Travel Checklist

Travel Checklist

Gather information about where you are going (your Travel Agent may be able to supply much of this) 

• Maps
• Learn about places to see and things to do
• US Government State Department Advisories
• Talk to others who have been there for good places and good tips
• Get tickets and reservations (using a Travel Agent will save you hours of research) 
• Renew passport or obtain passport if needed  
• Hint: Make 4 copies of picture page – take two copies with you in separate locations and give one to Travel Agent for safe keeping and store one at home.  
• Obtain necessary Visas 
• Get travel insurance to protect your costs and protect you if you need medical care (accidents do happen and flights do cancel). 
• Arrange for your shots if your destination warrants it
• Arrange for pet care or boarding
• Arrange to have the lawn cut/watered/walks shoveled
• Ask a neighbor or friend to keep an eye on things and to pick up any drop off, leaflets, etc. left at your door. Leaving a key with that trusted neighbor is also a good idea.
• Be sure that you will have enough (plus some) prescription medicine. Order if required
• Carry prescriptions meds in original containers showing your name and the Doctor’s name.
• Planning to rent a car? Check your auto insurance to see if you're fully covered where you're going. Some credit cards also provide some rental car protection. You may not need that expensive supplemental insurance offered by the rental company (varies by country and type of car rented)

Buy extras you might need

• Sun Screen
• Insect Repellant- DEET works if your skin tolerates it.
• Anti-nausea pills (talk with your doctor if you need these)
• European power converter – not just a plug converter.
• A small 4-outlet plug strip is handy - there are never enough outlets for all today’s electronics.
• Camera batteries/charger/Extra Memory Cards

Things to Do When You Are Almost Ready to Leave

• Stop the mail
• Stop the newspaper
• Get money exchanged
• Pay upcoming bills that can’t wait
• Remove non-essentials from wallet or purse. (Sadly while you take a holiday, crime does not.)
• Record phone numbers for reporting lost or stolen credit cards or debit cards and put them in a location other than your purse or wallet (give a copy to your Travel Agent for safekeeping) A photocopy of both sides of the card works well for this.
• Record emergency phone numbers to leave with neighbors, relatives, or pet boarding facilities

Packing

• Hint: Lay out everything you want to take… then put about 1/3 back. Everyone over-packs.
• Think layers. Even in the tropics you may need a sweater or light jacket.
• Dress appropriately, but no one cares if you are a fashionista!
• With today’s airline bag charges it is much less expensive to do a load of laundry than take along an extra bag of clothing.
• Most hotels and cruises provide bathroom amenities such as shampoo, soap and lotion; save space and weight by not taking your own.
• Put your name and cell number or Travel Agent phone number in luggage. Don’t put the address/phone of your vacant home.

Don’t Forget to Bring:

• Tickets
• Passport
• Reservation Confirmations
• Prescription medicine
• Contact lenses, lens case, and extra solutions
• Extra eyeglasses or lens prescription
• Sunglasses
• Umbrella or rain wear
• Camera

*Note: If leaving the country, proof of purchase of expensive camera equipment or other electronics can avoid customs problems. If you don’t have purchase receipts, a photo of all the equipment taken in your home may also suffice. Same for expensive jewelry (but, why take it?)

• Hint: Bring a bag for dirty clothes
• Hint: If you plan to bring back souvenirs leave some room in your luggage or pack a collapsible bag to fill for your return trip.

As You are Leaving:

• Close and lock all windows/doors. Close draperies
• Put one or two lights on timers to make it appear someone is home.
• Unplug small appliances
• Turn off water to washing machine (especially if your hoses are old!)
• Adjust your A/C or heat. Adjust temp to avoid freezing pipes.

Hint: Consider using your credit card when away from home. If a credit card is stolen, you can report it and stop additional charges. If your debit card is stolen, stopping additional charges can freeze your access to cash. A credit card may also provide purchase protection – a debit card does not.

Breathe a sigh of relief; it’s all done and you are on your way. Have a great vacation!

