My Jim is quite the opposite to me and is definitely a winger, he somehow manages to get through life without planning anything. He finds my planning instinct (which is obviously a result of my job where organising myself and others is key) very weird and totally out of control.
For The Trip, I have understandably made a number of lists. I have never flown long haul (so I am planning in detail what to take on the plane) and I have never been travelling or on holiday for longer than 2 weeks. Jim on the other hand has done both, frequently, and usually just turns up! Very different to my approach.
I thought I'd document the lists/spreadsheets I've made to see if anyone thought I was going over the top:
- Places to visit in Oz - to decide where to go.
- Airlines that travel to Australia.
- Seat width, height and leg room, inflight meal, cost and reviews for each airline.
- Flight times.
- Numbers 4 and 5 for internal flights (of which there are 6)
- Hotels: cost, location, facilities and ratings for each town we visit.
- Cost from 7 different discount hotel websites for the chosen hotels.
- Transfers from the airports.
- Things to do in each town.
- Restaurants in each town which had good reviews, nice looking food and at a reasonable cost.
- Breakfast cafes.
- Things to take on the plane to make long haul travel easier.
- Clothes to take (sub-sectioned by weather, time of day and activity) and which items pair together to make a full outift (including co-ordinating bag and shoes).
- Things to buy.
- Toiletries needed (and those supplied by the hotel)
- iPod updates.
- Snacks to take.
- Things to do at home to before we go eg washing, tidying up etc.
- People to notify (eg mobile operator, banks)
- Remaining to-do list before we go.
- A list of the lists so as to not forget anything.
Image from Sydney on Sunday
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