With the countdown to our South America trip already chiming away I am starting to get that anxious feeling of Pre-Trip Panic! You know the one where you are scrambling around trying to get everything ticked off your to-do list, staring at the mountain of things you NEED to pack and knowing that you will have to make some tough choices on what (i.e. most of it) will get left behind. It’s like Sophie’s Choice of the suitcase world, even though you have procrastinated watching Zoella and Lift Prank videos putting it off. Does anyone else do this?
So to calm myself down what better way than to make a good ‘ol list and try to make sure everything gets done that needs to get done:
Pack – I think I have everything I need and am desperate to try and keep my bag as light as physically possible. Wish me luck. But I already know I have too much stuff so am preparing myself to pack and repack about 10,000 times with much crying and clinging on to clothes in the process.
Travel Insurance – It is a minefield of policies, deals, information and stress inducing crap out there in regards to spending money that will save your ass. But if you saw my post yesterday where I questioned just how important is this pricy piece of paper you may understand the essentials a little better. I am spending waaaay to long on this task so am determined to get this sorted today.
Accommodation- I have booked the flights but so far not began the search of where we will sleep the first night we arrive. My go-to websites for this are Hostel World and Booking.com but I really should get this sorted soonish otherwise I wonder how comfy the sand on Copacabana beach is?
Sort Money Out – I wrote a post here about how to be a savvy spender but I haven’t decided how much we will take as cash or sorted this out yet. I don’t like travelling with wads of cash but we will need enough so at least when we arrive we can get food and to wherever it is that we will be sleeping. My bestie told me about these travel cash passport cards which I may peruse. Have you used them before?
Choons – My iPod is desperate for a good overhaul as all the songs that currently sit on the small grey thing are either really old, heard a million and one times or too embarrassing to be seen singing along to in public. I like to have new music for each trip/country I go for the happy memories. I still get shivers when I hear One Day Baby as this was on repeat when I got my tattoo. Speaking of which I am very much tempted to be adding to my small collection whilst we are away…
Technology – I am taking a small teeny tiny laptop to allow me to keep writing and blogging thankfully my lovely mummy has lent me hers but I need to remove all her files to make space for ALL of the photos I will be taking. Seriously snap happy!
The other things I need to sort are cancelling contracts, telling the bank I will be away so hopefully they don’t put a stop on my card and boring bits like that really. Now I have written this all down it doesn’t look like too much actually. Maybe I can go and faff around on You Tube for a little longer after all.
