Traveling checklist
One week before
- Add CHECK IN DATE to calendar!
- Buy TRAIN TICKETS if any
- Plan for contingencies if I’m late
- Flex ticket or whatever it’s called
- Is it the CORRECT AIRPORT?
- Plan for contingencies if I’m late
- Check my PLANS for the trip and PEOPLE there
- Recent birthdays?
- Planned special occasions?
- Any appointments HERE when I’m away?
- Check relevant TAGS in taskwarrior
- +UA, +DE, +s
- Check current CORONAVIRUS rules there and here?
- Timezones? Target + intermediate points
- Any DOCUMENTS for there/back that take time?
- Need to REFILL any prescription medicines?
- Expecting important POST?
- Anything to eat before leaving?
Evening before
- START CHARGING:
- phone
- laptop
- headphones
- powerbank?
- fitbit
- CHECK IN
- Download (or use shiny app for) BOARDING PASS
- Note WEIGHT/size requirements
- Lufthansa: Carry-on baggage | Lufthansa
- Is the AIRPORT correct?
- Download podcasts or movies?
- Laptop:
-
git pushor backup:- Work stuff
- DTB
- qs
- ..dotfiles?
- CLOSE programs before the battery does
- Small BACKUP to external drive?
-
Bureaucracy and documents
- Documents
- PASSPORT
- INTERNAL PASSPORT if needed
- AUFENTHALTSTITEL + Zusatzblatt
- Valid?
- B/W copy
- PROOF OF VACCINATION?
- BANK CARDS
- Anything else needed there or on the way back?
- LEAVE any unneeded documents
- Clean wallet
- Metro/S-Bahn tickets etc.
- Clean wallet
- Print BOARDING PASSES
- SIM cards
- Take BOX with them
- $thing to change them inside
- CHARGE any SIM cards
- Take BOX with them
Practicalities
- KEYS for all potentially needed apts, both directions
- LEAVE unneeded keys
- Clean:
- wallet
- backpack
- MONEY
- Currency of both countries
- In hand luggage and packed if any
- 2x of what I plan to spend
- Last time, what will be needed on the WAY BACK? (Docs/keys/…)
Electronics
- Electronics
- Laptop
- MOUSE and the CORRECT (!) USB dongle
- HEADPHONES
- In- [ ]ear headphones
- Old NC or new BT (they need different chargers!)
- AUDIO CABLE + “lengthner”
- CABLE for charging (microUSB or USB Type C)
- CHARGERS/cables/…
- Phone charger
- Laptop charger
- Correct headphones charger
- Fitbit charger IF NEEDED
- Powerbank IF NEEDED
- DISCONNECT and leave all unnecessary USB dongles and things
Personal
- Toothbrush
- IF electronic - [ ] all needed BRUSHES
- IF trip is long - [ ] CHARGER
- MASKS
- Some FFP2
- Standard “OP” (at least one)
- HAND SANITIZER
- MEDICINES
- The usual PRESCRIPTION stuff
- HOW LONG will I be away?
- For the trip:
- Something agaist NAUSEA
- Atoxil / Eliminal / Sorbex
- Painkillers
- The usual PRESCRIPTION stuff
Trip
- What will be needed on the WAY there?
- What is available / will be / is needed in TARGET?
- Empty WATER BOTTLE
- Кульки
- Салфетки
- сухие
- мокрые
- SLEEP MASK, беруши? Clothing with hood?
- Рассческа
- BOOK
- PEN AND PAPER (or notebook)
- Is any of the food liquid?
- Instant tea/coffee
Clothes
- WEATHER
- Check weather at target point:
- Take all needed layers
- If it’s cold - pants are more important than upper body
- Polo with BREAST POCKET for passport/docs
- Comfortable shoes
- Belt
- N underwear
- N socks
- Капюшон
- То, в чем быть “дома” - футболка, тапки, …
DEPARTURE CHECKLIST
- LUGGAGE
- WEIGHT within limits
- Paper with date, flight, contact info
- Take PICTURES inside, outside
- Remove stray TAGS
- ROOM clean
- Take away the TRASH
- Especially ORGANICS
- Everything turned off
- WINDOWS closed
- Electricity off
- Things disconnected from sockets
- Water off
- Go last time through stuff that was charging overnight
- ESSENTIALS
- Passport + Aufenthaltstitel
- CORRECT TICKETS printed or downloaded
- Phone, phone charger, laptop, laptop charger
Related / references
- https://github.com/jpcaparas/travel-checklist
- TODO: put steps in each group in order of importance
Changelog
- 2022-06-11: added bit about timezones
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