Have you ever gone out of town with your cell phone and forgotten your charger? Brought your camera but missing the battery - or left the card in your home computer? Missing the cable to connect to high speed and have to buy one because the hotel doesn't supply it? Brought along accessories that you don't use that took up space and added weight?
The answer is to make a checklist and to USE it.
List all the things you MIGHT want to take: for me that includes
- Laptop
- Air card
- Internet connection cable
- Charger
- Electric plug-in
- Squid (to expand the number of outlets)
- Bose earphones for the plane
- iPhone
- iPhone charger
- Konika pocket digital camera
- Konika battery charger
- Canon digital camera
- Canon battery charger
- Extra media card
- Media card reader
Save the basic template, then print out a few before every trip. Check off everything when you're packing to go (put a N/A if you've decided not to take something). Use the blank ones for when you're packing for the next leg or returning home.
Make separate checklists or a longer checklist for things like business cards, itinerary, tickets or boarding pass, drink tickets, passport, reservation confirmations, presentation materials, handouts, etc.
One for clothes and accessories.
What items to you have on your Tech Travel Checklist that I haven't mentioned above?
