Visitor Information

Chamber addresses and phone numbers are provided for each region in the chapters that follow. If you're a highly organized traveler, you'll call in advance and ask for information to be mailed to you long before you depart. If you're like the rest of us, you'll swing by when you reach town and hope the office is still open.

Vermont Department of Tourism, Drawer 33, 6 Baldwin St., Montpelier, VT 05633 (tel. 800/837-6668 or 802/828-3237; www.travel-vermont.com)

Destination: Northern New England -- Red Alert Checklist

Did you make sure to book advance reservations for popular tours (such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House in Manchester, N.H.) and restaurants you don't want to miss?

Did you make sure your favorite attractions are open? Especially if you're traveling early or late in the season, you should call ahead for opening and closing hours if you have your heart set on seeing certain places.

Do you have a safe, accessible place to store money?

Did you bring identification that could entitle you to discounts, such as AAA and AARP cards, student IDs, and so on?

Did you bring emergency drug prescriptions and extra glasses and/or contact lenses?

Do you have your credit card PINs?

If you have an E-ticket, do you have documentation?

Did you leave a copy of your itinerary with someone at home?

If renting a car, have you checked your insurance and credit card policies to see what's covered? You may be able to save money by declining the extra insurance (collision damage waiver) offered by the rental agency.