Getting ready for a holiday
by Janice Johnson
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My friend, Myra, always worries when she goes on holiday. She runs around like a headless chicken for days before she leaves. But when everything is finally packed and the taxi is waiting in front of the house, she can’t find her passport. She then unpacks everything. When the floor is covered with her holiday clothes, light reading, camera, iPad, make-up, bottles of sun cream and after-sun, she finds her passport in her jacket pocket!
One year, after she found her passport, she discovered that it was no longer valid, so she couldn’t go on holiday. Another time she went to India but didn’t have the necessary vaccinations, so she couldn’t enter the country. And when she fell and hurt her arm in Canada, she had to pay $755 to have it fixed at a hospital because she didn’t have any holiday health insurance. That is my friend, Myra!
None of that can happen to me because I have this holiday checklist here. It tells me the things to do before I go on holiday, so I never forget anything.
My holiday checklist
1. Make sure that your passport is valid. If you need a visa for the country you are visiting, remember to apply for one in good time. This can take some time to get, especially in the summer months.
2. Buy a purse just for your passport and tickets. You can then keep all your travel documents in it. I bought one that is bright pink, so I can see it in my bag easily.
3. Check your holiday health insurance. You will need it when you get sick or hurt.
4. Make sure that you have all necessary vaccinations, but don’t get two at the same time. I did that once, and felt sick for two weeks.
5. Check with the airline how much your bags can weigh.
6. Check the time and date of departure if you are travelling by plane.
7. Take enough foreign currency with you.
8. Don’t forget about your sun cream.
9. Ask the neighbour to take in the post and water the plants for you, and remember to bring back something as a thank-you present for the neighbour.
