When planning a trip, always place a high priority on your travel documents - passport, airline reservations, car rental confirmations, and hotel reservations, plus travel maps, travel guidebooks and travel itineraries.
The best Tip is to begin to gather these documents together as soon as you begin to plan your trip, and place them in a carry-on travel bag that you plan to take on your trip. Since GoPalmTree.com recommends that you plan your travel on-line to save money, print out your online travel confirmations as soon as you make the reservation. You may need access to these documents in order to make changes, provide phone numbers to relatives, etc., and you do not want to have to search through endless computer files to find these important documents. TIP: THINK OF EACH DOCUMENT AS REPRESENTING THE MONEY VALUE IT COST YOU TO BUY IT OR BOOK IT - $100+ FOR A PASSPORT, $300 FOR PLANE TICKETS, $600 FOR HOTEL, ETC. This will help you to place a real value on each document, and when you think of the documents as actual cash, you will better protect and take care of each document accordingly.
Finally, make sure that you do these three things: 1) Keep your travel documents out when packing, including ID, and do not pack it in your regular luggage. 2) Look up the address of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the cities you will be visiting, and keep this with your documents. 3) Make a copy of all of your travel documents and keep these in a separate place that is not subject to being stolen.
These Tips will help you have a Better Trip!
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