Dokumente
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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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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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Enough to travel within the Schengen area for EU citizens. Check the expiry date before you leave.
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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.
Geld
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Kleidung
0/13
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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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Comfortable clothes for sleeping, also handy in shared rooms and on night trains.
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One pair per day plus a spare. For hikes there are dedicated walking socks.
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Underwear for every day plus a spare. Quick-drying fabrics can be washed on the way.
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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 dress for warm days or evenings out. Crease-resistant fabrics travel best.
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A light scarf protects against sun, dust and sand and covers your shoulders when needed.
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For the beach, pool and warm evenings. They also protect your feet in shared showers.
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Comfortable shoes for every day, for town and short walks. Wear new ones in before the trip.
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Light and quick to pack for warm days. Check the dress code for churches and restaurants.
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Shade your face and neck in the sun. A brim all round protects better than a cap.
Hygiene
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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 resealable clear bag of up to one litre for liquids in hand luggage, each container usually 100 ml at most.
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A wash bag keeps toiletries together. One with a hook can hang in small bathrooms.
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Razor, blades and shaving foam or gel in travel sizes.
Gesundheit & Reiseapotheke
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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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Protects against bites. In the tropics choose a repellent with DEET or icaridin.
Technik
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Your phone holds tickets, maps and contacts. Do not forget the charger and cable.
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For music, films and calls on the way. Noise-cancelling headphones help on long flights.
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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
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Strand & Baden
0/4
Lesen & Spielen
0/2
Vor der Abreise
0/7
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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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Give keys to friends or relatives
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