Preparation Checklist

So you have decided to go on your next adventure! Here's a list of what to do next.

6 Months Prior to Departure

Reserve your trip with Adventures Within Reach
Make flight reservations
Check medical insurance regarding foreign travel coverage and purchase travel insurance
Obtain or update passport
See your physician regarding physical exam, immunizations, training schedule, travel and high altitude advice, and medications
Begin physical fitness training
Get excited!

Make final payment to Adventures Within Reach
Inform Adventures Within Reach of rental equipment needed, dietary restrictions, and medical conditions
Learn to speak the local language
Buy a book on your destination
Rent a global cell phone

Obtain cash and travelers checks
Stop mail, newspapers, deliveries
Prepay bills
Arrange for care of pets, lawn, and plants (or arrange for house sittiing)
Make copies of drivers license, birth certificate, passport, visa, health insurance card, vaccination card, plane tickets, credit cards, travelers cheques. Give one copy to someone at home, and put one copy in your luggage separate for the original items.
If not traveling with family members, prepare a medical power of attorney to authorize medical treatment to a member of your traveling party.