Don't Forget These 7 Items While Traveling

by Awl Sponsors

KLM_Sherlock

Brought to you by KLM Airlines

Those “if only I just remembered to pack that” moments are the worst. Along with bad hair days, horrible cell phone reception areas, and warm salads. To help you avoid that soul-crushing feeling of ‘shoulda-woulda-coulda’, here’s a handy list to check off when packing your bag for your next flight.

1) Photocopies of your passport, ID and credit cards. In the event that your bag is stolen or lost, keeping photocopies of your essential ID’s and cards stashed elsewhere will help make the recovery process a lot faster.

2) Snacks. Don’t be THAT person who spends $10 on a bag of chips on the airport. Bringing some nutritional reinforcement will help you avoid that “hangry” feeling. (hungry + angry…get it?)

3) Phone charger. How hopeless is that feeling when you see that you’re in the red on your smartphone and you don’t have your charger anywhere near you? Avoid missing important calls and texts by packing your charger in your carry-on. There are outlets all over the airport to help juice up your smartphone.

4) Travel pillow. Avoid drooling on the passenger next to you by bringing a comfortable neck pillow that lets you catch up on your ZZZ’s in a socially acceptable manner.

5) Sweater or sweatshirt. If you tend to get cold easily, don’t forget to pack a sweater or sweatshirt in your carry-on so you can have a line of defense against your co-passenger’s AC-blasting habits.

6) Sunglasses. These are probably one of the top forgotten items when traveling, so make sure to pack your sunnies, especially if you want to snooze during a daytime flight.

7) Headphones. You’ll want to give yourself an award for remembering headphones when you hear a baby start to cry somewhere on the flight. Goodbye adolescent screaming, hello Beyoncé.

At KLM Airlines, we have your back as a traveler. KLM offers a unique Lost & Found service at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. A dedicated team is now on a mission to return items, found by cabin crew on board or by KLM airport staff, to their legitimate owners — as soon as possible. Very often the Lost & Found team is able to surprise passengers by returning their personal belongings before they have even missed them. Despite the challenge of locating the owner, first results show that over 80% of the found items can now be reunited with their owners.

To show how far the Lost & Found team and their tail-wagging secret weapon go, check out this video below.