Pre-Travel Document Checklist

Fifteen minutes before a trip. Scan these, note these emergency numbers, and if anything goes wrong you can get home without panic.

What's in the template

  • Identity and financial documents to scan before departure
  • Trip-specific confirmations to save digitally and access offline
  • Emergency reference numbers section — fill in once per trip
  • One-page print-friendly layout that fits in your carry-on

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Why this template exists

The cost of a stolen bag is the bag. The cost of a bag with no document backups is the bag plus three days of your trip spent queuing at an embassy, plus emergency flights, plus a replacement-credit-card delivery to a hotel address you're no longer staying at.

Fifteen minutes of prep before departure eliminates that scenario entirely. You're not preventing the theft — you're removing the consequence. The documents live in your phone, offline. The emergency numbers are written on paper, in your carry-on, separate from your main bag.

When you get back, store those scans properly with filedup — privately on your iPhone, organised by category, ready for the next trip.