Trip Prep To Do List – March 2016
Things are starting to roll and we are getting ready for our Round the World trip! In addition to checking things off our list, we met the fabulous Bender Family in Orlando and Keith & Nicole got away for adults only ski vacation. It was really nice to talk with other people who are traveling full time face to face. If you are traveling and are visiting Florida, we would love to meet up!
Every purchase we make now is highly scrutinized. Are we going to take that with us? Are we going to store it? Can we do without it? I’m excited to purchase our first tickets, coming up soon!
House
Fix up house for rent – Had a plumber assess our plumbing and no major repairs are needed currently, woo hoo!
Rent house – put on the market between Oct 2016 – Jan 2017
Rent storage unit
Move all items into storage
Get landlord home insurance
Cancel phone, internet, electric, water – when we move out
Setup FPL for renters
Setup water for renters
Sell unused stuff on Craigslist
Host garage sale
Donate stuff that’s not worth listing
Forward mail to service
Travel prep
Get passport pictures for everyone
Get new passports for everyone
Scan documents – Passports, all receipts for travel insurance claims, all travel confirmations, credit card contact numbers, birth certificates, marriage license
Purchase Travelers insurance and medical insurance – doing research now. If anyone has any tips, I’d love to hear them.
Get international driver’s license
Learn to drive a manual car – see my post on this fun, I hope to learn in the next month.
Book first flights – March / April 2016
Book first accommodations – Airbnb rentals
Book trains and ferries for first month (Ireland / England) Bookings open 90 days out
Book car for Ireland
Get visas for long stay in Euro Zone
Book Eurostar 6 months in advance for best rates
Buy all clothes / travel items needed
Buy luggage
Pack luggage
Pack backpacks
Order business cards for trip website and emails – Keith has been working on a design for these.
Schooling
Apply for homeschooling
Withdraw kids from public school
sign up for Florida Virtual School
Call Rick @ Florida Virtual School
Meet with school board rep to discuss online schooling and documentation options
Get needed books for schools
Electronics
Buy laptops for trip
Buy a new point and shoot camera or a DSLR
Buy 2 external hard drives for backup
Setup Skype with family/friends
Teach parents how to use Skype / Whatsapp
Get 2 unlocked phones (one BB, one Apple) – Half done here
Setup Storage on cloud drive
Health
Buy and create a medical kit
Vaccinations for everyone – Talked to kids doctor about this, now I need to make appointments at Passport Health
Eye exams for everyone
Get extra glasses for Keith and Nicole
Dental appointments for everyone
Final physicals for everyone
Finances
Cancel unnecessary Credit Cards – one done!
Opened one new Credit Card to get the points bonus. We need to keep ramping up our Frequent Flyer miles!
Open a new ATM account
Travel notices to CC companies
Change address on bills that will carry over
File taxes for FY 2016
Change paychecks for 401K contributions (Keith for 2017)
Return Camry on lease – Dec 2016
Sell Keith’s car – March 2017
Work
Write letter of resignation – Nicole
Write letter of resignation – Keith
Other
Going away party
Order cheap wedding bands
Get extra keys made
