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Travel Tips
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- Check your luggage for any needed repairs before your trip and check again for damage immediately after your flight. Make airline damage claims on the spot.
- Keep valuables such as jewelry, keys or gifts plus medications in your carry-on luggage.
- Travel with toiletries and a change of clothes in your carry-on just in case your bags don't arrive at the same time as you.
- Create a "personal packing checklist" to avoid leaving anything behind. Your list could also come in handy if your bags are lost.
- Keep a record of your eyeglasses or contact lens prescription in case a replacement is needed.
- Leave a copy of your travel itinerary, hotel address and telephone number, etc. with a friend or family member.
- Tie something bright or unique to your luggage to spot it quickly in the airport, AND to prevent someone else from accidentally picking up your bag. We suggest brightly colored luggage straps or luggage tags.
- Keep an extra photocopy of your passport in a safe place when traveling abroad.
- Take advantage of the "add-a-bag" strap feature of rolling luggage as well as bags that are designed to slide over its handle, to be able to carry more than one bag in your hand. This may also save your back!
- Check airline guidelines to find out the number and size of bags you are allowed to carry on.
- Pack in as small a bag as possible. Packing with Pack-it Folders and Pack-it Cubes will eliminate wasted space helping you pack twice as much with far fewer wrinkles. Compression Bags eliminate air trapped in clothing saving space with items like sweaters or a pillow.
- Find out what electrical adapters & converters you will need when traveling abroad.
- Pick up a business card or pack of matches at the front desk of the hotel to keep with you at all times when traveling abroad. You may find yourself in a situation where it is difficult to communicate, in a taxi for example, and need to provide the address to return you to your lodging.
- If flying, consider wearing your athletic shoes. Feet have a tendency to swell during flight. So, wear something comfortable with laces that you can loosen.
- Reduce jet lag by drinking lots of water (not juice, soft drinks, etc.) before, during and after your flight.
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