27 pre-travel tips to have the best vacation ever

Pre-travel tips and checklist can easliy make or break your vacation even before you've left. Below, I have listed my personal checklist for each overseas adventure I go on.

Before You Leave

Make (2) two COLOR copies of your passport and make sure there are AT LEAST six (6) months remaining from your time of arrival. You may denied entry if otherwise. Get your passport in as little as 24hrs!
Make sure you have any necessary visas in advance.
Alert bank and credit card companies about your upcoming travel.
Ensure your cards will not expire during your trip as well that your pin code in only 4 digits.
For emergency purposes, take a couple of small traveler's checks.
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Make sure your insurance will cover you abroad.
Fill out a vacation mail request at the post office if no one can receive it for you in the meantime.
Bring any medical prescriptions including glasses and contacts you will need and leave all medication in the ORIGINAL bottle.
Pay your utility and other monthly bills in advance so to avoid possible late fees or disconnection upon returning.
Reserve hotels or hostels in advance with cancellation protection (at least for the first two cities)
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You can also take a short ferry (boat) ride between the UK and continental Europe.
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Copy, Email and Leave your itinerary with everyone you wish.
Spend quality time with family, friends and pets!
Have your credit card details emailed to yourself.
Have all website login user names and passwords emailed separately to yourself in an excel-type file.
Take an address book or update this info in your email account for sending postcards and gifts.
Developing countries: Shots (as prescribed) Insect repellent &International Health Certificateaka "Yellow Card"

This list has served me well on five overseas trips in the last two years. And I hope it will serve you well too. The important to budget travel is to plan in advance. When it occurs to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved vacations and/or going to see new destinations we have never been before, the reality of cost and budgeting is always in the back of our heads. Preparation and spending our travel budget carefully is a consideration for most families. Curbing expending and expenses, while still taking pleasure in your vacation to its fullest, is the key to confirmed accomplishment and fiscal obligation. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thinking behind economizing money while touring is simple: Even if your personal finances is really limited, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or departing the homestead! Also remembering that while traveling, regardless of whether on a price range or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a large vacation or travel expenses!. Please leave any comments or thoughts below this post. Thanks!

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