The WORST thing you can do BEFORE your trip! ✈️

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Don't forget these crucial must-do, pre-flight tasks before your next vacation! These ten travel tips will save you time, money and most importantly a LOT of stress during your travels. I hope you enjoy!!
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[@Leslee358]

Oh WOW. Am I glad I saw your video. I’m a new traveler with a new passport. And I didn’t realize you have to sign it!!!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!!

[@lesliedawson7364]

My past self likes to make my future self freezer meals so I don’t have to cook when I get home especially on international trips

[@GenxGypsy1968]

That is a fantastic tip!! Thank you 😊

[@laulutar]

I like to make sure that I've got coffee, some shelf stable milk and maybe some staples like bread in the freezer, so that especially if my flight arrives late, I can have my first cup of coffee and maybe some breakfast at home, before braving other people after a trip.

[@GinaHouse]

Thank you so so much for your passport tip! I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow with my newly renewed passport and I hadn't signed it yet. I so luck that I watched your video tonight instead of when I returned home from my trip. What a lifesaver you are! Many hugs and thanks! 😍❤🇫🇷

[@birdee18]

I always call my bank before I travel. Last year the representative told me she would make a note on my account, but she also said I’d likely get a text the first time I tried to use one of my cards in Europe. Once I replied that it was indeed me using it, I’d be good to go. I also like to put clean sheets on my bed for when I return home. I also pay my grass cutter for the time I’ll be gone. Then I hope and pray my dad keeps the house clean!

[@ginnylee9928]

Just before leaving the driveway, I would recommend turning off the water at the meter. While traveling for a week, there was a slow water leak that caused a great deal of damage and costly repairs. Returning home to ankle deep water throughout the house erases almost all the happy memories of that trip. Even if we are only gone for a long weekend, now we turn off the water. Also, stop the mail or at least ask a friend or neighbor to collect it. Unplug small appliances such as the coffee pot and toaster. In the electric box in the garage, flip any switches that are not needed during your absence. (I.E. the stove)

[@GenxGypsy1968]

These are all great tips, especially for longer trips! So sorry about the water leak, I had some friends that happened to...it's a terrible thing to return home to 😢

[@kessas.489]

6:35 If you have a Mastercard or Visa it's not necessary anymore!

[@raquelraccoon4681]

In the 80s and early 90s, I never contacted credit cards. Granted, most purchases were in cash, except accommodations booked ahead. I didn't travel for a long time until 1999, where my two credit cards were cut off. Had I not been traveling with a new friend who jumped in, I have no idea what I'd have done with no food, gas or lodging until I finally sorted it out from a phone box on the side of a noisy motorway (pre traveling with cell phone).

[@janemaber5420]

Hi, I'm an Australian. We sign the passport application paperwork and our passport comes with that signature on it, just like the photo and other information. How interesting that the systems are so different!

[@birdee18]

That’s how my driver’s license is! You’d think they’d do the passport the same way.

[@laulutar]

Yeah, I'm from Finland, and my passport, national ID card and driving licence all come with the signature from my application forms printed on it.

[@Randilynn66]

Oh my gosh.I'm glad I saw this.We just received our new passports last week and I haven't signed it

[@tandanielle3875]

I just renewed my Canadian passport and was told by the agent in the passport office NOT to sign it. I have the new generation passport that has all the history removed.

[@kimmarkowitz7759]

Bank of America repeatedly says you don’t have to notify for travel. And.. they repeatedly decline all charges. Even when you call and ask them to put the notifications on your Visa or debit card.

[@donnakoehler1010]

Take your medical insurance card and call your car insurance company

[@AnneMB955]

Lucky enough to be able to go online to let my bank know I’ll be using a different currency overseas. Also my phone company automatically knows I’m outside my country and charges me a flat rate each day. So much easier than in the past. I also use Notes. Thx for all these reminders.

[@elena_a-2023]

As always, another great video. Thank you for all these useful tips!

[@gitakiss5801]

So to touch on credit cards. A little tip for Canadians who are traveling to the US. If the pump is asking for your zip code you put the numbers of the postal code link to your card followed by 00. For example if it is M5V 2T6 (the cn tower) you would enter 52600

[@GenxGypsy1968]

That is a fantastic tip, thanks for sharing 😊

[@ElijahNetzel]

I'm the same way with signing official documents. Didn't even know about signing your passport! Great tip! Especially for my japan trip later this year!

[@Randilynn66]

You won't.I never in a million years thought.I would need travel insurance. I broke my ankle ten days before I was supposed to leave for Australia. I have a yearly policy with alliance.However, I didn't realize I only had 5000 in trip.Cancellation thankfully my credit card covered the rest

[@gailcrockett9883]

Thank you. As I read this, there is no visa required for USA citizens entering Japan for less than 90 days to visit. Only a current USA passport and maybe driver's license.

[@GenxGypsy1968]

That's what I thought when I traveled last year too, but when I was at the Detroit airport they did want us to go through the eVisa process. There was no fee for the visa, so it felt more like the entry cards you fill out for other countries. 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@LaCheshireChat]

That map has a small mistake, I work with the European Union Commission here in France, and Éire (Southern Ireland) is part of the EU as a Schengen country.

[@abbymoore3760]

I am curious why you needed a visa to go to Japan from Detroit Michigan. I’m assuming you are an US citizen. I just checked to see if I need a visa for Japan and don’t see that I do being American. Please explain.

[@MO-jd4oh]

Can I download and watch KZbin videos in France. Your tips are very helpful. Thank you.

[@GenxGypsy1968]

If you have wifi, you should be able to watch KZbin videos anywhere 😊

[@eclairtreo]

If your hotel has wifi you can watch your KZbin in France without downloading them in advance. Been doing it for years. If you use a VPN location in the USA while in France, you can watch your Netflix and Hulu. Amazon Prime will not let you use a VPN to watch prime video.

[@MO-jd4oh]

@@eclairtreo Thank you. This will be my first time going. I appreciate your answer. 😀

[@MO-jd4oh]

@@GenxGypsy1968 Thank you for answering. I have been watching you and getting lots of good ideas. I am making my house sparkle before I leave.

[@gailcrockett9883]

Please clarify the need for a Visa to enter Japan from USA . Thank you.

[@GenxGypsy1968]

Here is the link to the information about their electronic visa system, you do one if you are traveling there for less than 90 days: www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/visaonline.html

[@Ryuuight]

I thought that you didn't need a Visa when going to Japan from the US And you just needed a passport...unless you needed a Visa because you also went to Korea?

[@GenxGypsy1968]

We did not need a visa for South Korea, but here is the link to the information about the Japanese electronic visa system, you do one if you are traveling there for less than 90 days: www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/visaonline.html

[@Ryuuight]

​@@GenxGypsy1968That's weird, as far as I knew the US was Visa exempt if you were there under 90 days (at least that's what every video I had watched said)

[@GenxGypsy1968]

@@Ryuuight That's what I thought when I traveled last year too, but when I was at the Detroit airport they did want us to go through the eVisa process. There was no fee for the visa, so it felt more like the entry cards you fill out for other countries. 🤷🏻‍♀.