Preparing your travelling adventure can take months of careful planning, endless lists, painstaking schedules and flight management but are you ever really ready? With so much to plan and take into consideration it’s more than likely that you might forget something!
Well, don’t worry, here you’ll find a checklist of things you might have forgotten to sort or arrange before your big adventure.
Your insurance
Travelling without insurance is a big no, no. You need to be covered for every eventuality. You need to find yourself a reputable provider like safetrip and take out a policy that covers all the bases. So regardless of where you are in the world, what has happened or how far you are from medical assistance, your travel medical insurance will give you peace of mind.
Visit your GP
Getting a clean bill of health before you travel will fill you with confidence before you set foot on that plane. It’ll also get chance to speak with your doctor about any medical concerns you might have. That niggling cough, a rash that keeps flaring up, or a pain in your ankle that comes back sporadically – they’re all things you could bring up. Get your prescriptions up to date, as well as any vaccinations you might need for your travels. You might want to discuss your contraception options while you’re there.
Speak to your credit card provider
Firstly, make sure that your credit card will work at your chosen destination and make a note of all the available banks and ATMs you can use. It’s also wise to speak to your credit card provider and let them know that you’ll be accessing your account whilst abroad. This will stop them potentially blocking your card if they see money being withdrawn in Cambodia and you’re from Stoke.
Research
Many people like the romance of not planning their journey or activities and going with the flow. But you never know what once in a lifetime events you might be missing out on if you don’t do a little research before you travel. A world famous fiesta, or carnival, ceremonies or even rare natural events could be happening, and you might not know. When people ask you where you were when so and so happened, you want to say you were right at the heart of it, not taking photos of your food in a café somewhere.
Speak to your mobile provider
Most phone contracts come with some kind of free access and (un)limited access to the internet in foreign countries, it all depends what you signed up for at the time. If you’re unsure of the details of your contract or what you’ll have access to, then speak to your mobile phone provider before you go. If possible, go into a store and ask them to demonstrate how to activate and set up your phone for use abroad. You don’t want to reach your destination and find that it doesn’t work!