Easy Packing Guide For All Trips
- Itinerary with travel plans, hotel phone numbers
- Airline and all other tickets
- All confirmation numbers
- Hotel vouchers, if applicable
- Credit Cards
- Photocopies of all credit cards, stored in a separate bag
- Emergency medical information that rescue workers could easily find in your wallet
- Private Health insurance card
- Phone card or telephone credit card
- Cash
- Traveller’s cheques
- Guidebooks
- Maps
- Suitcase locks for every suitcase
- Plastic address labels for every suitcase (A telephone number
is safer than your physical address; you don’t want to tip off any
thieves at your home base airport that your home is unattended)
- Backpack or other bag for carrying everything you’ll need for the day
- Mini address book for writing postcards
- Postcard stamps for domestic trips
- All prescriptions – in some cases you may need a letter from your doctor to say that the medication is for you specifically
- Contact lenses and applicable formulas
- Extra eyeglasses or contact lenses, if needed
- 2 pairs of sunglasses
- Paperback book or two
- Swiss Army knife (in your checked bag air travellers)
- List of phone numbers for people back home, in case of emergency
- Zippered plastic bags (our number one travel item. You’ll use them for everything from storing bottles that might leak to wet swimsuits)
- Camera
- Film or extra digital disk – it can be difficult to find film or photo
printers at some destination
- Extra camera batteries – rechargeable batteries are great for travelling
- Battery charger for digital camera and batteries
- Small flashlight
- Small notebook (Whether you want to jot down a quick reminder to yourself about something to do when you get home or you want
to keep a trip diary, a notebook is indispensable)
- Internet access information and password if you will be checking your email
- Portable travel alarm
- A compact, empty bag to pack in the bottom of your suitcase(Useful if you plan to shop on your trip)