Regent Luxury Dining

Regent Seven Seas Shipboard Experience

Luxury Dining: Variety Is the Spice of Life

The elegant, spacious Compass Rose, serving fine continental cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner, is the main restaurant on all three Regent Seven Seas Cruises ships. Although it is the largest dining venue on board, its use of etched-glass partitions creates the impression of a much more intimate room and the tables are arranged so that most guests have a picture window. Menus include continental specialties as well as vegetarian and spa cuisine.

For dinnertime alternatives to the Compass Rose, guests will enjoy the iconic new steakhouse, Prime 7, aboard every Regent Seven Seas Cruises ship. Additionally, aboard Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner, your clients can make reservations at Signatures, serving authentic and quality French cuisine inspired by the legendary Le Cordon Bleu® of Paris.

The only restaurant at sea operated under the auspices of Le Cordon Bleu, Signatures sports a classic, elegant French ambiance, and serves cuisine that is far from traditional – a marvelous mixture of culinary delights as inventive and eclectic as tomorrow. As with all Regent restaurants, select wines are thoughtfully paired with each culinary creation as a perfect complement.

The most intimate of restaurants on board, Prime 7 Restaurant is a glamorous, contemporary interpretation of a classic American steakhouse. Along with avant-garde appetizers, savory soups and tantalizing desserts, the stars of the evening are the main courses with seven USDA Prime, dry-aged steaks to choose from: New York Strip, Porterhouse Steak, Côte de Boeuf Bone-in Rib Steak, American Wagyu Chopped Beef Steak, Filet Mignon, Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef and Surf and Turf (filet mignon with lobster tail or Alaska king crab legs). Other enticing selections include lamb, pork, veal, poultry and seafood specialties.

Also aboard the fleet is La Veranda, serving up elaborate breakfast and lunch buffets in a more casual atmosphere – including alfresco, if you so choose. At dinnertime, the setting is light-hearted and festive with an enticing mix of regional specialties on the menu.

If you are in the mood for a quiet dinner en suite, you may order selections from the chef's nightly menu during regular dining hours. In addition, the complimentary room-service menu is available 24 hours a day.

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Regent Seven Seas

Shipboard Experience

All-Suite Accommodations: Your Personal Retreat

Accommodating only 700 guests each, Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Voyager are both all-suite (separate living area and bedroom), all-balcony ships, while their smaller sister vessel, Seven Seas Navigator, offers its 490 guests all-suite, all-oceanview accommodations – 90 percent with private balconies. Fourteen wheelchair-accessible suites are available, six aboard Seven Seas Mariner and four each on Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Navigator. Suites start at 301 square feet, ranging up to Master Suites measuring from 1,021 to 2,002 square feet. All have recently been enhanced by a multimillion-dollar refurbishment, giving them a renewed ambiance of warmth and sophistication.

Even the most intimate of these accommodations are comparable in size to big-city hotel rooms, while the larger suites give all-inclusive resorts a run for the money in terms of spaciousness – and then some. Plus, while resorts may tout their rooms as having an ocean view or garden view and such, on a cruise the view changes every day.

All Regent Seven Seas Cruises suites feature a European king-size bed, which can be reconfigured as twin beds, walk-in closet and safe, as well as interactive flat-screen TV with extensive viewing choices, including free movies on demand. Guests will also find a bottle of Regent champagne and fresh fruit waiting for them, along with a mini bar that is replenished daily with beer, soft drinks and bottled water – all complimentary. When it's time to freshen up, they can step into a marble-appointed bathroom with full bathtub and shower, luxury European linens, bath robes, slippers and hair dryer. Twice-a-day housekeeping is standard, while Penthouse Suites and above also include Butler service. One of the highest staff-to-guest ratios at sea – 1 to 1.6 – provides the optimum level of personal service.

The superiority of Regent Seven Seas Cruises accommodations has been recognized by leading travel publications, earning "Best Rooms" distinction on Condé Nast Traveler's Gold List (2008) and Forbes Traveler (2009), and twice winning "Best Cabins" honors in Travel + Leisure's World Best Awards (2007 and 2008)