Trip planning checklist: from booking to packing

A travel checklist for before you go: passport and visa, booking, insurance, pets and post, and a packing list. Free trip planner template in Plenzu.

9 stepsAbout 5h of workPlanned back from your departure

What this plan is based on

The checklists of frequent travellers: documents first, book early, pack from a list.

The plan, step by step

6 weeks before

  1. Check passports or ID and visa rules20m

    Many countries want a passport valid for six months after the trip.

  2. Book travel and the first nights1h 30m

5 weeks before

  1. Check travel insurance20m

  2. Vaccinations or medicine, if needed30m

2 weeks before

  1. Arrange pets, plants and post30m

3 days before

  1. Download tickets, maps and bookings to your phone30m

1 day before

  1. Pack

    • Documents, cards and some cash10m
    • Chargers and adapter5m
    • Medicine and toiletries15m
    • Clothes for the weather there30m
  2. Check in and set an out-of-office20m

Departure

  1. Departure

Trip notes

Where: …
Bookings: add the confirmation files to this workspace under Files.

Ideas for there - …

Packing list extras - …

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