101 Things To Do Before Your Trip

(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;

• Autopay your bills
• Get your visas
• Book some (but not all) accommodations

I was pleased to see some that didn’t seem quite as obvious that we’re already doing;

• Get in the habit of washing your hands
• Organize your life
• Talk to strangers

However, there are a number of new (to us) ideas that have now made it onto our already expanding queue;

• Wash your laundry by hand once or twice
• Copy your passport and save it online
• ..and my personal favorite, Increase your capacity for frustration

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.