Before you fly: the checklist

Documents

• Passport valid at least 6 months after your trip, with 2 blank pages
• Visa, e-Visa or ETA approval, printed and on your phone
• Arrival card done, if your destination uses one
• Return or onward ticket
• Accommodation booking for at least your first night
• Travel insurance certificate (and Zanzibar insurance, if you’re going there)
• Copies of everything saved offline on your phone

Children

• Each child’s unabridged birth certificate (original or certified copy)
• Consent affidavit from a parent who isn’t travelling

Health

• Yellow fever card, if you’re visiting or transiting a risk country
• Malaria tablets, if your clinic recommended them
• Your medication in its original packaging, with a script

Money and phone

• Bank told you’re travelling; a backup card packed separately
• Some clean US dollar notes printed after 2009
• An eSIM bought, so you have data when you land

The last check

• Checked the IATA Travel Centre (what airlines use) for my route
• Checked the official site for any change this week