Before you leave
Save two or three meeting links for your destination, and note the time zone difference if you are crossing one. If you have a home group, ask for a contact in the city you are visiting — members often know someone everywhere.
Online meetings are the simplest fallback: they are available wherever there is an internet connection and they follow familiar formats.
Finding something local
Official fellowship finders list meetings by city and country, and local intergroups and central offices publish the most current local schedules. Hotel or conference staff can also confirm that a listed address exists and is reachable.
Meetings in a foreign language are still meetings — most groups welcome visitors, and many larger cities have English-language listings.
Keeping the routine
Travel disrupts routines, so it helps to schedule a meeting the way you schedule a flight. Picking the day and time in advance makes it far more likely to happen.
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