06/02/2013
BEFORE YOU TRAVEL
If your passport is expiring within 6 months of your return home, extend it if you are close to expiration
Make 2 copies of your passport identification page. This will facilitate replacement if your passport is lost or stolen. Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other with you in a separate place from your passport
Immediately notify local police and Indian embassy or consulate in case of loss of passport
Find out what type of vaccination you will need to enter the country, there may also be medications you will need to take before, during and even after your trip
Assemble a traveler's medical kit appropriate for your destination, length of trip and general health
Do NOT pack or bring prohibited items to the airport
What you can't carry
knives of any type
cutting or puncturing instruments (including pocketknives, carpet knives, box cutters, ice picks, straight razors, metal scissors and metal nail files)
Corkscrews
athletic equipment that could be used as a weapon (such as baseball or softball bats, golf clubs, pool cues, ski poles and hockey sticks)
fireworks (including flares or sparklers)
flammable liquids or solids (such as fuel, paints or lighter refills)
household cleaners (such as drain cleaners and solvents)
pressure containers (spray cans, butane fuel, scuba tanks, propane tanks, CO2 cartridges and self-inflating rafts)
weapons (fi****ms, ammunition, gunpowder, mace, tear gas or pepper spray)
other hazardous materials (gasoline-powered tools, wet-cell batteries, camping equipment with fuel, radioactive materials, poisons and infectious substances).
Leave gifts unwrapped
Put all film and cameras in your carry-on luggage
Place identification tags in and on all of your baggage
Write, type, tape or somehow affix your name and contact information to the inside of your luggage as well as the outside. If your baggage tag gets ripped off your suitcase handle, the airline will still be able to reunite you with your long-lost luggage
Do not pack valuables in your check in luggage
Avoid drinking water from an unknown source. As a further precaution carry water purifying tablets
Follow baggage regulations as applicable
