First off, take stock of what your wife and daughter intend to bring. Most chargers today will handle 220 volt, 50 hertz European power no problem; you just need a plug adapter. Any devices that will only take 120 volt power should probably be left at home. If their hotel doesn't provide hair dryers and irons, they can always buy them locally.
If they absolutely need something that requires 120 volts, they'll need a small transformer. I have a 200 watt transformer; it weighs about a pound. One big enough to power a blow dryer would be way too heavy to pack.
As others have said, the UK uses a different plug than the rest of Europe. If there's any chance they'll be going over to the continent they should bring a two-prong European adapter in addition to the three-prong UK adapter.
I recommend bringing a light-duty North American extension cord that has multiple outlets. Or at least a cube tap. That way, they can plug multiple US chargers into a single UK outlet using a single UK-to-US plug adapter.
CELL PHONES: I highly recommend they bring a cell phone. They'll need an UNLOCKED GSM phone. Any quad-band "world phone" will work. If they already have a GSM phone and it's out of contract the carrier will unlock it on request. ("Locked" phones only work with the carrier's SIMs.) Or you can buy a cheap unlocked phone. You'll also need an "international SIM", which you can buy with prepaid minutes. These SIMs have TWO phone numbers, one in the US and the other in UK, so you can make calls to and from both the US and UK. I've purchased SIMs from Telestial and have been happy with them, but there are dozens of other companies in this business. One overseas call from a hotel will cost more than the SIM.
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