Traveling can be an exciting time, but without proper planning and preparation then your trip can be ruined. The most critical part of the preparation process is packing. Without a proper plan and with poor execution of packing, then you may accidentally overlook essential items that were supposed to be packed. In this article about travel packing tips, I will provide an overview of probably the three most crucial items that must be packed for any traveler.
Critical Item #1: Cash, Credit Cards, and Traveler Checks
I would like to refer to this item as the triple C’s: Cash, Credit Cards, and Traveler Checks. These are listed in the order of importance. Sufficient cash is the most important item to bring, without money your trip will be worthless.
Credit cards are important, as this acts as a backup reserve in case you run out of cash or want to save on the amount of cash you want to bring. This comes in handy for places where credit cards are readily accepted, such as hotels, and restaurants.
Traveler checks are sometimes a good item to bring along as it is a secure way of bringing money as only yourself will be authorized to cash out the checks. However the limitations with traveler checks is that there are only a limited number of places where you can actually cash out these checks, such as the local bank.
Critical Item #2: Passport and / or ID
For any place you go, you must bring a form of government issued identification of yourself. If you are going abroad to another country, or planning to fly domestically within your own country then definitely your passport is needed. This is pretty much self explanatory why passports are a must, simply because either you cannot enter the country or board the plane! But surprisingly enough, some people do forget to bring their passports.