When it comes to organizing all the paperwork for travel, I am definitely a little bit extra. You may wonder what makes me so extra. Well, I have 3 separate places I keep our paperwork: a binder, a folder, and our passport holder. Let me explain further.
I use a zippered binder for copies of everything. And I do mean EVERYTHING. I have dividers in the binder for driving directions, hotel reservations, parking reservations, boarding pass, and everything else I have purchased or directly applies to this cruise. When we board the ship, the binder will be one of our carry-on bags.
After using this binder for several cruises, I finally made labels for the dividers. All documents have a specific place they can be found. This will make things much easier should I ask Jim to get something.
Then there is a folder that also has driving directions, hotel reservations, parking reservation, and boarding pass. Basically anything that I would need on travel day and embarkation day. If I can’t find something I think I need for the folder, there is likely a copy in the binder. I also have a reminder list paper clipped to the front just in case I forget something that is likely to be written down in one hundred other places!!!
Finally, the last thing I use is our passport holder. Obviously this holds our passports but it also contains our vaccine cards, boarding pass, lanyards, and a magnetic card we use for keeping the lights on in our stateroom. At this time, it also has our appointment information for our rapid COVID test we have scheduled for later this week.
So, this is how over-the-top I am when it comes to travel documents. I have a fear that I will forget something. By having things in multiple places, I feel it lessens that possibility. At least for me and my anxiety it does!
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