Here is a list of items that we’ve found helpful over the years for you to print out and use.
Not everything is absolutely necessary, so use your own judgment (most people, including your hosts, take too much).
- Electricity is a whole separate subject. Please see our separate article Electricity Overseas.
- Addresses and phone numbers. Most people have them on a cell phone or laptop. You’ll want this information for postcards or calling home.
- If you want to take a cell phone check with your carrier. Sometimes your phone will work where we are going (our regular phone works on Verizon in Israel). Or in you don’t have an international phone you may be able to rent one for the trip.
- Most hotels have WiFi for your laptop either free or for a nominal charge.
- Aspirin, motion sickness medicine
- Camera, case, batteries and memory cards. Film is becoming harder to get and is quite expensive when you find it.
- Travel alarm clock
- Detergent in a small bag or container (for use at night in the hotel room)
- Ear plugs
- Flashlight
- Neck pillow for travel (these are great – again you can get one in the travel section at Target or Wall Mart)
- Pouch for passport, credit cards, traveler’s checks (Target and Wall Mart have money belt types or the kind that hang around your neck)
- Plastic Bags (large for laundry, small for leaky bottles)
- Prescriptions & medications (preferably in original containers)
- Raincoat (with liner?), umbrella
- Soap (small bar in a plastic bag)
- Sunscreen or sunblock
- Tissues (travel pack)
- Towelettes (alcohol wipes)
- Wash cloth (most foreign countries never heard of one – some people take several old ones they can throw away rather than pack a wet one – other people carry it in a plastic bag)
- And don’t forget to put the liquids that you will carry on the plane in 3 oz. bottles and all in a quart size plastic bag.
- Questions? Call us at 888-694-2554 or email via Contact Us.
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