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Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist
I have my passport, I plan on photocopying all my documents before I go. Is there also anything I should know about airplane travel? Also, it looks like my flights will probably have connections...do the airport staff bring my luggage from one plane to the next or do I have to find my luggage at the carousel and then check it for the next plane? I would also appreciate any kind of general travel advice. That's all the questions I can think of for now, I'll probably post more in this thread once I think of them. Thanks in advance.
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protect your passport and your money. Everything else you can buy if you lose it, you're not going into the middle of the sahara. Being 21, it might be better to have a mentality that anything you bring, may not make it back with you. My first tour through australia pretty much had me replacing every t-shirt i brought with another one I picked up along the way.
I'm pretty sure every country you have there is in the EU, but double check. You'll only have to clear customs once you enter the EU after that as long as you are going from on EU to another EU country it's essentially the equivalent of flying within Canada. If a country is not part of the EU, just make sure they don't have any visa restrictions on Canadians, most countries allow Canadians a 3 month tourist visa, so I don't believe you'll have any problems...(i'm looking at you russia).
Just ask when you check your bags at the airport if you need to pick up your bags during connections. Most times our bags have always been checked all the way through to our destination, occasionally, and usually if we stop through the states, we have to pick up or bags and then re-check them.
Check your times in between flights, if you're a first time long distance flyer you might want at least 1.5-2 hours in between each flight for peace of mind.
When you pack your carry-on, bring a toothbrush and anything you might need to survive a night or two without your main bag in case your bag does get lost. Contact solution, meds etc...
My favourite feeling when I leave is the feeling of only my passport and my wallet in my pockets... no phone, no keys, no responsibilities.
oh yeah, and this
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A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.
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