It's rather basic, but I always pack a 'first aid kit' in a gallon Ziplock bag. I do it for my young adults, too, when they travel. Band aids, hydrocortisone cream, Neosporin, Advil/Tylenol, cold meds, throat lozenges. Ironically, I had packed cold meds and lozenges when we visited our student studying abroad, left them with him and then caught a cold two days later when we continued traveling and had difficulty finding lozenges. I thought that Ricola would be everywhere, but nope. Paid about $15 for a small package of a Euro brand and learned my lesson.
Great article! I fly a lot for work, and I started using one of those drawstring bags (that are often given away with logos on them) to put everything I want to use on the plane. This lets me pull it out when I get on the plane, and then I don't have to worry about trying to access my backpack during the flight. The drawstring also means that things stay put in it.
It's rather basic, but I always pack a 'first aid kit' in a gallon Ziplock bag. I do it for my young adults, too, when they travel. Band aids, hydrocortisone cream, Neosporin, Advil/Tylenol, cold meds, throat lozenges. Ironically, I had packed cold meds and lozenges when we visited our student studying abroad, left them with him and then caught a cold two days later when we continued traveling and had difficulty finding lozenges. I thought that Ricola would be everywhere, but nope. Paid about $15 for a small package of a Euro brand and learned my lesson.
Great article! I fly a lot for work, and I started using one of those drawstring bags (that are often given away with logos on them) to put everything I want to use on the plane. This lets me pull it out when I get on the plane, and then I don't have to worry about trying to access my backpack during the flight. The drawstring also means that things stay put in it.
Very practical advice. Though the Sapphire card costs $95 a year. Have to travel a lot to accumulate that much in foreign transaction fees.