Travel todo and packing list

My travel behavior has in the past been pretty simple. Shop for a hotel online - phone the hotel to book, buy the air tickets online, and pack the day of or the night before departure. I long ago bought into the one bag idea and haven't checked a bag for years. The result of which is that I haven't lost a bag for years (the one time I was forced to check a bag on Air Canada they promptly lost it). Other than some basic research beforehand traveling for me was more about exploring and I was never too concerned or stressed. Lately, my travel excursions have taken a different turn. I have children and I travel because I have to. There are a whole lot of other things I need to remember or think about. Either I'm getting forgetful or I have too much on my mind as I no longer trust myself to remember the things I need to take or the basics of what I need to do. What once was an adventure is now something uncomfortable or stressful (the new travel restrictions don't help). Kids and work can do that to you. Inspired by an engineer friend of mine who plans to the T just about everything, I decided to do what I thought I never would. I created a travel todo and packing list. Lists, lists everywhere you go there are lists but in an effort to reduce stress and keep organized I created one and am offering it to you.

Consider this a draft and I will likely change over time (I'm open to suggestions as well). When time permits I might even make it look more presentable. There are a number of formats from which to choose.

Travel checklist - PDF
Travel checklist - EXCEL
Travel checklist - NUMBERS

Comments

Patrick said:

Very useful! Mind if I port this to Google Spreadsheets?

February 9, 2008 12:42 AM

Clark said:

Not at all. I was thinking of doing the same but ran out of time.

February 9, 2008 12:54 AM

Leo said:

Thank you for this but Microsoft excel?

February 12, 2008 7:57 PM

Ruth said:

Very useful, indeed. If traveling overseas particularly with kids, you might also want to check vaccination requirements.

February 13, 2008 2:04 PM

Clark said:

I forgot about vaccination requirements. I haven't bothered for the past 10 years but we do make sure our children are up-to-date. The biggest worry for us is when we travel back to Canada. Our kids have suffered through many of the virus that you would face in Asia but they have little resistance to what we faced as kids in Canada. Consequently whenever we return home for a vacation they always seem to suffer for the first week with some cold or flu. They suffer allot with the Canadian diet as well but that's another topic.

February 15, 2008 11:33 AM

Elsa said:

VERY useful, thanks for sharing this!

November 3, 2009 5:43 AM

Carmesine said:

it is a very useful brief, i will keep it, thank you!

November 28, 2009 3:03 AM

Daniel Schildt said:

Thanks for nicely compiled list but noticed that the link to Numbers version of it is broken. Please, check if you could get it back online, it would make things little bit easier.

March 6, 2010 9:32 PM