START

$CURRENT_TRIP

• Add REFERENCES (luggage, weather, intinerary, …):
  • LENGTH (approx.)
  • TIMEZONES¹ (incl. intermediate points)
    • DE/IT/PL/SP (UTC+2)
    • LT,UA,TK (UTC+3)
• RETURN TRIP? -> add its special items to this checklist below.
• DELETE irrelevant checklist items outright (e.g. no check in for train trip) before start
• SPECIAL ITEMS for current trip:
  • …

LONG TERM

• Add CHECK IN DATE to calendar!
• Buy TRAIN TICKETS if any
  • CORRECT/ONLY AIRPORT?
  • Flex ticket for late trains?
  • Do I have a BahnCARD?
• PLANS and PEOPLE
  • Any appointments HERE when I’m away?
  • Recent/upcoming birthdays?
  • Planned special occasions during the trip?
• Check TASKWARRIOR: +DE/+XX pro:h.trip
• Any DOCUMENTS for there/back that take time?
• Refill PRESCRIPTIONS
• Expecting any PACKAGES? → Fill form
• Anything to eat before leaving?

EVENING BEFORE

Basics

• Set any ALARMS
• Start CHARGING
  • phone
  • laptop
  • powerbank(s)?
  • bluetooth headphones
  • ? camera
• CHECK IN
  • BOARDING PASS available/downloaded
  • Note WEIGHT/size requirements
  • Is the AIRPORT correct?
• CLEAN / remove unneeded stuff from
  • wallet
  • keychain
  • backpack
• Entertainment
  • Download podcasts/movies/audiobooks
  • Print papers to read
• Laptop: git push or backup any open stuff

Bureaucracy and documents

• DOCUMENTS
  • PASSPORT
  • VISA / RESIDENCE PERMIT (the valid one!)
  • Credit cards
  • Health insurance
  • LEAVE any unneeded documents
  • Any docs needed for the way THERE and BACK?
• SIM cards: BOX +paperclip thingy
  • CHARGE any SIM cards

Practicalities

• WALLET containing 30€
• KEYS
  • All apts, both directions
  • Hotel? → LANYARD and card holder
• MONEY: 2x of planned, all currencies
• Last time, what will be needed on the WAY BACK? (Docs/keys/…)

Electronics

Cables and stuff

• USB-hub & its cord
• CABLES for hub:
  • 2m USB-C
  • Short USB-C
  • ? Micro-USB
• Laptop charger
• HDMI cable?
• Any UNUSUAL CABLES needed for anything special?
  • micro USB, camera chargers, …
• Extension cord
  • multi-plug adapter (тройник)?

Devices

• POWERBANK
  • USB-cable (universal, w/ converters)
• LAPTOP
  • DISCONNECT unneeded USB dongles
• MOUSE + CORRECT(!) USB dongle
• HEADPHONES
  • wired
  • bluetooth + their charger
• Bluetooth button thingy
• TRACKING TAGS in luggage?

Clothes

• For the PLANE
  • Dark polo w/ BREAST POCKET²
  • Comfortable shoes / sandals
• WEATHER at target point
  • Leipzig - Berlin - Vilnius (+W|A) - Rome - Kyiv
• COLD →
  • pants are more important than upper body
  • Thermal layers
  • Hood/Капюшон
  • Gloves
• WARM →
  • HAT!
  • Summer pants
  • Sandals
    • too-warm-shoes will make life hell
  • Sunscreen
  • Beach stuff?
• Belt
• N underwear, N socks
• Backpack rain cover
• COZY clothing for ‘home’ (dual-use!)
  • T-shirt
  • Shorts
  • Rubber flipflops³

Personal

• Teeth
  • Toothbrush→
    • BRUSHES if electronic
    • CHARGER if long trip
  • ? Water flosser / Irrigator thingy
  • All the tiny things to clean teeth
  • Small Listerine bottle with my current mouthwash
• MASKS: 1x of both types
• My favourite SLEEP MASK
• MEDICINES
  • The usual PRESCRIPTION stuff
    • HOW LONG will I be away?
  • For the trip:
    • Something agaist NAUSEA
    • Atoxil / Eliminal / Sorbex
    • Painkillers
• SECOND PAIR OF GLASSES if conference or long trip

On the road / backpack

• What will be needed on the WAY there?
• What is available / will be / is needed in TARGET?
• HAND SANITIZER
• WATER BOTTLE that won’t roll in plane
• Кульки
• Серветки
  • сухі
  • мокрі
• THERMOS?
• SLEEP MASK, беруши? Clothing with hood?
• Buff?
• Hairbrush
• BOOK
• PEN AND PAPER
  • pencils/pen/eraser for drawing?
• Is any of the food liquid?
• Instant tea/coffee?
• My METALLIC CUP to keep phones glasses etc
• Chewing gum + nausea

Misc

? Camping stuff

• Beach?
• BOX FOR GLASSES if planning to take glassess off often (sea, camping, …)
• Salt, sugar? Tea

DEPARTURE

Luggage

• TRACKING TAGS (labeled) inside
• Paper with date, flight, contact info inside
• Take PICTURES inside, outside
• WEIGHT within limits
• Remove stray paper stickers/tags

House

• Take away the TRASH
  • No ORGANICS
  • Sink clean and dry
• Everything turned off
  • WINDOWS closed
  • ELECTRICITY / things in sockets disconnected

Last steps

• Go last time through stuff that was charging overnight
• Toothbrush
• Sleep mask
• Phone, phone charger, laptop, laptop charger
• PASSPORT + VISA/Niederlassungserlaubnis

Etc.

Old / removed

• Fitbit charger
• Bluetooth button thingy
• internal passport :(

Related / references

• https://github.com/jpcaparas/travel-checklist

TODO

• Put steps in order of importance

Changelog

- 2022-06-11: added bit about timezones
- 2023-04-03: added list of timezones + LOT luggage rules
- 2023-05-15: added the bits about me now havig a BahnCARD
- 2023-01-03: added the bits about the button thingy, Thermoflasche; removed obsolete items
- 2023-08-07: added USB hub thing
- 2024-05-10: 
	- added: second pair of glasses
	- removed/deemph.: corona
- 2024-12-23: 
	- added thermal clothing, backpack rain protection, gloves, "current trip"
	- removed: corona stuff, student ID, netflix
- 2025-05-12: completely removed corona stuff
- 2025-06-05: Added Listerine bit
- 2025-08-06: Deemph. masks; added swimming stuff
- 2025-08-07: "Add items from past checklist"
- 2025-08-26: "Set alarms"; "delete irrelevant items" (instead of marking them as done)
- 2025-08-29: 
	- Added versioning to keep track of this between different Obsidian vaults. Yay v.2.0.0
	- 2.0.1 add old/removed
- 2025-11-17: Added 'the valid one' to Niederlassungs., what the hell it's my checklist
- 2026-04-21: Added tracking tags
- 2026-05-11: big restructuring/rewrite/cleanup