The trip you planned for 6 months shouldn’t fall apart in the first 3 hours.

You land in Tokyo. The hotel asks for a passport copy you didn’t bring. Or you plug in your laptop and realize the voltage converter doesn’t work in Japan. Or you get to the SIM card counter and find out your phone is locked to your carrier. Or you realize you forgot to apply for your e-visa and the deadline was 72 hours before departure.

One traveler used this checklist 2 weeks before her Asia trip and discovered she hadn’t checked her credit card’s foreign transaction fees — she was about to pay 3% on every purchase for 10 days. Fixed in 5 minutes. Saved NT$2,400. She said: ‘I thought I was prepared. I wasn’t.’

What’s inside:

• 📋 40-point pre-trip audit — documents, tech, money, health, booking confirmations
• 🚨 Landing-day emergency checklist — what to do in the first 2 hours so nothing goes wrong
• 💳 Money setup guide — which cards to bring, how to avoid foreign transaction fees
• 📱 Tech checklist — SIM cards, voltage converters, offline maps, translation apps
• 🆘 Emergency contacts — Taiwan consulate numbers for 15 destinations

🛡️ Use this checklist and still have a first-day disaster it should have caught → full refund.