I don’t know about you – but I am literally counting down the weeks until the silly season!
Countless South Africans, including me and my family, will be packing our bags and setting off on holiday to enjoy a little break.
Amidst the thrill of an adventure, the stressful activity of preparing can cause anxiety to the most seasoned of travellers. To help ease the burden, HomingPIN has a great essential checklist which I’m sure you’ll find handy.
The Essentials
- Passport
- Visas
- Itinerary
- Credit/debit cards
- Foreign currency
- Birth certificates and certified documentation for children
- International Driver’s License
- Car registration documents / Carnet – car passport for African countries
- Correct stickers for vehicles going into Africa
- Airline ticket
- Emergency contact details
- Travel Insurance
- Cellphone and charger
- Set up roaming for your phone
- A HomingPIN tag for your luggage and any other valuable items, can be used on bicycles, golf clubs, cameras, laptops, car keys, passports, wallets, cellphones, fishing rods etc – available at select Cape Union Mart Stores and online at www.takealot.com
Top Tips – Photograph your important documentation in case of loss
Be sure to check your baggage allowance before arriving at the airport in order to avoid exorbitant fines!
Whether it’s a long haul flight or a “are we there yet” car journey to your destination of choice, travelling in general is not very comfy. Here are some items to help create an experience that is either restful and soothing or as entertaining as you would like it be.
- Earplugs
- Travel pillow
- Books and magazines
- Travel sickness tablets
- Ipad/ Tablet
- Headphones
- Laptop and charger
- Plug adaptors
- Travel games for children
Summer holidays are a time to relax, rewind and enjoy. Ensure that you protect yourself and your family from the unnecessary stress of lost items by attaching your HomingPIN tag to your luggage and any other gadgets that you’re taking away with you.
Wishing you happy travels!
Have you heard about HomingPin?
HomingPIN is integrated with the worldwide World Tracer system, which all baggage handlers have access to. For airlines, HomingPIN will instantly provide information on the bag’s whereabouts when it is found. The airline will then contact the owner to arrange transfer of the goods. What’s more, is that HomingPIN can provide reasonably-priced transportation of your found goods, from anywhere in the world.
HomingPIN tags, stickers and key rings allow you to tag a variety of items including, but not limited to, luggage, laptop computers, mobile phones, keys, wallets and passports. Easy-to-use and practical, they’re a life-saver for the whole family. With this handy tool, lost keys have a much better chance of being returned to their owners, and owners have peace of mind too!
HomingPIN starter packs recommended retail price is R200 and the standard pack recommended retail price is R450. HomingPIN packs are available at select Cape Union Mart Stores and online at www.takealot.com
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We are off to Bangladesh!!!
Ooh la la! How exciting, you must be counting down the days 🙂
Unfortunately we will remain in CPT 🙁
Not all bad! There’s lots to do on a staycation:)
UGH we are off no where! Someone has to work! And working in the travel industry just depresses me when i see everyone jetting off! We are however saving all our pennies for a trip to France and Disneyland Paris!
Now that is somewhere worth saving for! We also hoping to take the kids there when they’re a bit older
MSC Cruise babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…..excited…:-)
That is THE best holiday. We went on one before we had kids and it was amazing! Have Fun xxx
Onrus in hermanus western cape such a beautiful place
Stunning place to relax
off to margate a beautiful quaint town, the south coast of Durban KwaZulu-Natal…. fantastic beach restaurant etc, great place for peace and tranquility
We’re also visiting Durban in January It will be our kids first flight so excitement all round 😉 Enjoy your holiday, just a few more weeks x
Garden route yay
We are off to Limpopo
No holiday over December hubby working but we planning a holiday for next year so this will come in handy then
Going to Johannesburg to visit family
will be going to Jhb
We off on a cruise to Mozambique! And the ref of my summer will be spent eating copious amounts of litchis on the stunning Durban beaches!
OFF TO Witsand and onrun(hermanus). Planning a trip to Bali next year.
Off to Cape town this holiday to visit family
Hopefully Reunion Island with the whole family
I will be working – but If i get my way – a trip for 2 with the hubby