Student travel tips from essential travel

If you're traveling in your gap year or in your summer holidays,

Packing the essentials

• Strong and robust footwear with repellent outer or inner material
• Good Socks
• Water Bottle
• Shorts
• Water purification tablets
• Sun screen
• A waterproof garment
• A sweater
• First Aid Kit
• Long Sleeve Shirt
• A wide-brimmed hat to cover your eyes
• Sunglasses
• Travel Insurance!

Lifesaving Items

• Spare Syringes / Needles if traveling to a region where these are sparse
• Plasters and Mediswabs
• Aspirin or Paracetamol
• Anti-diarrhea tablets
• Mosquito Repellent
• Crepe bandages and sterile gauzes
• Condoms
• Surgical tape
• Malaria Tables, if applicable

Top Packing Tips

• Buy your toiletries and essentials when you get to your destination. Use small travel shampoo sachets and soaps in transit.

• Don’t take expensive electrical items – unless it’s a camera that’s insured separately

• Purchase non-essential items of clothing when you reach your destination. That way, you know what is suitable for the climate, and you'll fit in with local dress

• Don't forget to l ook out on traveller’s notice boards and at youth hostels for second hand travel books, internal flights bus tickets and camping equipment. You can find some real bargains.

• Always keep important documents in your hand luggage or in a money belt