Christmas international travel [shudder]. No really, a little EQ - managing the attitude, and using the ole noggin' can make it almost pleasant!
- Pack your patience and your Emotional Intelligence.
Turn down the emotion, turn up the forethought. Example - research your destination on the Internet prior for websites where individuals (not paid interests) can tell you what you can "anticipate".
- Pre-arrange everything you possibly can - air, hotel, car, restaurant, attractions, plays.
- Make copies of your passport, traveler's checques, credit cards, itinerary, and airline tickets.
Carry one copy with you and leave one copy with your designated emergency-contact.
- Carry with you the address and phone number of your country's embassy (consulate) for each country you'll visit. if you should need them, you won't want to be looking.
- Take any regular medication in your hand luggage and be sure you have more than enough for your trip. (Remember needles and scissors can't be in hand luggage.)
- Check the US State Dept. advisories, www.travelstate.gov, before your go for immunizations, hazards and other pertinent information; the Overseas Security Advisory Council, www.ds-osac.org, and the Transportation Security Administration site, www.tsatraveltips.us.
- You'll know you'll be eaiting, so use your EQ and figure out how to make it A Good Thing.
· Use e-ticket and online checkin when you can.
· Bring along that book you've been meaning to read.
· Bring a pre-paid phone card and catch up with buddies.
· Bring a neck pillow and plan to catch up on your rest.
· Dress appropriately for sitting or lying around an airport for a long time ' loose clothing that can be abused.
- Use your neocortex when you pack, not your brain-stem. (You KNOW the rules, abide by them! Exorcize from the brain-stem another time, another place.)
· Pack carry-ons lightly so they can be checked more easily.
· Check the checked baggage allowance and be sure your name and contact details are on the outside of each bag.
· Avoid packing anything that looks like a weapon (guide - anything you wouldn't give an 18 mo. old free access to - nail file, letter opener, knitting needle, and the more obvious hand grenades).
· When traveling to and from North America, TSA recommends not locking checked baggage.
· Check here www.tsa.dot.gov for common items which become hazardous in flight due to temperature changes and pressure, and don't pack them.
- Be sure you have a valid passport and any required Visas and be prepared to show them at any point along the way.
- Know the rules of security checkpoints and abide by them.
· Only ticketed passengers can proceed beyond it.
· All electronic items will be screened - laptops and cells. Remove laptop from travel case.
· Keep ticket and boarding pass and ID within easy reach - like on neck chain.
· Wear shoes easy to remove and as little jewelry as possible.
©Susan Dunn, MA, cEQc, The EQ Coach,
www.susandunn.cc,
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