Packing Checklist for Traveling During COVID-19

Quieter cities, empty beaches and mountaintops, plus coronavirus safety measures are three good reasons to right now. Whether it be a staycation, an island getaway, or a trip across the globe, practice safe travel with this ultimate packing checklist for traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Travel Tips

  • Do your research in advance. Read up on your destination’s entry requirements and protocols while visiting. For example, some country’s require visitors to provide a negative coronavirus test taken with 72 hours of traveling. Others may require you to fill in an online form with your travel details before embarking.
  • Most places are requiring face masks to be worn on public transport as well as in stores and shopping malls.
  • Avoid overly crowded areas, especially indoors. The majority of confirmed cases come from large indoor gatherings.
  • Continue to practice social distancing throughout the duration of your trip.
  • Make sure you have travel insurance in case anything gets canceled or if you get sick.

Post-Coronavirus Travel Packing Checklist

Bring along these items to help ensure your safety and enjoyment throughout your trip during these unpredictable and strange times.

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Reusable Face Masks

As a sustainable traveler, I highly recommend bringing reusable face masks as opposed to the disposable blue ones. These will not only look better but will better for the environment as well.

Pack a few that you can interchange throughout your pandemic travels. It’s also a good idea to bring a spare mask in your day pack in case you drop one or it gets dirty.

You will also need to clean the masks to keep them working properly. You can wash them in a sink with hot water and plain soap and leave the to dry somewhere sunny.

Etsy has some of the absolute cutest face masks, like the tie dye ones shown above. You can filter through and find masks made in your home country, so you can help support local businesses too.

Here are some of my favorites. Click the images to visit the shop.

soap to use during coronavirus travel

Plain solid soap

For washing your hands and cleaning your face mask between wears, pack along a plain, fragrance free solid soap. This will help keep your skin from feeling irritated by harsh detergents or artificial fragrances.

Plus, a solid soap doesn’t have to squeeze into a 150 ml bottle for TSA travel requirements unlike liquid soap.

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Small bottle of hand sanitizer

Luckily, most shops and restaurants should have hand sanitizer when you enter the building, but when that’s not the case, keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in your day pack.

If you already have a big bottle of sanitizer at home, don’t go out and buy a small bottle when you could just buy a cute sanitizer holder instead.

Wet wipes as phone screen cleaner

Our phones carry lots of germs. Fight them off with a travel-friendly screen cleaner kit. These biodegradable wet wipes will help ensure your phone is virus free along with any other surfaces you fancy cleaning as well.

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Travel pillow

Beyond just its regular use of traveling comfortably, travel pillows will help keep your face off direct surfaces. So a cozy pillow like this silk travel neck pillow to your safe travel packing list.

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Reusable water bottle

Many water fountains are turned off right now as a safety measure against the coronavirus. Instead, pack along a reusable water bottle that you can refill back at your hotel or accommodation.

passport packing checklist essential

All your necessary documents

Passport, driver’s license, insurance card, necessary visas, and any required COVID-19 landing forms should be packed in your carry on or somewhere safe. Make sure you have required documents on your packing checklist before you travel.

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Travel day bag

Whether you prefer crossbody bags, totes, or backpacks, add to your packing checklist a comfortable day bag to carry around all your essential items during your trip. Here’s a stylish vegan backpack option.

Read MORE: What Every Traveler Needs in Their Backpack

Wear a face mask, follow guidelines and save this packing checklist for traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic to help keep you safe during your trip.

Planning to travel during the coronavirus pandemic? Many countries are open to travelers, so here's an essential packing list for safe travel.
Planning to travel during the coronavirus pandemic? Many countries are open to travelers, so here's an essential packing list for safe travel.

My Top Travel Recommendations ♡

These are a few of my top travel tips that will save you time and money while setting up for an AMAZING trip.

Booking flights: I almost exclusively use Google Flights. They have a cool feature where you can type in your departure airport and discover where you could fly within a certain budget. Otherwise, you can also compare airports and see what day is best to fly in/out to help you save money and have the most efficient flight path.

Travel insurance: SafetyWing is my go-to choice for travel insurance. They have a global policy that covers 180+ countries. You can visit any doctor, cancel anytime, and you’re even covered for a few weeks after returning to your home country.

Anti-theft bag: To help protect against pickpockets, I like to carry my beloved Travelon bag. It’s slash-resistant, has locked zippers, and is very sleek and functional for traveling abroad.

Accommodation: I love using Booking.com to find places to stay when traveling. Booking has everything from hotels and hostels to b&bs and entire house/apartment rentals.

Travel Credit Card: I love-love-love my Capital One Venture One credit card. It has a $0 annual fee and no fees when using abroad or paying in a foreign currency. Plus you get 20,000 bonus miles when you spend $500 in your first three months when you get this card.

Car rentals: I use DiscoverCars.com when renting a car. Great deals, customer support, and range of comapnies. You can save up to 70% via the website instead of booking a car directly.

Tours: I don’t travel on complete tours as I like to travel on my own terms, but I do like to book experiences and walking tours on GetYourGuide. They have an amazing line-up of things to do in destinations around the globe. You can also access skip-the-line tickets.

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Hi, I’m Christa! Welcome to my sustainable solo travel blog dedicated to inspiring others to travel slowly, embracing a heart-forward and spirited approach to adventure. 

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7 Responses

  1. Nice one! Something to keep in mind about reusable masks – some companies may ask you to have only disposable ones during your flight and will not provide you any!

  2. Good list of necessary items. I’m beginning to wonder if this type of list is just going to become the norm.

  3. Air France did that with my father, I suppose that if you really don’t bring a re-usable mask they would give you one but they refuse re-usable mask in-flight for sure.

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