Travel checklist Have you prepared everything for your holiday?
This checklist might help you with holiday preparations.
However one might not expect completeness of the list.
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 What you need to organize 2 weeks before travelling: |
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Check your ID card as well as your passport - they must be valid for another 6 months |
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Make a copy of your documents. If you lose them, the copies might be needed for requesting new documents. |
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Discuss staying abroad with your health insurance company. |
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Car drivers: possible international driving licence and green insurance card |
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Take care of pets and plants |
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Cancel regular house shipments and organise emptying of mail box |
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Check if your inoculations are valid (for your pets, too), prepare inoculation warrant |
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Take care of sufficient insurances (motorcar, withdrawal, health) |
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Make a travel plan with holiday addresses and leave a house key at your friends |
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| Shortly before travelling: |
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Foreign currency and traveller's cheque |
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Take care of due payments |
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Have a check-up on your vehicle's operability (smaller repair shop check-up) |
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New street map for routes |
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Write down contact addresses for emergency (automobile club, consulate, holiday home etc.) |
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Activate roaming function on mobilephone for using it abroad |
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| On the day of travelling: |
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Turn off faucet and gas tap |
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Close windows, doors and roller shutters (with time switch if needed) |
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Defrost refrigerator/deep freezer |
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Pull out power plugs of electric devices (tv, radio, computer, coffee machine, electric oven, electric iron, antennae) |
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Turn off lights and heating |
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Water plants adequately |
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Move your car from no parking area |
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Prepare answering machine |
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| 1. Personal hygiene/cosmetics: |
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Soap, shower gel, hair shampoo, tooth brush/ paste, brush, deodorant |
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Shaving equipment, comb, mirror, hair dryer, hand towels |
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Body and face lotion, sun millk, contact lenses maintenance kit, hair gel/ spray, perfume |
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Tampon, make-up kit, barrette/hair tie, handkerchieves |
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Nail brush, nail polish, nail file/ scissors, polish remover |
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| 2. Miscellaneous: |
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Clothing for leisure time, sports, evening and hiking |
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Underwear, socks, stockings, pajamas |
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Shoes for sports, hiking, rain, bathing and indoor activities |
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Beach mat/ bathing mat |
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Flashlight, toys for everyone |
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Notebook, stationery |
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Tin opener/corkscrew |
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Shoe cleaning utensils |
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Photo equipment, films |
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Diving goggles/snorkel, fins/diving license |
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| 3. Travelling with children: |
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Convenience food (snifter) |
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Children cassettes/CD |
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| 4. First-aid kit: |
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Check content and make the package humidity-resistant and heat-proof |
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birth control pill and/or other contraceptive |
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Thermometer in a hard case |
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Noise protection (earplugs) |
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Anti-acids and digestives |
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Ointment against sunburn and insect stings |
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Aspirin, painkillers |
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Dressing material, plaster, disinfectant |
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Important own medicines |
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Certificate of inoculations and blood type |
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Paracetamol suppository |
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Anti-allergic medicine |
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| 5. Hand luggage: |
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Money, cheques, credit cards |
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Personal ID/ driving licence, inoculation certificates |
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Insurance certificates, house keys |
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Phone card, emergency phone numbers |
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Confirmations (hotel, ferry, reservation) |
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Sunglasses, chewing gum/travel sickness |
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Camera, mobile phone |