Travel planning
Advice that applies wherever you are going: booking, packing, money, health, phones and getting through airports.
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Travel planning · Practicalities
Choosing a Travel Adapter or Converter
A travel adapter changes the shape of your device's plug so it fits a foreign wall socket, but it does not change the electricity.
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Travel planning · Practicalities
Packing List for a Two-Week Trip
Planning a two-week trip means settling three packing questions early: what goes through the security checkpoint, what goes in the checked bag, and which clothes suit the climate.
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Travel planning · Health and safety
How to Choose Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is a policy you buy for one trip. It pays specific losses if something goes wrong on that trip, such as a hospital bill abroad, an emergency flight home, a canceled hotel booking, or lost luggage.
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Travel planning · Things to do
Carry-On Liquid Rules for the US, EU and UK
If you pack a carry-on bag for a flight from the United States, the European Union or the United Kingdom, the liquid rules determine how much shampoo, sunscreen, medicine and baby formula you can take through security.
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Travel planning · Things to do
How to Reduce Jet Lag
Jet lag happens when your body clock stays set to your home time zone after you arrive in a new one.
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Travel planning · Things to do
eSIMs for International Travel
An eSIM is a built-in chip in your phone that stores a mobile plan, so you add a plan by downloading it instead of inserting a plastic SIM card.
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