Tips for your Home while you are
away:
Make arrangements with a friend or
neighbor to collect your mail or have it held at the Post Office.
Arrange to have someone to start
your car during cold or hot weather or if just if you are going to be
away for a while.
Put light on an automatic timer.
Put a radio or TV on a time also for so their is noise in the house
part of the time.
Make arrangements to have bills for
utilities and insurance paid while you are away.
Unplug your computer and other electronics
in case a storm comes up.
Don't leave a message on your answering
machine that you are away. Keep the usual message and check your messages
while away. Make sure you have an answering machine which will let you
check messages away from home.
Carry important medical information
with you.
Medicare and Medicaid don't cover
medical costs for medical care given outside the United States. Make
sure you have insurance which will provide adequate coverage while traveling
outside of the U.S.
Look into getting trip insurance
in case your trip is cancelled--the further in the future and the more
people going the more important trip insurance is.
Only carry enough cash to make it
through the day--leave the rest in the hotel's safe.
Dress as the locals do so you don't
stand out or call attention to yourself.
Don't travel alone.
Travel on main roads.
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Place a rubber band around your wallet--
it will make it more difficult for a pick pocket to remove from your
pocket without your knowledge.
Carry your purse under your arm not
loosely in your hand.
If you are bumped by someone check
to make sure you still have your wallet.
Get familiar with the metric system
since most of the world uses it. 1 kilometer = .62 miles therefore 100
kilometers per hour = 62 miles per hour.
Roll up T-shirts or underwear and
wrap your items around them at a fold line. This will help keep a crease
from forming and help avoid wringles.
To help remove wrinkles from clothing--hang
wrinkled items in the bathroom while you shower to help steam out the
wrinkles.
Use the locks on your luggage.
Label your luggage on both the inside
and outside of your bags.
Put a bright marking on your luggage
so you can easily identify it. This will also keep others from getting
their luggage confused with yours.
Diversify--put some a change of clothes
in the luggage of a traveling companion so in case one person loses
their luggage you will still have a change of clothes.
Coordinate your outfits around a
single color so you’ll be able to mix and match and cut down on
the amount of clothes you need to bring
Take a solid color sweater or coat
that will match any outfit to use to keep you warm.
Take small sample sizes of toiletries
that will last just long enough instead of large bottles, if you can't
find a sample size then get a small plastic bottle and pour what you
need in that so you can carry a small bottle.
To save space pack underwear and
socks inside your shoes.
Carry old clothes which can be tossed
out after wearing then you can use the space to bring home souvenirs.
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