5 Classic Ways to Ruin Your Trip

2. Forget or Lose Your Passport

Your passport is your identity abroad and along with your credit and debit cards, it’s the one item you should have with you at all times. If you forget it, your trip won’t even begin as you’re probably not going to be allowed to leave the country.

If you lose it though, you might not be able to check in into hotels and you’re going to have a massive headache trying to get a new one. Sometimes your country’s embassy is based far away, which makes things even more annoying.

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