [/quote]

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