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Gather pertinent information before you speak with your travel agent. Airline reward programs and numbers, passport, travel dates or windows, type of activities desired, budget.

Travel with the peace of mind that when life's unexpected circumstances happen, you'll be protected. Take advantage of worry-free Travel Protection to safeguard your vacation payment, your belongings, and most importantly, medical expenses from unforeseen events that may arise before or during your trip. Make sure to factor this into your trip's expenses. 

CDC will no longer require air passengers traveling from a foreign country to the United States to show a negative COVID-19 viral test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before they board their flight. For more information, see Rescission: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19 for all Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving into the United States from Any Foreign Country.

Check the weather before you go. Look over itinerary for activities and events (cruise theme parties, fancy dress dinners, hiking, skiing). Do your accommodations have a pool/spa? Do you plan to workout while on vacation? Always pack a rain jacket, comfortable shoes, and a light sweater no matter where you are traveling. Do any of your excursions have clothing requirements? Include sunscreen, a hat, toiletries, jewelry, sunglasses, reading glasses, and OTC medications. Do you need an adaptor to 

For international travel please make sure your passport is valid for at least six months beyond your trip end date.  If you need a visa or help renewing your passport, Generation Visa Services (GenVisa), with fast and easy ways to obtain visas, passports, and/or other documents required for travel, is an easy solution. 

Leave a copy of your itinerary, with Wandering Trails's contact information, with a trusted friend or family member not going on the trip. This was you are reachable in case of emergency.

Make sure you have enough medication to last 5 days longer than your trip and that all medication is in its original prescription bottle. Make sure Epi-pens and asthma inhalers are not expired. Some countries have strict regulations concerning medication. 

Be sure to schedule any necessary vaccinations and begin taking any preventative medications per doctors instructions.

All adults/teens in your travel party should have a copy of the trip's itinerary with them. This ensures that if members get separated they have hotel/cruise information, phone numbers and addresses as well as departure times, flight/train numbers and transfer times.

Have a picture of your passport number/picture page--ideally both on your phone and a paper copy kept in a separate location from your wallet or day bag.

Most major phone carriers offer International plans ranging from daily to monthly rates. This often allows you to use your cell phone while traveling with your phone's existing sim card.