Planning for your trip checklist
You can use a checklist to make sure you are prepared before your trip.
Your travel checklist
For all travellers
- Have you spoken to your doctor or specialist nurse?
- Are you fit to travel safely?
- Will you need a travel companion or helper to go with you?
- Will you need any special equipment?
- Have you let the travel company and your accommodation know about any particular needs?
- Do you need any particular vaccinations for your destination?
- Have you got enough medicines or medical supplies for the whole time you will be away? Remember to take extra supplies, in case your return is delayed.
- Do you have your passport and another form of proof that you are a UK resident, such as a driver’s licence?
- Do you have your travel insurance policy and certificate?
- Have you packed all your medical supplies or equipment in your hand luggage, so you can have easy access to them?
If you are travelling to a European Economic Area country or to Switzerland
- Do you have your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)?
If you are travelling with medicines for more than 3 months
- Do you need or have a personal medicines licence?
If you have severe mobility problems
- Do you have your Blue Badge, if you think you will need it?
If you have a stoma
- Does your accommodation have a private bathroom, including facilities to dispose of appliances, if you think you will need this?
We have more information about how cancer and its treatment can affect travel.
How we can help
Macmillan Cancer Support Line
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