- Keep screenshots of all hotel reservations, tickets and visas in a separate chat
- Double-check all scheduling using the local time zone
- Bring only one pair of shoes
- Do not bring a neck pillow
- Do not bring extra warm layers – one of each is enough (e. g. one sweater, one jacket…)
- Bring smaller medicine bottles
- Bring more stomach meds
- Bag the razor
- Bring hats with visors
- Bring hand sanitizer
- Bring museum membership cards
- Leave vaccination cards
- Pick restaurants with breakfast. Even a bad breakfast is better than nothing.
- Do not pick restaurants on shopping streets – go at least one block away
- Pack snacks
- Buy at least one local SIM card to have a local phone number