Academic Programs Abroad

Pack Your Bags!

• Purchase a money belt or passport holder
• Photocopy all official documents (for example: passport, licences, visa)
• Take extra batteries
• Do not bring anything that you cannot afford to lose (for example: expensive jewelry or high-end electronics)
• Sunscreen/sunblock and bug spray
• Review travel guides before you depart and take them with you...maps are your best friend 
• Find out about travelers checks and/or using your ATM card abroad
• Bring important phone numbers (for example: study abroad office, host school contact person)
• Get required immunizations
• Don't spend your entire trip in tourist areas...take a road less traveled
• Expand your social network, don't just hand out with other Americans
• Take ziplock bags and plastic bags
• Roll your clothes when packing
• Bring closed-toe shoes for walking
• Be mindful of social norms and dress accordingly
• Bring drip-dry clothing
• Bring an adequate supply of underwear
• Purchase some type of rain-gear
• Keep prescriptions medications in their original containers
• Bring an adequate supply of all necessary medicine