Most important Items
- Address list and list of important contacts and phone numbers (friends, family, business contacts, credit card cancellation number, embassy)
- Main bag(backpack, suitcase, sports bag)
- Small bag or backpack for items you carry around daily like camera, water bottle, wet wipes etc.)
- Passport (check validity: minimum for international travel: 6 months!)
- Visa
- International driving license
- Tickets and itinerary
- Travel Insurance
- Prescription medication
- List of all regular meds your take
- International Vacination Certificate (proof of required vaccinations)
- Paper or Notebook
- Rental car confirmation
- Hotel reservation confirmation
- Train, bus, flight confirmation
- International Student Identification Card (worldwide discounts) More Information & Online Application
Money
- ATM card
- Calculator / currency converter
- Cash in the local currency of your arrival country
- Credit card (Visa or Mastercard are most widely accepted)
- Money belt
- Sufficient Travellers’ cheques (keep receipts in different place)
Clothes
- Dress shirts (think embassy visit or invitation to formal dinner)
- Ties (even backpackers need them sometimes)
- Suits
- Dresses
- Jacket
- Light jacket
- Jeans
- Jumper, sweater or fleece
- Thermal Underwear
- Longsleeve shirts
- Pants or trousers
- Sleepwear
- Swimming clothes
- T-shirts, singlets
- Underwear
- Bra (sports and regular)
- Sarong (doubles as towel, sheet, blanket or sun shade)
- Shorts / Skirts
- Boots
- Shoes
- Sneakers
- Sandals, flip flops
- Socks
- Hat as sun or rain protection
- Belt (consider one to keep some emergency cash in)
- Glovesor mittens
- Warm hat
- Scarf
- Raincoat or poncho
Personal care or toiletries
- Comb or brush
- Condoms and/or contraceptive pills
- Contact lens equipment or glasses
- Cottonbuds
- Dental floss
- Deodorant
- Ear plugs
- Nail clippers
- Hair products (gel, spray etc.)
- Lip balm
- Make-up
- Mirror
- Moisturiser(face and body)
- Nail file
- Razors
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Shaving cream
- Sleeping pills
- Soap
- Sunscreen and after sun cream
- Talcum / babypowder (against prickly heat)
- Tampons and pads
- Toothbrush, toothpaste
First Aid / Health
- Band aids
- Compression bandages
- Diarrhea tablets
- Gauzes
- Insect and / or mosquito repellent
- Motion sickness tablets
- Pain medication OneClickPharmacy.co.uk
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- Small scissors
- Tweezers
- Vitamin pills
- Waterpurifying tablets
- Water filter
- Iodine / hydrogenperoxide / Desinfectant
Other
- Safety pins
- Cotton handkerchief or tissues
- Eye-mask (some airlines provide then on long flights)
- Sewing kit
- Suit bag
- Sunglasses
- Backpack rain cover
- Batteries
- Binoculars
- Books / Ebooks
with a reader
- Bottled water
- Camera, film and batteries – Spare flash cards or memory for digital
- Number or key locks
- Chewing gum or mints (helps with pressure adjustment during flights)
- Compass
- Cup
- Diary or organiser
- Duct tape for quick repairs
- Eating utensils
- Electrical adapter and plug converter
- Fishingline (for repairs)
- Flashlight
- Games or other recreational items
- Gifts
- Guidebooks
- GPS
- Inflatable travel pillow
- iPod, MP3 player, Discman etc. with music and batteries
- Laptop
- Laundry detergent
- Maps
- Numberor key locks
- Mobile phone and SIM card
- Mosquito net
- Passport photos
- Phone card
– Both for local and international calls
- Photocopies of important documents (keep separate from originals)
- Phrasebooks
- Pillow or pillowcase to stuff with clothes
- Plastic bags
- Powercords and chargers for all your electrical items
- Plug Adaptor (electric outlets are different in other countries)
- Resume and work references (if you plan to work abroad)
- Sleep sheet
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping mat
- Speakers for iPod
- Swiss army knife
or Leatherman tool (check it in when flying!)
- Toiletpaper
- Towel
- Alarm clock (if your mobile doesn’t have one)
- Universal sink plug
- Umbrella, also great as sun shade!
- Watch
- Wetwipes / Baby wipes (to clean when there is not water)
- Ziplockbags (keep your stuff organized)
