# Health insurance that will work globally
# Renters insurance to cover stored and travelling goods
# Special equipment insurance for high value camera equipment if possible
# Tax documents for previous year
# Area to keep receipts if trip is also part of your business e.g. photography
# Sell anything you don't need to keep. This takes time. I've used Craigslist and it worked out rather well. But it takes at least a month to get through selling all your stuff.
# Sell car
# Make a will
# Document all your userid's and passwsords including Mileage clubs and other points cards, in a secure area, easily accesible online
# Check passport date is good for a couple of years and that there's enough pages for your travels. I had to extend my passport in Bangkok because I ran out of pages
# Subscribe to an on-line Bill paying service
# Change all billing addresses to online Bill Pay service
# Change personal address to good friend
# Change Tax related address to Tax consultant
# Arrange to have services such as Gas, Electricity, Cable, Phone, DSl, Newspaper etc. terminated on your last day and have them send the final bill to the online Bill Pay service address
# Change all Credit Card and Banking records to either the Bill Pay address or your personal address of your friend
# Send a copy of your will to at least 2 people, preferably a family member and possibly a very close friend.
# List all your assets in a document in your files
# Arrange for storage unit
# Give the key of the storage unit to family or close friend
# Have as many of your account statements kept on-line. Banks, Credit Cards, Mutual Funds etc. usually give you the option of getting information by email or by standard mail. Everything you can should be set to email only as most online Bill Pay services charge for each item they scan and save for you.
# Get Vaccinations
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