Planning a trip can be an exciting yet overwhelming experience, as the anticipation of new adventures often comes with ensuring everything goes smoothly. To make the most of your journey and minimize potential stress, it's essential to prepare thoroughly before you set off. From organizing your travel documents to packing the right essentials, there are key steps that every traveler should take to ensure a seamless and enjoyable trip. In this episode, we will outline the ten most crucial things you need to do to prepare for your journey, providing practical tips and insights that will help you embark on your adventure with confidence and peace of mind. Some links are affiliate links.  See our disclosure.

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We've applied for our Egypt Visa with Atlys and are awaiting its arrival when this podcast aired - We are are happy to report that we received our Visas for Egypt shortly thereafter. Since I had started the Visa application process on my own, Atlys contacted me through What's App (not uncommon for businesses outside the US) and let me know that they needed me to email them some information so they could complete the process.  We worked back and forth for a couple of days but they got it done by their deadline. Atlys works like this: you pay the country visa fee up front and they guarantee that they will have your visa by the deadline they set when you apply or they will do it for free.  If it's ready by their deadline they will inform you and you'll pay their fee, then you will be redirected to your Visas. Ours were completed by the deadline they had set (even with them needing additional information) and I paid the fee and we now have the visas.   We applied for our Kenya visa on our own and received it within a couple of days but it did take me about 1.5-2 hours to get the application completed and submitted. Once I had completed the Egypt one with Atlys, I was given a codes to apply for Visas in Uzbekistan, Kenya, and Vietnam for Free. I would have gladly paid the $40 extra to get the Kenya Visa done for us. 

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