Vacation Checklist Printable
This isn't a packing list. It's everything else: the stuff that has nothing to do with your suitcase but still ruins a trip if you forget it, like the mail piling up on the porch or a declined card because your bank flagged foreign charges as fraud.
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Three sections, in the order you'd actually do them
Home
Mail hold, plants, trash schedule, thermostat, locking windows, a neighbor or house sitter if you have one.
Admin
Bank travel notice (so a foreign charge doesn't get flagged), out-of-office reply, bills due while you're gone.
Day of
Chargers plugged in and charging, boarding passes downloaded, address for the airport confirmed, one last passport check.
Anyone who's come home to a bank fraud alert or a mailbox stuffed shut
This is the checklist for the two days before departure, separate from packing. For what to actually put in your suitcase, use the packing list template. For the weeks-out planning tasks (booking, insurance, visas), see the trip planning checklist instead.