Travel Essentials

Packing for a trip to France means knowing the words you will encounter at every stage of your journey. This quiz matches passeport, valise, carte, bagages, and frontière to their English equivalents, covering the French travel item vocabulary used at border crossings, baggage claim, and check-in.

Note the distinction between valise, which refers to a single suitcase, and bagages, which covers all of your luggage together. Both words appear on signs and forms throughout French airports and train stations.