To be organised 3 weeks before departure: . Passport - to be eventually extended . Photocopy its 4 first pages, as well as the flights tickets and the list of the numbers of the travellers' cheques . Motorists: eventually international driving license + green card . Two passport photos for the eventual unexpected documents . Care for domestic animals and plants . Call off regular deliveries . Retain the mail . Give your routing, addresses of holidays and key of the apartment to your parents or friends Don't forget . Vaccines: to register compulsory vaccines in the International Certificate of Vaccination. Information: Genève: 022 / 343 80 75 Bâle: 01 / 157 30 10 Berne: 031 / 632 25 25 . Deposit your values in a safe. . Pay the outstanding invoices . Get train and/or flight tickets, hotel, boat and/or rent-a-car vouchers . Subscribe a complementary travel insurance policy . The day of the departure, cut gas, water, electricity and heating To carry . Blood group certificate . Personal drugs and prescriptions . Pharmacy (according to the destination, ask to your chemist) . Earplugs . Second pair of glasses, sunglasses . Anti-mosquito products . Sun lotion, hat or cap . Photo material, films, batteries . Binoculars . Sewing kit, shoe shining . Bottle-opener, pocketknife . Flashlight, games . Electrical adapter . Bags' keys . City and country maps, travel guide.