Travel Checklist and Travel Tips

A successful and pleasant business trip or vacation depends on adequate preparation. Learn how to organize your air travel, hotel reservations, car rentals, visas, passports, and immunizations.

Travel Checklist
The following checklist can help you to prepare for your trip.

Personal Items

• shirts, blouses, pants, dresses, hats, coats, sweaters
• rain protection - travel umbrella or raincoat
• underwear, socks
• toiletries, cosmetics, shaving needs, deodorant, shampoo
• dental floss, toothbrush, nail clippers, nail file
• contact lens preparations
• camera, batteries, recharger, voltage converter, small flashlight, travel alarm clock, hair drier
• swimming suit, beach towels, sun block cream
• slippers
• sleeping bag, backpack
• Cell phone and a suitable power bank  (a tiny portable power bank with about 10,000mAh is more suitable for travel especially when you are on the road and don't have place to charge your mobile devices)

• Trip Preparation
• Visas
• Passports - check the expiration date two months before your trip
• Vaccinations
• Hotel reservations, take along confirmation numbers
• Travel reservations, airplane tickets, list of frequent flyer numbers
• Travel insurance to cover the duration of your trip
• Driver's license, registration, insurance cards
  (leave unnecessary cards at home)
• Money or foreign currency (cash, traveler's checks, credit cards)
  
• Car keys, house key. (Leave unnecessary keys at home)
• Stop the newspaper and mail.
  A pile of newspapers or a stuffed mailbox tells thieves that you are not at home. You may come back from your trip to an empty apartment or house.

• Turn down thermostat at home
• Turn off computers, modems and other electrical equipment that does not need to be on.
• Just before stepping out of your door, make sure that all faucets are turned off, and that the water in toilets that you flushed has stopped running.
• Check the refrigerator and discard or give away foods that will spoil if you are gone for several days.
• Arrange for someone to water your plants and take care of your pets.
  Don't forget to leave the keys and itinerary.
• Do not pack your travel documents or money in a suitcase that may get lost. Take your important documents and money in a wallet or purse that you can access at all times.
• Make sure that your luggage has a tag with your name, address, and telephone number.
• Tie a colorful ribbon or attach distinctive stickers to your luggage so that you can identify it easily, and other travelers will not take it by mistake at a busy terminal.