Checklists
Carry-on Luggage
- Allergy-safe snacks
- Camera, extra batteries, extra film or digital flash card
- Cell phone, calling card
- Change of clothes
- Items to pass the time: books, magazines, DVD player, music
- Gum or hard candy
- House and car keys
- List of emergency phone numbers, including credit card and bank notifications, and contacts back home, and for consulate or embassy, airline, vehicle rental agency.
- Money (separate your cash and stash it in a couple of different places; keep travellers cheque serial numbers separate from the cheques themselves).
- Maps and guidebooks (tear out just the pages you need to lighten your load)
- Medication (ensure name on label is exactly the same as on your passport) and medication list
- Photos of your checked luggage and a contents list (in case it gets lost)
- Sleep mask, earplugs, small blanket, scarf or blanket
- Sunglasses (especially if you’re driving)
- Sweater or jacket
- Toiletries as allowed by security regulations (toothbrush, moistened wipes, breath mints or strips at a minimum)
- Travel documents, including passport, tickets, vouchers, drivers licence, insurance, driving directions for your first destination if needed, vaccination record, doctor’s letter if you’re carrying syringes, medication list (consider using a neck pouch or security belt).
