One month prior to departure:

• Passport validation time.
• Credit cards validation time.
• Drivers licence validation time.
• Insurance validation time.
• Check your travel insurance also the coverage if you are renting a car.

One week prior to departure:

• Check mobile phone connection.
• Check suitcases (locks and labels), rucksacks and other necessary bags.
• Pay the bills and credit cards.
• Take clothes to the dry-cleaners.
• Keys for those who need to enter the house.
• Haircut, dentist and other – cancel appointments.
• Magazines and/or Newspapers (cancel for the period).
• Make a copy of the passport to keep in the luggage
• Get the air ticket.
• Get foreign currency (if needed).
• Get the destination address
• Get all pin numbers needed.
• Check the rate for calling to/ from the country you are going to. In most cases it is much cheaper to have someone calling you in your mobile.

One day before departure:

• Water the plants.
• Refrigerator, take out products that are out of date.

Necessities:

• Passport.
• Air tickets.
• Hotel voucher.
• Destination address.
• Foreign currency.
• Credit cards.
• PIN numbers.
• Drivers licence.
• Insurance policy.

Clothes:

• Underwear.
• Pajamas.
• Socks (one pr.day).
• Pants and sweat pants.
• Sweaters (sweat, common).
• Suit/dress.
• Shorts.
• T-shirts.
• Swim suit.
• Warm coat.
• Wind and waterproof outfit.
• Slippers.
• Sports shoes.
• Hiking boots.

Electronics:

• Mobile phone and charge.
• Alarm clock.
• Camera.
• Radio.
• VCR recorder and charger.

Medicine:

• Vitamins.
• Painkillers.
• Sun block.
• Alca-seltzer.
• Plaster, scissors, anti bacterial lubricants.
• Mosquito cream.

Other:

• Books and magazines ro read.
  -We recommend a book in English/Spanish/German or the language you are speaking when travelling (consider a book that takes place in the country in question)
• Consider a little tourist dictionary with you, when travelling to countries where English is not widely spoken.
• Little book to write notes, addresses, emails etc.
• Travel book like the Lonely planet.
• Small money bag.
• Rucksack.
• Vanity bag.
• Glasses/sunglasses.
• Needle and thread.
• Personal/Business cards.
• If your are a student bring an International student card (often gives a discount at museums and more)
• If staying with local people bring present like music, wine, candy etc. from your country.

Supplementary for a skiing trip:

• Skiing gear.
• Ski pants.
• Ski pullovers.
• Ski mittens.
• Ski goggles.
• Cap, scarf and warm undies.
• Normal mittens.
• Warm stockings.
• Stocking-foot.
• Small bag.
• Small rucksack.
• Sun block, lip- salve and other protections.

Netid whishes you a nice trip!

Author: Hákon Þ. and Stefán S.

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