Before
you leave home:
- Arrange to have lawn mowed & watered
- Arrange to have someone check the house periodically
while you are gone (be sure they know how to contact you)
- Arrange to have trash taken out
- Arrange for pet care
- Call police
- Call resort & confirm exchange.
- Disconnect garage door openers
- Leave emergency contact information with a neighbor,
friend, or relative
- Set up lamp timers
- Shut off ice maker
- Stop Mail and Newspaper
- Tell neighbor you're leaving
- Turn down hot water heater
- Turn down furnace thermostat
- Turn off water to washing machine
- Unplug computer and other home electronic
equipment
- Verify insurance coverage (health, auto, etc.),
especially if traveling outside U.S.
Medical:
- After bite stick
- Allergy medications
- Aloe Vera for sunburns
- Bactine ointment
- Band-Aids
- Benadryl cream
- Burn spray
- Cold Medications
- Cotton balls
- Cough drops/cough syrup
- Dial soap (for wounds)
- Disinfectant spray (to kill athlete’s foot
fungus)
- Dramamine
- First Aid Kit
- Gauze sponges
- Hydrocortisone cream
- Imodium
- Iodine (can be used as a water purifier,
too!)
- Neosporin
- New skin liquid
- Pepto Bismol
- Q-tips
- Rubbing alcohol swabs
- Sleeping pills
- Steri strips
- 1" roll of surgical tape
- Thermometer
- Telfa sponges
- TUMS
- Tweezers
- Tylenol/Asperin/Ibuprofen
- Vitamin C
Electronic conveniences:
- 100 watt bulbs or 3 way bulb for reading
- A/C adapters
- Cable wiring
- Camera(s)
- Cell phone
- Computer
- Digital camera
- Electric socket covers
- Extension cord
- Flashlight
- Modular phone cord for computer
- Night light (for bathroom)
- Small car vacuum
- Universal electrical adapter
- Universal TV remote
- USB computer cable (to download pics from digital
camera or for cable or DSL modem in room
- White noise machine
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Take
Documents and Photocopies
of:
- Airline Tickets
- Auto Rental Confirmation
- Personal auto insurance policy number
- Driver's License
- Exchange confirmation
- Medical Insurance Forms
- Passports and Visas
- Reservations for other accommodations
- Reservations and confirmations for activities
purchased or reserved before leaving
- Rx’s & eyeglass info
- Shot Records
Kitchen necessities:
- Aluminum foil
- Black binder clips
- Chopsticks
- Clips for chip bags
- Cling
- Coffee mugs
- Coffee measure
- Coffee Filters (both cone & basket)
- Corkscrew/wine opener
- Crock pot
- Electric griddle
- Juicer (metal type that fits over a bowl) for making
lemonade, fresh orange juice
- Kitchen timer
- Kitchen towel
- Knife sharpener/whet stone
- Knives: paring, serrated, carving, oyster
- Measuring spoons/measuring cup
- Non-stick fry pan
- Pam cooking spray
- Paper plates and cups
- Paper napkins
- Paper towels
- Plastic containers for leftovers
- Plastic knives/forks/spoons (for picnic)
- Potato peeler
- Rice Cooker
- Rubber gloves
- Scrubber/brillo pad/SOS pad
- Trash bags (4 large sized)
- Veggie steamer
- Water bottle
- Water purification tablets
- Wooden utensils
- Zip lock bags (various sizes)
Edibles:
- BBQ Sauce
- Beef Jerky
- Bouillon cubes to flavor soup
- Brown sugar & cinnamon for oatmeal
- Canned Tuna
- Cereal Bars
- Coffee
- Cocoa/Hot chocolate packets
- Concentrated juice to mix for first morning
- Creamer
- Crystal lite
- Tea Bags
- Dried fruit and nuts
- Frozen Meat Loaf
- Gin
- Ketchup
- jam/jelly
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Oatmeal
- Oil - Olive/Cooking oil
- Pepper
- Popcorn
- Pop tarts
- salad dressing packets (can get them at grocery salad
bars)
- Salt
- Soda pop
- Soy sauce
- Spices - bay leaves, basil, cayenne, celery salt,
cinnamon, dill, garlic, Italian seasoning, oregano, dry onions, parsley
flakes, pepper, salt, etc.
- Packets of ketchup, mustard, mayo, sugar &
sweetener
- Sugar/sweetener
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Niceties:
- $1 bills
- Address Book
- Aquis towel
- Baby wipes
- Bath salts/bubble bath
- Beach Towels
- Bikes
- Binoculars
- Collapsible cooler
- Compass
- Credit cards
- Duct tape/other tape
- Dust mite pillow cover
- Eyeglasses
- Extra suitcase for souvenirs
- Games (playing cards, board games)
- Glue/glue stick
- Hair dryer
- Kites
- Leatherman's tool
- Magazines (to leave behind)
- Maps
- Long Matches (for fireplace) or
“Aim&Flame”
- Meat thermometer (if you are going to fix a roast or
steaks)
- Mini grill (George Forman)
- Nail clippers
- Paperback books
- Extra pillows
- Pool and sand toys for the kids
- Plastic grocery sack
- Quarters
- Rubber bands
- Scissors
- Screwdriver and other miscellaneous tools
- Scotch tape
- Sewing Kit
- Shampoo & conditioner
- Snorkel & Swim Fins
- Spouse, if applicable :}
- Stamps
- Sunglasses
- Suntan lotion/sunscreen
- Swiss Army Knife
- Toothpicks
- TUG cards
- TUG shirt, cap and other accessories
- Videos/CDs
- Votive candles
- Wash clothes (not supplied in Europe)
- Water shoes and/or sandals
- Waterproof pouch
Cleaning stuff:
- Belts
- Bounce
- Carpet cleaner
- Clothes hangers
- Cloths pins that hang from a shower rod.
- Fabric softener sheets/Fabreze
- Large bar soap
- Laundry soap
- Liquid dish soap
- Plastic laundry bags
- Stain removal stick
Wearables:
- Cap/Hat
- Diapers
- Disposable raincoat
- Fanny pack
- Plastic laundry bags
- Old Undies (ask Fern)
- Robe
- Swimming suit
- Thin gloves
- Windbreaker
- Walking shoes
- Water shoes/aqua socks
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