Planning For The Trip

I found a couple of online checklists for travelers which appear to be pretty good and thought I’d share:

• Four Winds Travel: Travel Tips
• The David Allen Company’s Tips and Tools Travel Checklist
• GoFox.com’s Travel Checklist — You can also create a currency conversion cheat sheet here as well as find out about the weather at your destination, check airport and security delays, among other travel-related info.
• FreeTravelTips.com has tons of stuff like a Before You Go Checklist, a Months Ahead Checklist, a Three Weeks Ahead Checklist, a Two Weeks Ahead Checklist, all the way to a What To Do The Day You Leave Checklist, plus Packing Tips, Foreign Travel Tips, and so much more.

In the end, I ended up with this Travel Accessories All-In-One Adapter with Surge Protection thing for my laptop, which means I think that I can bring back the adaptors I bought at Radio Shack as it appears to do all of their functions too. You can as the link will reveal, find it at Amazon.com (and I’d be grateful if you’d buy it through that link), but I did find it hidden in the luggage section of Wal-Mart last night.

I bought two pairs of capris last night to wear on the trip and three tops that match the capris. After talking with PW, I’m planning on bringing those items, a pair of black dockers, a pair of blue jeans, one skirt, one cardigan, a couple of t-shirts, a set of PJs, the bridesmaid dress and my basic underwear and socks and necessary shoes (walking shoes, bridesmaid shoes, one pair of dress shoes). I kind of think that’s actually more than I’ll need. I’ll have access to PW’s washer and dryer, which apparently are tiny. She’s going to loan me a coat or “fleece” for when I go to Scotland. I refuse to wear shorts period. I might actually get away with one suitcase. I’ll have to see. The airline has weird measurement requirements.

Some other nifty things I bought to use on the trip are a Travelon ID and Boarding Pass Holder, EasyGo Neon Luggage Tags (set of 2) (since Delta ate my last set when they lost my luggage), a Rick Steves Silk Money Belt, a pair of neon luggage grips so I can find my luggage and my hands will be comfy dragging them through the airport, and Travel Space Bags (No Vacuum Needed! Set of 3).. Who knew you needed all of that stuff anyway? You need the money belt to protect yourself from the pickpockets and you need the luggage tags and the grips and the boarding pass stuff for obvious convenience reasons. It all adds up though. I better be going on this trip again.

I still need to confirm a sitter for the cats. The dress will be ready a week from tomorrow. Ug. So much to do. So much to do.

tags: UK, England, trip planning

One comment

1. on June 7, 2006 at 1:42 pm

   Tamara said:

   Thanks for the links — they look helpful. I know, it’s a wonder we ever travel, because we always get all riled up and cranky with each other when getting ready. But we do have fun after that!

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