Preparing for your Travel trip: Part 1

All the things you need to do to prepare for your travel trip!

There are so many things that you have to organise before going travelling and personally, I was so overwhelmed! I think I must’ve watched hundreds of TikTok videos to try and prepare, so hopefully this is a short list of all of the things that you need to sort out before you’ve even step foot on that plane will help!

1. Doublecheck what visas you need!

Each country varies when it comes to what Visa you’ll need! For example: Thailand you get 60 days free access, Vietnam you get 30 days for access and Cambodia you need to fill out an evisa before you arrive or you can do it when you get to the airport.

Funny story, I never realised when we got to Cambodia that we needed to have a Visa😅 so when we finally got to the security desk, the officer asks where’s my Visa…? I almost DIE because I thought we were going to have to get a plane back to Vietnam and they weren’t going let us in!! 😭 LUCKILY we could just fill out an evisa there but always good to be prepared and check before you get to each country. Lauren from my miracles guys haha.

2: Travel insurance

I looked on go compare so the best deal, Me and James opted for a couples package, this was £500 for both of us under our backpackers option. I made sure we had good coverage for any medical and lost luggage !!

3: Vaccinations:

Not everyone gets them but as we were away for 3 months I went for the free vaccines that were recommended by myGP which are free of charge. There were other vaccines that you could pay for but we didn’t bother with them.

4: Print off or travel documents:

God forbid your phone dies, you can’t get access to Wi-Fi or service and you can’t bring up any of the documents that you need when you get to each country. Trust me, having your insurance & visas /printed off in your hand luggage just makes life so much easier.