Hyun Sik's Trip #20 Travel Packing Tips!

It is important to pack everything that you need for your precious holiday. You probably have saved r saving lots of money for your dream holiday place overcoming those temptations of foods, clothes and other goods that you wanted or had to buy. If you do not prepare for it properly, your time, money and all the expectations you had will be good source of your big disappointment. Therefore we would like to introduce some tips for preparing your travel! (Some of them only applies for overseas travel)

1. Prepare a scan of your passport and passport photos.

Passport is probably the most important thing for everyone who is traveling or staying at overseas. It will be the only way to identify yourself in overseas however if you have lost or the passport's been stolen, you will not be able to do anything but panic as a legal unidentified alien. If you have a scan of your passport, you are likely to have access to hotel or rental services also few airport services.

Also it is important to check 

• whether your passport has more than 6 months of valid date left
• Same name for all your flight ticket, passport and credit cards.

2. It is good to have both PDF files on your smartphones and physical print outs for your E-tickets, travel insurance and hotel reservation confirmation.

Similar to passport, there is a small but undeniable chance of losing your stuffs. Therefore it is good to prepare things before it gets worse.


3. If your bag looks very common, make it noticeable with colourful accessories

This will make you easy to find your luggage at the airport and also prevent other people to accidentally take yours instead.

4. Make sure you have packed...

• Passport, ticket, vouchers, confirmation of booking
• Underwear, Socks, clothes for both hot and cold weather
• Umbrella if the forecast says it will be raining
• Charger for your phone, camera, laptop etc and travel adapter
• Toiletries
• Equipment for hot/cold weather (sunglasses, swimwear, cap, gloves etc)

5. Tips for your toiletries

Toiletries like foam cleanser, oil in tubes can explode due to the difference of air pressure in airplanes. Therefore it is good to repack them in plastic bag. If toiletries are exposed to hot weather or sun for a long time, it is likely to be unusable so it is best to carry only small amount using empty container.

6. Multi power adapter

If you are travelling with your friends or family, it is very likely for you to have not enough power plug in your room to charge all the phones, cameras and laptops. If you have packed a multi power adapter, you will be a hero for those who are power hungry.