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Hand luggage
Travel documents
- Passport
- Visa (if necessary)
- Plane tickets
- Travel insurance documents
- EHIC card
- Any other holiday documentation - for example for your hotel, hire car, transfers or your itinerary
- Driving licence
- Student card/senior concession card - for discounts on holiday
Valuables
- Travel money/overseas credit card/prepaid card
- Valuables such as iPad, iPod, mobile phone and camera (plus headphones and a memory card)
Essentials
- Any maps, directions or instructions for arrival in resort
- Useful contact numbers - for your bank, travel insurance provider, contacts at home, etc
- An umbrella
- A clear plastic bag for any toiletries
- Any medicine you need (plus your prescription) - but remember, you have to stick to the 100ml rule
- Tissues/ wet wipes
- A notebook and pen
Entertainment and comfort for your journey
- A lightweight jumper and socks - in case it gets chilly on the plane
- Books, magazines or games
- A guidebook to your destination
- Painkillers
- Lip balm
- A sleep kit for long flights - an eye mask, a travel pillow and ear plugs
- DVT flight socks
- Travel sweets
- A bottle of water (buy this once you have passed through security)
Hold luggage
- Clothes
- Underwear
- Sleepwear
- Shoes
- Chargers - for your mobile phone, camera and any other electrical items
- Travel adapter
- Toiletries
- Swimwear
- Sunglasses
- Suncream
- After sun
- Beach towels
- Beach bag
- Books/ereader
- Plastic bags - for wet swimwear/dirty clothes
- Rehydration salts
- Razor and shaving gel
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Hairbrush/comb
- Hairdryer
- Accessories: Hats, scarves, belt, etc
- First aid kit
- Insect repellent
- Swiss Army knife
- Mini sewing kit
Travelling with children? Don't forget...
- A change of clothes for the journey
- Snacks and travel sweets for the journey
- Wet wipes
- Nappies
- Enough baby food/milk for the journey (you will have to taste these when passing through security)
- Toys, games and books to keep children entertained
- Any medication your children will need while away (plus their prescription)
- Dummies/comfort blankets/soft toys
See our interactive children's packing list here.