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You re the best judge of how much cash you feel comfortable carrying or what alternative form of currency is your favorite; that isn t going to change much during your vacation True, you ll probably be moving around more and incurring more expenses than you generally do (unless you happen to eat our every meal when you re at home), and you may let your mind slip into vacation gear and not be as vigilant about your safety as when you re in work mode But those factors aside, the only type of payment that won t be quite as available to you away from home is your personal checkbook

The year 2001 was the last in which local commerce in France was conducted in the famous franc After January 2002, most countries in the European Union Great Britain a major exception began using the banknotes and coins of the euro, the single monetary unit that makes it possible to travel in Europe without continually changing currencies

if you have a copy of your passport or birth certificate and a copy of the police report you ve filed Call % 08-00-90-11-79 if you lose or have your Visa card stolen American Express card and traveler s check holders can call international collect (% 0800-99-00-11 for an AT&T operator; % 0800-99-00-19 for MCI; % 336-393-1111 for money emergencies or to report lost cards) For MasterCard, call % 08-00-90-13-87 Replacing your bank ATM card can take weeks, usually with a fee However, larger credit-card companies can replace a card in a day or two at no charge A bank card has the added disadvantage of enabling a thief to empty out your bank account, if he or she can figure out the PIN

to mid-June and all of October From mid-June to September, airfare rates to France are at their highest

The phone numbers and Web sites that follow are for the major airlines serving Paris The Web sites offer schedules, flight booking, and package tours, and most have Web pages where you can sign up for e-mail alerts that list weekend deals and other late-breaking bargains Air Canada (% 888-247-2262; wwwaircanadaca) flies from Halifax, Montr al, Toronto, and Vancouver Air France (% 800-237-2747; wwwairfrancecom) flies from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montr al, Newark, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington, DC American Airlines (% 800-433-7300; wwwaacom) flies from Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Newark, New York City, and Miami British Airways (% 800-AIRWAYS; wwwbritishairwayscom) flies to Paris through London from Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Newark, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Washington, DC Continental Airlines (% 800-525-0280; wwwcontinentalcom) flies from Houston and Newark Delta Air Lines (% 800-241-4141; wwwdeltacom) flies from Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Houston, Newark, New York City, and Washington, DC, and shares flights with Air France from Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Iceland Air (% 800-223-5500; wwwicelandaircom) flies from Baltimore, Boston, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, and San Francisco Northwest/KLM (% 800-225-2525; wwwnwacom) flies from Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis United Airlines (% 800-241-6522; wwwunitedcom) flies from Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC USAirways (% 800-428-4322; wwwusairwayscom) flies from Charlotte, Philadelphia

These airlines serve Paris from the United Kingdom Air France (% 0870-142-4343; wwwairfrancecom) flies from London and Manchester

Several reliable consolidators, however, are worldwide and available on the Internet STA Travel (% 800-781-4040; wwwstatravelcom), the world s leader in student travel, offers good fares for travelers of all ages ELTExpress (% 201-541-3826; wwwflightscom) started in Europe and has excellent fares worldwide but particularly to that continent Flightscom also has local Web sites in 12 countries FlyCheap (% 800-FLY-CHEAP; wwwlowestfarecom) is owned by package-holiday megalith MyTravel and so has especially good access to fares for sunny destinations Air Tickets Direct (% 888-858-8884 or 514-694-3447; wwwairticketsdirectcom) is based in Montr al and leverages the weaker Canadian dollar for low fares Cheap International Flights Network (% 888-239-6148; wwwcheapinternationalflightsnet) offers heavily discounted fares between New York and Paris