Top Ten Travel Tips!

Posted September 12, 2011 By admin

Universal Travel 10. Put a copy of your passport somewhere in your luggage so that if you lose your original passport you will be able to get it replaced quickly. If you really want to be safe, take another copy and leave it with a trusted friend or relative at home so they can fax it to you if you ever need to verify identity.

9. Leave a pre-packed toiletry kit at home in your closet. This enables you to avoid the tedious process of packing those items every time you are going on a trip especially short jaunts for business or a quick weekend. Also important that each time you come home from a trip and have used up one of the items to immediately replace it. Also apply this tactic to a hiking backpack with rain gear, bug repellant, sunscreen, etc.

8. Carry extra memory cards for your camera and switch them out frequently so if you lose your camera you at least only lose your most recent pictures, not ALL your pics.

7. Donate gear you do not want or can part with. Bring equipment on a trek that has been broken in and proven to be comfortable. At the end of your trip often your equipment may be the last thing you want to ever see again after being attached to it for 3 weeks in the jungle. However, the porters, sherpas, guides, cleaning and cooking staff on your trip may be able to use these items for years to come.

6. Carabineers and bungee cords are like modern day duct tape. Bring these along to aid your packing and repacking from one destination to the next when your pack may take different forms. For example nothing worse than wet clothes…now you can hang them on your pack to dry.

5. When leaving a hotel for a day or night out always grab the hotel business card. Especially in a country where you might have a language barrier, you can simply hand the card to the cab driver and they will get you to the right place instead of trying to describe that weird shaped tree you saw on the corner as a significant landmark.

4. Bring a cover-up, a large wrap around scarf or something similar to cover your legs and/or shoulders when entering places of worhip, especially in Asia. This is a good universal item to have along anyway on a trip as it can always double as a blanket on a flight, pillow on a van, head protection from the sun, and more. Along with this it is very convenient to make sure you wear easy slip on and off shoes when making the rounds to these types of temples and sacred buildings whether religious, political or otherwise. It will save lots of time!

3. Carry along small passport size photos for unplanned visa applications. If you veer off your planned path of travel, you may wind up at the border of a country requiring you to apply for an on the spot visa. A way to beat that line is to already have a small photo with you that you can submit with the application.

2. Apply Vaseline on the sensitive areas of your feet where you tend to get blisters or other unnatural rubbing on the trail or cobblestones before you start the day. Apply directly to feet and then put socks and shoes over top. This will prevent any debilitating friction.

1. Baby Wipes!!! This is the number one thing to bring anywhere. You can use these for almost anything and they can get you out of many a tight jam. There is nothing wrong with a baby wipe shower when you are on a trek.

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