Most people book flights and hotels and then stop planning. Everything else gets left for the last day – and then everything in a rush. People forget about insurance, transport arrangements, and how to use the phone abroad. None of it is complicated, but it all takes time, and doing it the night before a flight is not fun. One thing worth sorting early is mobile connection – eSIM Plus, which lets you set up data and a local number before you leave, so you’re connected from the moment you land.

Start With the Passport

Check when it expires. A lot of countries won’t let you in if it’s valid for less than six months from your travel date, even if the trip is two weeks long. People find this out at check-in. That’s a bad moment to find out.

Visas are the other thing to look at early. Some countries