Dokumente 0/11
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Your flight booking or e-ticket. Keep it on your phone and as a printout or screenshot.
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Required for driving and for renting a car. Check that it is valid and whether you also need an international permit.
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Your health insurance card, which in the EU usually includes the EHIC on the back. Outside the EU you also need travel health insurance.
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EU citizens can use their ID card within Schengen; everyone else, and anyone travelling beyond it, needs a passport. Check it is valid for six months after your return.
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Contact the embassy of the countries, apply several months in advance for visas, if needed.
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Rent a car with insurance in destination.
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Traffic drives on the left here. Take your time on the first drive, especially at roundabouts and when turning; an automatic rental car makes it easier.
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Phone numbers of family, accommodation, embassy and your bank's card blocking line, also on paper in case your phone fails.
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Travel insurance for cancellation, health abroad or luggage. Keep the policy number and emergency phone number with you.
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Across the EU and in many other European countries, 112 reaches the emergency services free of charge. Save it in your phone.
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Dates, addresses, check-in times and booking numbers for every stop in one list, on paper or offline on your phone.
Geld 0/4
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Some cash for the first hours, small purchases and places that do not take cards.
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Take two different cards in case one is blocked or lost, keep them separately and check the expiry dates.
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Some local currency for arrival, taxis and tips if your destination does not use the euro.
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A shared cash box or an app for splitting costs saves arguments about who paid what. Agree how to split before you leave.
Kleidung 0/15
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For swimming and the beach. Take two so one can dry while you wear the other.
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Shirts or T-shirts for every day. Count roughly one per day, or fewer if you can wash on the way.
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Long trousers for evenings, cooler weather and places with a dress code. One light and one sturdier pair cover most trips.
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A jacket suited to the weather at your destination: light for spring, warm and windproof for winter.
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A warm layer for cool evenings, air-conditioned rooms and flights.
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Waterproof jacket and trousers for rainy days. Light, packable versions fit in any bag.
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Comfortable clothes for sleeping, also handy in shared rooms and on night trains.
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Wool socks are recommended for hiking
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Underwear for every day plus a spare. Quick-drying fabrics can be washed on the way.
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Sturdy boots with ankle support and a good tread for mountain trails. Break them in before the trip.
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Protect your feet from hot sand, sharp stones and sea urchins, and are good for shared showers.
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A light jacket for wind and cool mornings, easy to stuff into a backpack.
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For the beach, pool and warm evenings. They also protect your feet in shared showers.
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Light and quick to pack for warm days. Check the dress code for churches and restaurants.
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Comfortable, light shoes for walks and easy trails.
Hygiene 0/5
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Protects your skin from sunburn. Choose a high SPF and water resistance for the beach, and reapply after swimming.
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Daily dental care. A travel case keeps the brush clean, and a small tube is enough for a week.
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Cools and soothes your skin after a day in the sun.
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Easy to buy almost anywhere. Take a small size or a solid stick if you only travel with hand luggage.
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A wash bag keeps toiletries together. One with a hook can hang in small bathrooms.
Gesundheit & Reiseapotheke 0/6
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Special plasters that cushion blisters and help them heal.
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Plasters, disinfectant, pain relief, diarrhoea remedy and your personal medicines. In the evening or abroad a pharmacy is not always close.
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Your regular medicines for the whole trip plus a few days' reserve, in hand luggage, with a prescription or doctor's note if needed.
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A first aid kit for the car is compulsory in Germany, Austria and other countries. Check the expiry date.
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Spray or lotion against mosquitoes and ticks for days outdoors; treated clothing helps on long tours.
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Remove ticks quickly and completely after walks in grass and woods.
Technik 0/7
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Your phone holds tickets, maps and contacts. Do not forget the charger and cable.
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Lets you plug your chargers into foreign sockets. Check the plug type of your destination before you go.
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Keeps the navigation in view. Holding the phone while driving is forbidden.
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Charges your phone while driving, so the navigation does not run out of battery.
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Download the maps for your route before you set off. In the mountains and remote areas there is often no signal, and roaming can be expensive.
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Keeps your phone charged on long days out. Power banks belong in hand luggage, not in checked bags.
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Keeps your phone dry on the water and lets you take photos.
Reisezubehör 0/6
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A Quick-Drying Travel Towel is very important for travellers. Travel towels are smaller than general towels.
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A daypack for excursions, beach and city. It can double as hand luggage.
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Your house keys, and car keys if you leave the car at the station or airport. Leave a spare with someone you trust.
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Refillable bottles for water on the go. Bring enough for everyone on longer tours.
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A collapsible small travel umbrella could be very useful.
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Protect your eyes from glare at the beach, on water and on snow. Look for UV protection.
Strand & Baden 0/2
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A large, quick-drying towel for sand and sun lounger, separate from your shower towel.
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A roomy bag for towels, sun cream and water. Sand falls out of mesh bags easily.
Ausrüstung 0/5
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Keeps your hands free in the tent, on the trail and at the campsite. Take spare batteries.
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Set it up well behind the car after a breakdown or accident. Compulsory in most European countries.
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A high-visibility vest for breakdowns. In many European countries it is compulsory in the car, often one for each person.
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Keeps you warm in cool water for surfing, diving or snorkelling. Rentals are often available on site.
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A rain cover keeps your backpack and its contents dry.
Lesen & Spielen 0/2
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Download them before you go, and long drives and train rides pass quickly without using mobile data.
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A travel guide for the United Kingdom in your language.
Essen & Trinken 0/3
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Snacks and drinks for the journey, especially with children and on long drives.
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Nuts, bars or dried fruit for quick energy on the way.
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Keeps drinks hot in the cold or cold in the heat for hours.
Vor der Abreise 0/6
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Tickets Hotel reservations
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Use up or give away perishable food so nothing goes off while you are away.
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Take out the rubbish and organic waste before you leave so nothing smells or attracts pests.
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Book a parking space at the airport in advance: it is usually cheaper than paying on the day.
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Ask someone to water your plants, or use self-watering pots for shorter trips.
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