Oveseas Vacation? 7 Pre-Departure Tips For Your Next Overseas Vacation

Heading off overseas for week or two? Bookedhelpfully cancel your account because of all those
your tickets? Arranged your hotels? But whatcharges you start creating in Europe if the card is
have you not remember to do: read on for whatnormally used in California!
you must do before getting on that plane!Set up your free email account. Don't bother
Is your passport is up to date? Also make suretrying to login to your local ISP's webmail - they
its not damaged to the point of issues at theare generally horrible and slow. Setup a gmail or
border or check-in desk. If there is damage toyahoo account before you go and forward your
the photo page you probably need a new one.current email account to it - you may find you
Do you have a copy of your prescriptionnever go back to your old account.
medicines? Not just the pills themselves but youIf you are blind bat without your prescription
need a copy of the prescription with you in caseglasses make sure you have a spare pair of
your pills or luggage get separated from you.glasses or contacts and a copy of your
Preferably scanned and accessible from yourprescription. If you are heading to Asia or many
email account.other parts of the world you will be able to pick
Do you know how to enable international roamingup a spare pair of glasses for a lot less than
on your cell phone. Your cell phone may becomehome.
a heavy address book if you don't know whatTime zone education. If you are taking your
you have to do to make it work overseas. Checkmobile and expecting your family to call you -
the call rates too while you are talking to youreducate them as to time difference at your
provider.destination - unless you want to take calls at 5am
Tell your credit/debit card provider that yourthat is!
usage pattern will change. You don't want to