Checklist For Overseas Travel

1. Get Visa Information: Do you need a pre-visa for the particular country you are visiting?

2. Register with the nearest Embassy: Before you leave, it is wise to register with the Embassy of each country that you will be visiting. It helps the Embassy to better assist you in case of an emergency, such as a lost or stolen passport. It will also be easier for the Embassy to help you in the case of a natural disaster.

3. Travel Medical Insurance: Always purchase a travel medical insurance policy before you travel to another country. This will cover important things like emergency medical evacuation, trip cancellation, and baggage delay.

4. Required Travel Vaccinations: Check with your local travel clinic about any vaccinations that are required and suggested for that particular area.

5. Copies of Important Documents: Make a copy of your passport, any credit cards you will be bringing, drivers license and travelers checks receipts. Keep a copy with you and also scan a copy to send to your email. Also, bring extra passport photos of yourself for visas.

6. It’s a good idea to join airline mileage programs to earn miles for all the flights you take. You never know when you will be taking that particular carrier again and it doesn’t hurt to get credit for those miles. In order to be sure you get all of your mileage points, keep a copy of your boarding pass!! The mileage program will ask for a copy when you call them to find out why they have not credited your miles.

7. Print out some currency conversion charts for the currency of the places you will be visiting. If you are bringing an ipod, download the conversion rate and you can use this instead of carrying around a bunch of paper.

8. Print out common phrases for the language of the country you’re visiting. If you have a guidebook, they usually have this information in them. Knowing how to say, “thank you,” “hello,” “I’m sorry” and a few other phrases are a necessity when visiting a country.