lol |
Agree. Terrible advice. |
always pack a deck of cards ziploc bags, all the OTC meds, and if w kids a ball and balloons. |
keep copies of all travel docs on your phone and in your email |
A tip I learned on this forum: When traveling to Europe, book your first hotel/apartment/whatever in the first city starting the night before you arrive, so you can check in immediately upon arrival (assuming you take a red eye to Europe). Having to putz around for hours while you’re exhausted, waiting until 3 or 4 pm to check in, sucks.
Make sure everyone in your party uses the bathroom before getting into the passport control line, and maybe grab a bottled water on the way if you can. Last March in Rome, we waited well over an hour in line. In Paris this past April, the wait was over two hours! |
Use Vaseline to prevent blisters. |
What do use the Ziplocks for? |
Yeah, that hasn't been a thing since 1973. |
NP, but anything and everything. Leftovers, toiletries, wet stuff, tiny stuff you don't want to lose, protecting items when it rains. I don't even go out locally without Ziploc bags! |
Do not change to a different connecting flight when you get to the connection airport because there is less layover time. You will not see your luggage again, lol. This is probably obvious to most people but me.
Build in a rest day without much/anything scheduled if your trip is more than a week. If you can afford it, fly biz/first on overnight flights, especially if you can't sleep sitting up. |
+1 |
I always pack a mini first aid kit when we go away now. Different size Bandaids, Advil, Zyrtec, Benadryl cream, neosporin, tweezers, nail clippers and nail scissors ( if not flying or we are checking a bag) and Dramamine. |
A ball? You are packing a freaking ball? |
You better let them know what you are doing, or there is a good chance you will arrive and your reservation was canceled and they gave your room away when you didn't show up. Even when you do let them know what you are doing, this can happen. |
FFS, let's try to use less single-use plastic, not more. |