It’s now the end of June and universities are already on their holidays, and school wills be closed in a few weeks time for summer holidays. Many of you have booked a summer holiday, whether here in the UK or abroad and you will be thinking about getting ready for the trip.
There are lots of things to think about, whether it is transport, passports, what to take for the trip, what to pack, who’s looking after the pets, etc.
The friendly people from freechecklists.co.uk have made life a lot easier by providing free checklists on the internet that you can print out. There is a whole category for travel so that all different kinds of needs are captured.
A lot of people will be travelling in roughly a month’s time, so here is an excerpt from the list “Travel Holiday Month Before” (it’s about half of the original):
- Check you luggage is appropriate to airline/size/weight BA Easyjet
- Check in-flight entertainment for yourself/children
- Arrange special boarding requirements e.g wheelchair
- Arrange any special meals
- Arrange car hire Go to Hiring a Car checklist
- Consider surprises for children to open/play with en route
- Buy medicines for journey/whole trip Go to Health Abroad checklist
- Think about camera/film and buy more as required
- Finalise arrangements for leaving your home. Go to Leaving your home checklist.
- Check your documents are in order. Go to Travel Documents checklist
- Check you have told all friends/family/work of your itinerary
- Order foreign currency/travellers cheques.
If you check out the site, there are lists for a whole host of other topics. The creators of the site seem to have aviation background, where checklists are the lifeblood of everything working well. Flying is as safe as it is, because everything runs via checklists that are always up to date. I think we can learn from that. Checklists make things run smoother, even when you’re not flying a plane.
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