Piyush Maheshwari

Hi Friends, i hope the below information on flights, travel and luggage will be useful.
(notations: *** means "its not much expensive in italy")

first thing is - be calculative while booking your flight tickets. don't only look for cheap flights. suppose if
you find A airline the cheapest like 25000 rs. (one way) but gives you luggage allowance as 23+7+bag
pack and B airline for 28,000 gives you 30+7+bagpack. then prefer to buy from B-airlines. those 7 kg
extra weight will definitely going to cover goods of worth more than 5000 rs. here in italy.

most of you might be traveling for the first time in international flights. most of you may also face a
layover during your journey and your flight will not be direct. don't worry about layover. keep in mind
while booking your ticket that the layover should not be less than 1hr (60 mins). I would advice to keep it
as 3 hrs. this is because your first flight if by chance gets delay than you won't miss the connecting flight.
also the security check at some airports takes more time than usual. do not go out of the airport on
transit visa as you have less time and also you have to carry your hand bag with you all the time. keep
you passport and valuable things with you safely in an water proof envelope or specially made passport
pouch. be careful about your stuff during the security checking as most of the commuters forget their
valuable thing or passport at security checking. also keep your boarding pass of onward journey carefully.

what to carry in luggage?

check in luggage (30 kg)
clothes: jeans - 3; shirts formal / casual - 4 to 5; t-shirts full sleves - 4; half sleeves - 4; socks - 4 pairs;
vest (baniyan) - 4 neck close for winters, 4 normal for summer, briefs (underwear) - 8; boxer shorts -2 to
3; shorts - 4; towel-1; napkin-2; winter cap-1; winter inner wear- 1-2 pairs; handkerchief-3; tooth brush -
3-4; tooth paste (if you use your local brand like vicco) 100gm x 2 (if you use colgate or some
international brand then you can buy from here ***) spices small packets of all the spices (again ***).
blank spring file 4-5; paper punching machine; stapler; 2-3 pens; pen-pencil; pencil; sharpner; eraser;
highlighter (all the required stationary). do not bring blank note books even though it is expensive here,
you can alternatively buy blank pages here and can punch and keep in your respective subject files. Nail
cutter; knife set, pressure cooker small one (if you are in group of more than 2 people and will be staying
together than can split the utensils), sleepers (chappals as they are very expensive here) shaving kit if
you prefer razer shave (bring small bottle of foam rather than brush and cream) alternatively you can
buy a trimmer here ***. some snacks; some sweets. you can add the eatables depending on your
luggage weight. (reference text books: bring those books only which are highly important and are not
available online or in the university library). please note that books are very heavy item and if you bring
more books than you have to minimize your other stuffs.
rechargable battery AA with charger.

(please do not hesitate to carry extra 1 to 2 kg in check in luggage. for students the airline staff are good
and they do not charge any fine for little extra weight.)

in hand bag of 7 kg: (again you can add 1 kg extra but not more than this.)
in hand bag try to keep only clothes: jeans2; shirt-2, t-shirt full and half sleeves - 2-2;
vest (baniyan) - 2 neck close for winters, 2 normal for summer, briefs (underwear) - ; shorts - 1; towel-1
(light weight); napkin-1; handkerchief-1; tooth brush-1; socks-2; photocopy of your documents; take
photocopy of entire passport from 1st to last page (useful for residence permit application) and atleast 10
copies of your passport data page, visa, university offer letter stamped by the consulate or embassy.

in bag pack : laptop; mouse; headphone; charger of mobile and laptop; one universal socket converter;
2-3 pen; 2 usb flash drive. your original documents, calculator

With you
dress as you like; carry one nice jacket, smart phone, i-pod (optional); shoes new and good quality; wrist
watch; 1-2 pen for filling the forms; (do not wear any jewellery; do not keep lots of coin; as it will give
problem during security check at airport) try to keep less metal objects in your pockets. keep you camera
and one set of battery. the extra set of battery keep it in check in luggage with battery charger.

TO buy from DUty free at the airports:

if you smoke then please don't forget to buy cigarettes. cigarettes are very very expensive. you can buy 2
boxes (20 packets) of cigarettes from duty free shop. the purchase from duty free shop at airport are not
counted in your luggage weight. don't buy alcoholic drinks, its cheap in Italy.

do not keep the restricted materials or items mentioned on the airline web-site with you. follow those
instructions carefully to avoid any delay and trouble during your journey. keep your self light and put all
the important things (except for your passport and cash / cards) in the hand bag or bag pack.

in plane you get entertainment; food (if you have preferred choice of food like veg, jain food, indian food
then please mentioned while booking your ticket or inform airline company via e-mail before the flight
day or before taking your boarding pass at the airline counter.), alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (drink
alcohol less than your capacity) drink ample amount of water. also you can ask for tooth-brush kit and
refreshing kit in the plane its free of charge.

may things in italy are expensive comparing to Indian-sub-continent. try to bring things which will be
useful and do the calculation of the price difference.

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