-Arrange transportation to/from
airport.
-Arrange for pet care / plant care /
house care.
-Give tour contact numbers to
family/friends.
-Inform neighbors/landlord about
dates away.
-Inform colleagues/students/clients
of dates away, and alternatives if they need your services.
-Put together an address list for
postcards to send.
-Pay bills, check which bills may
arrive while you are gone.
-Get cash/travelers checks. A good
way to bring cash is $100 bills. Make sure they are the up-to-date
ones with the large picture in the center. No marks or rips.
-Check with your bank/credit card
company about their policies for withdrawing money with your card
while in Egypt. ATM withdrawals are usually cheaper than cash
advances.
What is your limit per day on
withdrawals while in a foreign country?
What are the charges?
What are your options?
-Tell your credit card company that
you will be in Egypt. Credit
card companies like to know that charges may be showing up on your
account from a foreign country and that this is OK (those charges
are not typical of your spending profile, so are suspect).
-Stop/hold mail. Fill out form at
P.O.
-Do autoresponders for emails.
-Change outgoing message on
voicemail/answering machine.
-Clear out refrigerator.
-Go over packing list – spare
glasses? Medications?
-Check that cell phone has charged
battery. Bring charger or something to recharge it.
-Bring long-distance calling card,
or something so that you can make phone calls from a pay phone.
-If you intend to check your email
while in Egypt, go over the procedure for checking your emails from
a computer which is not your own. If your password is stored on your
computer, remind yourself what it is.
-Make sure you are bringing
telephone numbers for airlines, Ruth’s Egyptian cell/mobile number*
and other important phone numbers. Put in the same place as your
ticket and passport.
*If you are delayed, please call
Ruth’s Egyptian cell/mobile (+20 10 518 0963) or
in the USA leave a message at All
One World: 1-877-538-8836 or +1 401 284 0263.
-Turn the thermostat down.
-Water plants.
-Garbage out.
-Make sure appliances are turned
off, faucets off securely.
-Unplug computers, printers, etc.
-Windows & doors closed &
locked, lights off/on.
-Bless the house. Bless the trip.
Bless your return home – safe, enriched & happy.
Bon voyage!
