9 Things You HAVE TO DO The Night Before You Travel (Besides Pack)
Packing? Dog Sitter? What Do You Need Get Done the Night Before You Travel So You Can Have the Smoothest Travel Day Possible? Here we go through 9 things (besides packing) that travelers should do the night before they leave so that the day they leave and the day they come back from their vacations are not stress inducing times. These are things that Jocelyn and Mark do before they travel to make things easier.
What To Do the Night Before
1. Stop the Mail and the Newspaper
(if you are still getting the newspaper) and have someone cut your grass while you are gone. Those are give aways that no one is home. It is simple little things like this that can really give away that you are gone.
2. Let a Trusted AND Liked Neighbor Know You Are Leaving:
They can check on the house and deal with any issues while you are away. Maybe give them a key as well in case any incidents occur. We have certain neighbors we always let know when we travel so they keep an extra eye open and sometimes pick up the mail when the mailman eventually forgets we are having our mail held.
3. Get a Manicure and Especially a Pedicure:
with all the walking you do while you travel or even if you are just sitting on the beach having your feet cleaned up before you go can make traveling so much better. This helps to keep your feet healthy and to keep you from ingrown toenails and other funky feet problems.
4. Set Your Light Timers:
timers can help make it appear that someone is at your home even though you are gone in Cancun. However, trying to figure out how they work the morning you are traveling is a lost cause, so try to get that done the night before. It is best to have them set on a slight variation of on and off times to make it seem more “natural.”
5. Get The Garbage Out & Ask Your Friend to Take It Out:
Do you really want to have to air out your house from the smell of rotten food when you get home? You may want to make sure you run the dishwasher as well as there is nothing quite like coming home to a mold covered mess in your dishwasher, on your counter, or in your sink.
6. Clean Your House or at Least Pick It Up:
this will make returning from your trip much more relaxing. Coming home with two weeks of laundry and then having to put it with the other two weeks of laundry that are still sitting there really is not a way to start your day back home. We aren’t perfect so we don’t always get all the laundry folded and away, but at least we have a laundry room full of clean clothes piled up 🙂
7. Clean Sheet Day:
Wash your sheets so when you come home from your trip and all those hotel beds you can come home to your bed with clean sheets, I mean who doesn’t LOVE clean sheet day? That is probably the best part of coming home. Back in my own bed and with new or recently laundered sheets. The best night sleep is when you get back home.
8. Call Your Bank, Credit Card Companies and Mobile Phone Provider:
let them know you will be gone and get a data package for your phone, also so your credit cards and debit cards will work while you travel. Some credit card companies track your travel based on if you bought your tickets with their card. This is not always the case though so make sure you let your credit card company and debit card company know where and when you will be traveling as those foreign ATMs may just eat your card if you don’t advize your bank.
9. Have Your Clothes, Passport, Wallet, Purse & Tickets Ready to Go:
the day you travel things get even crazier, so having those clothes out and other important things make it less hair raising of a travel morning. We have clothes out for ourselves and our kids in the hallway all ready to go that way when we get up it is one less thing to think about or worry about. It is just pull on the pants and hit the road.