The free international travel departure checklist
Traveling abroad takes a little more paperwork than a trip closer to home, and nearly all of it is easy once it is done ahead of time. What causes trouble is the item nobody checked — an expiry date, a missing copy, a bank that was never told. This checklist covers the documents, the money, the phone, and the people back home, so you can leave with everything in order.
What’s inside
- Passport and entry requirements — passport validity for your whole trip, visa and entry requirements for every country on your itinerary, and names matching across passport, tickets, and reservations
- Copies and important information — copies of your passport and key documents kept separate from the originals, digital backups, a set left with someone at home, and embassy or consulate contacts
- Money and phone — bank and card notifications, backup payment methods, international data and roaming sorted out, and offline maps, translation help, and confirmations
- Health and packing — medications in your carry-on in their original packaging, a paper list of medications and conditions, insurance documents, and carry-on essentials in case a checked bag arrives late
- At home and in an emergency — your full itinerary shared with family, current emergency contacts on paper as well as in your phone, and care arranged for your home, mail, and pets
- The plan most people forget — the short list that makes sure your family would never have to figure things out at the worst possible time
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Who’s behind this checklist
Journey Secure is an Authorized Independent General Agency for Return Assured℠. The membership’s benefits are provided through APASI, which has been providing travel assurance since 1994. The idea behind everything we do is simple: a Return Assured℠ membership costs $350 once, for life, and if a member passes away more than 75 miles from home, one call has everything arranged and paid for to bring them home — so their family never has to figure it out at the worst time. The checklist is free whether or not the membership is ever right for you.
Common questions
Is it really free?
Yes. The checklist is a free download, no payment and no obligation. We make it because leaving well is the whole point of what we do — and because some readers will later decide the membership is right for them.
Will you spam me?
No. You’ll get the checklist right away, and after that an occasional email — seasonal reminders and planning tips, a few times a year, not a few times a week. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing is immediate and permanent.
What is Journey Secure?
Journey Secure offers the Return Assured℠ membership: lifetime travel protection for people who spend time away from home, including passport holders traveling in another country, far from home. If a member dies more than 75 miles from home, one call at the time of death sets everything in motion — identification, preparation, transport home, and the paperwork — with the costs covered. It is not insurance; it’s a membership, and it’s one $350 payment for life. You can read more at journeysecure.com.
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