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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!
3 Months Prior to Departure
- Review packing list and buy necessary clothing and equipment
- Obtain all necessary visas
- Continue physical fitness training
2 Months Prior to Departure
- 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
- Arrange for house sitting, stop mail and newspapers
- Rent a global cell phone
1 Month Prior to Departure
- Obtain cash and travelers cheques
- 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.
- Reconfirm international flights