Travel checklist › › ›
To-do beforehand
With longer trips: make forwarding request or apply for a mailbox for your mail
Cancel or re-direct regular deliveries, newspapers and magazines
Hire pet and plant-sitters
Weigh baggage (for excess weight on flights)
Deposit valuables in safe deposit box
Pay bills due
Defrost refrigerator and freezer if necessary
Get and label address labels for luggage
Money on holiday
- Change money
- Pack money, checks and credit cards
Take credit card blocking number for abroad with you
Note all check numbers
Observe customs regulations, please click here
Documents
Collect and check travel documents in good time
Keep flight, train and boarding cards ready at hand
Make copies of all important ID documents (personal ID, passport, dirver’s license, etc.)
Are your ID documents still valid? (New papers can take some time)
Check entry requirements
Note the addresses of embassies and tourist offices
Travel insurance documents
Buy baggage insurance
Health
- Get vaccinations
Emergency ID (blood group, allergies, vaccinations)
Locate a doctor at your holiday destination
Pack travel medical kit; prescription drugs may not be brought into every country – enquire at the respective embassy
Tweezers, tick pliers
- Thermometer
- Safety pins
Pressure compensation plugs
Glasses, contact lenses (and cleaning agent)
Sun protection, sun glasses
- Condoms, pill
Departure day
Unplug antennae, telephone and unnecessary power supplies
Switch off outside sockets
Switch off gas and lights
Turn heating down low or turn off altogether
- Turn off water
Lock windows and doors
Dispose of all rubbish
Leave holiday address with friends or relatives
Check in baggage
Cosmetics
Toiletries bag
Sun milk, after sun, lip balm
Soap, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel
Hair spray, gel, mousse
Brush, comb, hair dryer, Q-Tips
Perfume, deo, cosmetics, nail polish
Toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss
- Mini mirror
- Shaving kit
- Sanitary towels, tampons
Clothes
Underwear, pantyhose, bras, etc.
Sweater, shirt, vest, blouse, jacket, t-shirt
Dress, skirt, long and short pants (belt)
Rain coat, umbrella
Shoes (reserve laces)
Shoe cleaning kit
Sports and jogging clothes
Bed clothes, pjamas
Travel detergent, clothespins, iron
Laundry bag for dirty clothes
Entertainment
Travel games (e.g. Yathzee, Gameboy etc.)
Beach things (spade, bucket, air bed, etc.)
Beach games (ball, badminton, kite, etc.)
