20 THINGS YOU NEED TO ARRANGE BEFORE LEAVING TO TRAVEL LONG TERM

Whether going away for school, work or to chase your dreams and travel the world: there are things you need to take care off before you go and some administration that needs to be done. I know traveling long term is already pretty overwhelming as it is, and you are probably stressing about ‘Am I not forgetting something?’ while meanwhile your friends and family are stressing about ‘Are we going to see you before you leave? When can we meet, hang out and say goodbye?’. So I understand you are pretty busy and thinking about a lot of things at the same time. That is why I made this article; a personal checklist for everything you need to take care off before you go, to make things a lot easier for you!

1. Are your flights booked and tickets printed out?

2. Did you made your hotel reservations or arranged places to stay?

3. What about the rest of your itinerary?

4. Did you make a copy or scan of all your important travel documents and financial documents and did you store them somewhere where you can always access them (like dropbox)?

5. Do you need a visa?

7. Is your passport still valid long enough?

8. And what about vaccinations and medicines? Do you need vaccinations and do you have enough medicines for the months you are away?

9. Have you checked your travel and health insurance?

10. Any ongoing costs you can scrap? Like your phone or car bills, magazines, maybe even rent?

11. Do you have enough money on your bankaccount and enough cash?

12. Are your bankcards allowed in the country you are going to or do you need to purchase a creditcard?

13. Have you bought everything you need? Like a backpack, suitcase, hiking boots, chargers and sd cards for your camera, etcetera

14. Have you asked someone to take care of your apartment/pets/plants and someone to check your mail?

15. Did you let everyone know you are going? Your boss, your family, your friends and even your bank (so you can use ATM machines in foreign countries) etcetera

16. Can you sell some stuff you aren’t going to use anymore to save some extra money for your trip?

17. Have you asked someone to take you (and pick you up) to (and from) the airport?

18. Have you done your research about language barriers, cultural differences and things you can and cannot do in the country you are going to?

19. Have you bought maps, guide books and have you saved important phone numbers in you phone? Like doctors, alarm numbers, family etcetera

20. Did you say goodbye to everyone?;-)

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