Check Your Home Insurance Is In Place

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In preparation.

Get together some information on your destination, such as recommended restaurants, nightspots and excursions. Make sure you have travel insurance. The internet has a whole host of sites with free information that you can print out. Double check your flight times, and plan your routes- not just to the airport, but also for when you get there if you re hiring a car. Also, you can print out useful words and phrases if you re unfamiliar with the language. Check you ve bought the essentials such as chargers.

Check your home insurance is in place. Plug adaptors, sun cream and, bug repellent a first- aid kit. Set timers for both lights and, heating, in the winter/ hot water- so your pipes don t freeze. Give a friend or family member spare keys, and some brief, just in case details of your holiday too. Cancel any regular deliveries, throw away perishable items and empty your bins. If necessary, ensure you ve had any vaccinations needed and check if there are VISA requirements. Take an extra wallet/ purse to hold things that you won t need until you return, house keys and, like car keys any English money.

On the day of travel. This can then be in a safe place, locked in your room, or your room s safe, until you leave. Check your hand luggage has nothing sharp in it and that all your liquid items don t exceed 100ml each- or the items will be confiscated. Make sure you have valuable items on you, and have not packed them in your hold luggage: e. g. expensive jewellery, money etc, passport. You are asked to put these items in one see- through bag with a litre capacity. For the plane.

Ensure you ve securely locked the house up, stored any valuables away from view and unplugged any electrical appliances. Wear layers- the air conditioning on the plane is usually out of your control, and you want to be able to keep yourself at a comfortable temperature. Keep hydrated. On long- haul flights remember to walk around the cabin every now and then, or at least do the recommended foot and leg exercises, to reduce the chances of DVT. Long flights with air conditioning can not only give you a dry throat, but also dehydrate the body. Even if it s free, it can still dehydrate you!

Drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and caffeine. Whilst Away. Be aware of pickpockets who prey on tourists. Divide your money up between family members and don t take all of your holiday money out with you- leave some of it locked away in your room. Write your hotel address on a piece of paper and keep it on you at all times. Use plenty of sun- cream if it s hot. Then you ll have something to show a taxi driver if you don t speak the language and get lost.

You don t want to get so burnt on the first day that you ruin the whole trip. And finally. enjoy yourself!

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