let's be honest for a minute travel the last couple of years has not been easy
there have been so many more added protocols to traveling so many more documents that you need
so many tests that you need to take so many boxes that you need to check before you can
even think about leaving home i know that we're all thankful that we can travel again
safely but it gets to be a lot sometimes and if you're like me and you like to go on cruises
i find that even more stressful i'm always even as well traveled as i am i'm still
nervous that i left something at home or i didn't check one of those boxes here in a couple weeks
i'm headed over to europe to board celebrity cruises brand new ship the celebrity beyond i've
been so excited about it you guys know i've talked about it now for months if you watch my videos but
just planning for that trip i'm packing i'm making sure i have everything in order uh and it's it's
been a lot so i thought that i would share with you today five essential items that you need to
make sure you take if you're traveling this summer particularly on a cruise these protocols and these
mandates and things they're changing by the minute they're even changing by the country that you're
visiting so let's get right into these essential items that you're going to need for travel
this summer so the first item i have is a document book and this document book is actually one that
i ordered off amazon and i'll link that down below here i've used this on so many trips over the past
year and it's been a time saver it's made things so much more easy and efficient when i'm traveling
i can just pull this out of my backpack and all my documents are inside here you can put things like
insurance cards identification anything you might need here there's a slot here for your vaccine
card which is now needed just about anywhere that you go you're going to have to show your vaccine
card and you're gonna show it here a lot of times you don't even have to slide it out of the uh the
little holder here it holds your passport so easy access for all the things that you're gonna need
it's also good to just keep your document stored here finding my passport i know it's in this book
if i need my vaccine card i know where it's at i keep this uh in a drawer and i know exactly
where it is i can go grab it and it's ready to go i can be a little ocd when i travel
sometimes and i'm like oh no my documents here they are they're in this one place when i get my
negative coveted test and i have to prove that and show that paperwork or whatever and print that off
it goes right in here my boarding passes anything i need goes in this document holder and the best
part is it's easy to pull out at customs at the airport for check-in at the cruise ship
for check-in anywhere you need it's easy to pull out have all the documents you need ready to go
so the second essential item you need for travel this summer is masks and extra mask and i've got
a handful here and i always keep a handful in my bag now these are just regular k95 masks that i
ordered i think on amazon but you need to check not only that you need a mass but what type of
mask you need because different countries are requiring different types of math so make sure
that you not only know if you need a mask but what type of mask because a lot of countries especially
over in europe and other parts of the world are requiring a special kind of mass before you can
come in and out of their airport now i know that a lot of cruise lines and a lot of you know airports
and airplanes and theme parks just a lot of places that you might be visiting this summer
you might say well they've lifted the mass mandate right so i don't need to take a mask i don't need
to take extra mass but let me just remind you that it's still a very fluid situation and things
are still changing rapidly by the moment so make sure that no matter what the mandates currently
are just take some mass take some extra masks so that you're sure no matter what mandates change no
matter what protocols might come your way that you're absolutely prepared and you're ready to
travel so similarly to the mask we can't seem to get away from covet testing we're still testing
you know to get on airplanes we're still testing to get on ships the third essential item that
you want to make sure you have this summer is a covid test and i have cruised many times i think
seven times now needing a coveted test and most of those times i have just gone to a local pharmacy
or a local place in my area that's been offering cova tests however it's not as easy to get tests
at those places now they're not offering as many tests as they were before so those tests aren't
as readily available so i recommend that you get one of these emed tests this is a remote
cova test that you can take right at your home or anywhere really that you have internet access
you know on your phone on a device that you might be traveling with and i ordered a couple of these
they are pretty expensive but the country in which i'm embarking the celebrity beyond they actually
require that you test within 24 hours so that only gives me a day and i'm flying internationally over
there that's many hours of that day i have this test that will pretty much allow me to take it
anywhere and anytime that i might need to not only will it be useful if you're flying to a certain
country but it'll also be useful if you're coming home if you're a citizen of the united states
because as of the time of filming this video in mid-may of 2022 the united states is still
requiring its citizens to provide a negative covet test at check-in for their flight so the
day before i leave to come back home back to united states i'm going to have another one of
these to take so that i can provide my hopefully negative test result to the airline and be able
to get on the flight back home so i want to make sure before i go just to have that peace of mind
that i have coveted tests i'm gonna be able to test and get the results i need in order to both
get into that international country and get back home at the end of my trip so seguin right into
number four we talk about doing these uh remote tests you're going to need internet access so
number four you want to ensure that you have a mobile hotspot or mobile data you want to make
sure that you have some type of cell phone service when you're in a foreign country if you're like me
my cell phone provider doesn't offer any plans so i'm going to recommend a mobile hotspot this
is what i carry with me i have carried it with me to several countries now but when i went to europe
last fall i took this for the first time it's just a mobile hotspot i'll also link this down
below this actual device and through the company that i bought this device they actually offer
data plans so i have an account with the company i just simply go on and say i'm buying let's say 10
gigs of data for europe it's like a 30 day pass so within 30 days i have to use that 10 gig of data
it loads it directly onto here and then when i get to europe it's very easy all i have to do is turn
the device on it connects as a wi-fi device so it acts like a wi-fi modem or wi-fi router i hook my
phone up to this device which is then connected to the local cell phone towers or mobile connection
some kind of magic's happening there in that country but it enables me to have wi-fi
on my laptop on my phone on any of the other devices that i might be carrying with me that are
wi-fi enabled this is how i'm going to be able to take my remote cover test on the way home because
i'm going to ensure that i have access to internet anywhere i am in europe while i'm on my trip and
number five the fifth essential thing that you need to take with you if you're traveling this
summer is extra clothing extra medication extra necessities and why the extra you know i know that
packing can be a bit tight when you're going on a big trip but make sure you're taking a little bit
extra now we're still in sort of uncharted waters right and things are changing rapidly and you just
never know when we're traveling uh because there are so many requirements still in place because
you still have to provide a negative covet test in order to be allowed back in the united states
what happens if you test positive you want to make sure that you have a plan in place
so make sure that you take extra medication extra clothing extra necessities this is my
um the actual pill case that i take and actually load it up for two weeks if i'm going on a one
week trip so make sure that you're taking uh extra necessities because you don't want to be caught
in a situation where you can't get back into the united states you might have to be quarantined in
another country or another location there's just going to be a little bit of stress that's lifted
off of you knowing that you have everything so those are the five essential things i'm taking
with me on my trip to europe this summer and i recommend that you do the same let me know
down in the comments down below if you have any other things maybe i missed some things let me
know i want to make sure i'm fully prepared and we want to make sure everybody's ready to travel
folks no matter what you're doing this summer i hope you have a great time i hope you have a great
trip and i hope that you'll subscribe down below to my channel because i can't wait to show you
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