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Everything to pack, settle, and confirm before you fly
The essentials for an easier departure.
What’s inside
- Documents & ID for domestic and international travel — including the passport rule that strands people at the gate
- Logistics for getting to the gate — drive time, check-in cutoffs, and which terminal you actually need
- A full packing pass — carry-on limits, TSA liquids, and what belongs in your bag versus your carry-on
- Destination and day-of basics — transport, local currency, boarding pass, and locking up before you leave
- Three questions worth sitting with at the gate, with space to write your own answers — the part every other checklist skips
For families
Parents and guardians: the checklist is written for the adult doing the packing, but it works for the whole trip. Run the Documents & ID section once per traveler — kids need their own ID or passport confirmed too, not just yours. If everyone has their own bag, split the Packing section and check it bag by bag. And the three gate questions on the last page are worth asking out loud with older children while you wait to board — a two-minute conversation that does more for the trip than anything in the overhead bin.
And then, four times a year
The Boarding Pass
One page, four times a year, timed so each issue arrives as its travel season does. One prayer for a specific situation on the road. One verse. One question worth sitting with. One practical thing for the season ahead. It’s free, and it’s the only other mail you’ll get.