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Beach trip with kids

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    • Travel preparation

    • By 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 6. Food must be boat packed (paper bag inside a plastic bag).
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    • Home preperation

    • One way to help protect your home while away on vacation is to make it seem like the homeowners are currently there. This can be done by setting up timer lights throughout the house. Lights can be placed on timers both indoors and out which will present an at home atmosphere. Those who perpetrate breaking and entering crimes will be less likely to target a home which has lights on and may opt for houses which are dark and obviously no one is home.
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    • Documents

    • You may need a photo to obtain passes, permits, etc.
    • If you have any of these (AAA, Hertz, Avis, Hilton, etc.), going abroad may be a good opportunity to use them.
    • Can save you some money in Youth Hostels, trains, museums, planes, so get one if you qualify as a student.
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    • Money

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    • Bags, cases, and packing

    • Pajamas, change of clothes, light jacket, glasses/contact, toiletries, hairbrush/pick, make-up, medicine, sunglasses
    • Use ziplock plastic bags for any items that could leak or possibly break in transit.
    • These see-through, zip-up mesh containers keep your clothes tightly packed and well-organized.
    • It's pretty amazing how much you can put into a backpack if you do a good job. By using rubber-bands, squeeze clothes down to a minimal size.
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    • Clothes: Basics

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    • Clothes: Casual

    • Clothes: Outerwear

    • Clothes: Dressy

    • Skirt, dress or nice slacks
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    • Travel Items

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    • Shoes

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    • Accessories

    • Babies & kids

    • A waterproof mattress cover, in case your child wets it at night.
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    • Toiletries

    • Must be pretty sturdy. Glass may not be a good idea for some journeys.
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    • Health & medications

    • If you require prescription lenses in your glasses, take a spare pair of glasses with you. There is nothing worse than having your glasses break or losing them on holiday and having no spare pair to fall back on.
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    • Laundry

    • Some hotel sinks and tubs have no stoppers. A universal sing plug which works with any size drain allows you to wash your clothes (A balled-up sock works in a pinch, too).
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    • Electronics & gadgets

    • With this adapter you and a friend can both listen to your music player at the same time
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    • Beach/swimming gear

    • Kathy's bringing one
    • Great for the beach. The mesh allows you to dump everything into the bag and then just rinse it all with running water.
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    • A small, cheap and easy to use protection weapon. Illegal in some countries.
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    • Extras & others

    • To avoid last minute gift-shopping make a list of all of the people you want to get gifts for.
    • May reduce homesickness
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FFor: females
KFor: kids/toddlers
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