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(Image from Flickr - SashaW)
An interesting post caught my eye yesterday by Nico Crisafulli, a contributor for AirTreks. In it, he highlights a number of useful tasks that might need to take place before leaving on an extended trip. As we are 2 months away from our own 3 month journey throughout Southeast Asia, we’re deep into our own todo lists of securing home and cat care, airfare watching, budgeting, and itinerary planning.
Nico’s run-down includes some of the more obvious action items, such as;
I was pleased to see some that didn’t seem quite as obvious that we’re already doing;
However, there are a number of new (to us) ideas that have now made it onto our already expanding queue;
I’ll also note that another non-obvious idea, “Get a travel mascot!” was inspired by Adam Groffman, who was one of our first Vagabonding Case Studies, now exploring the Middle East.
@Backpack Foodie & Kim:...
July 29th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Thanks a lot for showcasing the post, Ted. It was important for me to write since there are so many more ways to prepare for a long trip than just securing tickets.
The advice of “learn to sew a button” was especially poignant for me because I didn’t know how hard it was until one fell off a pair of my favorite traveling pants. I discovered quickly it’s not as easy as it looks, leaving me craving a YouTube instructional video when I was in Southern Thailand. Should have learned that before I left!
And everyone should wash their hands, a lot!
Nico