Roll Call Celebrity Millennium 10/29/2006

[Cruisergal]

Ok, for those of you that wanted my travel checklist I am pasting a copy here. I am sure each of you could add something else to personalize it for your needs. Hope it will be of help to you.

PRE-TRAVEL CHECKLIST

General Home Preparation

Water plants

Unplug appliances, such as computers, tvs, ect.

Set thermostat up or down according to season

Stop all home-delivery services or have items picked up

Security

Lock all windows and doors

Tell neighbors you’ll be away and how to reach you

Set lights and a radio on timers.

Close blinds and curtains

Kitchen

Remove perishables from refrigerator

Empty all waste baskets

Run garbage disposal

Wash dishes

Personal

Check with doctor for any necessary vaccinations

Pick up cash, change, or traveler’s checks at bank

Get a telephone calling card and take it with you

Get absentee voter form if you will be away at election time

Tell friends how to reach you

Pay bills due while you are away

Refill medicines

Get clothes cleaned and picked up

Call Shuttle Service for pick up

Call or send family members numbers where you can be reached

Make list of items to pack

Miscellaneous

Print address labels to use for sending postcards

Turn off water to washing machine

Turn back water heater temperature

Fill bird feeders

[chachabell]

Thanks Maryann - That is a good list. Has a couple of things I hadn't thought about like turning off water to washer. I guess same principle applies to ice maker, but that is hard to reach. One other thing - notify credit card companies that you plan to use their cards out of country. Otherwise they may notice unusual activity and block your card.

[PaulaW]

Thanks for the list, MaryAnn. Most items are things that I always do, but never write down. Very helpful to have it concisely written down!

[terumim]

hey if anyone has a list of kinda what they are packing it would be helpful i have made a list but i seems to much..

if anyone has kinda idea of a list of clothes it would be helpful...so i know if i am going way to crazy or being like everyone esle

my boyfriend is with the puppies and the house so no worrys there

tonia :undecided:

[JoeyandDavid]

i don't know about others but we look at Europe as a jeans cruise.... that is except for dinner time......we also plan on taking advantage of the laundry service on board....By my calculations the amount of money we send on laundry will be less than paying the airlines overage charges on luggage....

[JoeyandDavid]

I see by the Meeting hall Page that Obxrtist<] who recently joined Crazies is part of our cruise....

Welcome to the cruise Obxrtist hope you will stop in and get to know us and us you!

Joey

[zebra]

Tonia, don't know about you but the cruise lines hairdryer just doesn't do it for me, I need my high power professional hairdryer - so that's a must and I pack an extension cord so that I can use it whereever I want in the cabin. The extension is one of those that has a multiplug, which helps when charging camera/video camera/cell phone etc. Also an International plug set as discussed earlier - for use in hotel rooms.

[Cruisergal]

Check out this site for all kinds of packing tips. You can pick what needed for your different travels.

http://www.geocities.com/Calgon1/Ultimate_Packing_List.html

Mary Ann

Here is another great site for all kinds of travel info.

[url=http://cruisediva.com/things_to_do.htm]http://cruisediva.com/things_to_do.htm

[Cruisergal]

For those that need more info on packing lists and tips, don't forget to click on those titles located on the left side of our forum page under "Planning". Lots of good tips.

Mary Ann

[JoeyandDavid]

Are we all set?....