Getting Ready To Leave: What Are We Forgetting? & Travel Tip #1

Have you ever left on a trip and never forgotten anything?   We haven’t.   At least some little something that, “We’ll bring next time” … Actually the bigger question is, “Have you ever packed too much and arrived back home having never used some things?” … But that’s a topic for another post.

Travel Tip #1  (Learned in the School of Hard Knocks when Luelle’s passport and all our money were stolen by a pickpocket in Barcelona).  That time Heather had to scramble and fax copies to Spain.

Now what we do is have scanned copies of our passports sent to ourselves by email.   These could be in passworded documents if you are worried about security of your email.  Then if we needed them, we could log on from any computer in the world and download a copy.  The same thing could be done with Drivers Licenses and Credit Cards.  Those should be passworded for sure.  We also keep several paper copies in different parts of our luggage for additional redundancy

It always seems to happen as we get ready to get out of town.  The Mad Scramble.   We haven’t sold any property for months.  Now we are selling 2 and leasing one in California and buying one in Virginia, all going on while we’re in Europe … Ugh!    But it’s a blessing to have a great team to work with and a blessing to be living in this digital age.  We expect that all will go smoothly enough.  I’ll continue to do my webinars and even though I’m encouraging Luelle to take a break, I’m sure she’ll sell some River Cruises from her River Cruise!  What a country!   I guess it’s not work if you love it!

So we need your help!   What are your favorite things to not forget?  Maybe your favorite travel tip?  Add it in the comments and We’ll publish a complete list later.   We’ve already got Heather to take in the mail and feed Tsunami.  Thanks kiddo…

Next Post, I’ll share our itinerary and a map.  Our goal in writing this blog is to bring as much value as we can to our friends and those considering a River Cruise.  We’re committing to writing every day and including photos and video.  You’ve seen Rick Steves and Samantha Brown, the professionals.  This blog will be more the unofficial version.  We’ll be your “embedded reporters” boots on the ground, up close and personal, and do our best to tell it how it really is…

Thanks for reading,

Luelle & Dave Robinson  aka Travel-Babe  & her Protector from Pirates.

(I may get in trouble for calling her that but I think it has a certain ring to it.   What do you think?)