THE CHECKLIST
What's In THE CHECKLIST?
Everything you'd forget. We already wrote it down.
Fifteen pages of the things you'd otherwise be scrambling to remember at 11pm the night before a flight. Printable, reusable, and built for the way real people actually travel -not the way Instagram does.
A few things that surprise people:
• There's an assistance request at the airport most travelers don't realize they qualify for. (No, you don't need to "look disabled.")
• There's a 90-second check we do in every hotel room before unpacking. It takes a phone flashlight.
• There's a curated app list -including the popular ones we skip and one international essential most U.S. travelers don't think about until they're standing at a foreign baggage claim.
• There's a medication tracker designed to be handed off in a hurry -to a travel companion, hotel front desk, or emergency room.
• There's a "just-in-case bag" for the moment your checked luggage doesn't show up on the carousel. (It will, eventually. The bag is for the 24 hours before that.)
Organized in four phases, plus an appendix:
PART 1 Before You Go
Home prep, documents, smart flight choices, and the tools to download before you leave Wi-Fi.
PART 2 Packing
Two lists -what goes in the checked bag, what stays with you on the plane.
PART 3 Travel Day
Airport strategy, hotel-room walk-through, and how to land without jet lag wrecking day one.
PART 4 If Something Goes Wrong
Who to call and what to do -for medical, safety, and lost-passport situations.
APPENDIX Reference Material
The deeper-dive sections, plus our legal terms.
One checklist. Every trip. Tested by us so you don't have to remember it twice.
