Packing list for older travelers
For older travelers and whoever is going with them: medicines packed so a border officer and a foreign pharmacist can both read them, mobility aids that fold and fly free, the socks and the shoes for a long day, and the questions to ask a hotel before you book the room.
On a phone with Waystop installed, the button adds the list to your trip as a bag you can tick off. Otherwise copy it and paste it into Waystop’s Chat with “add this to my packing list”.
Checked October 10, 2026.
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0 of 17 packed
Medicines
0/5Getting about
0/5Sun, eyes and comfort
0/4Documents and the room
0/3What the weather is like
Any season; heat is the bigger risk for this list. Rome reaches 95°F (35°C) in July and August and Vienna is not far behind, Tokyo's August is humid and above 86°F (30°C), Singapore holds 77 to 88°F (25 to 31°C) all year. London, Paris and Copenhagen sit between 36°F and 46°F (2 to 46°F (8°C)) in January with wind, and interiors everywhere are warm, so layers beat one coat.
- A suitcase you cannot liftStations in Rome and Paris still have stairs without lifts, and so do older hotels; if it is over 12 kilos, take two smaller bags or ship the big one ahead
- Jewellery you would mind losingHotel safes are small and the Métro is crowded; one ring and a watch
- Printed guidebooksA guidebook is a kilogram in the day bag every day, while the plan is on the phone and the companion has a copy.
- Painkillers, bandages and antacidsPharmacies are everywhere in all seven cities and the pharmacist finds the generic from your printed list; keep the prescription medicines from home
- A transit card loaded for the weekTapping beats buying a ticket at a machine each morning; London and Singapore take a contactless bank card at the gate, Paris sells Navigo Easy at any station, and Tokyo's Suica goes on the phone before you land
- An umbrellaLondon, Paris and Copenhagen rain in any month and every station kiosk sells one; it is not worth the suitcase space
Worth knowing
- Book airport assistance when you book the flight, or at least 48 hours before: it is free, it includes the walk to the gate and the bags, and it means you board first and sit while everyone else lines.
- One big thing a day, a sit-down lunch and a slower afternoon than morning. Tell Waystop's Chat to keep the days light and it proposes the change as a card you can apply or skip.
- Carry medicines on your body, never in the hold, and keep a day's doses in the companion's bag as well; a missed connection separates you from a suitcase for 24 hours.
- Check the destination's medicine rules a month out. Japan bans anything with amphetamine, Adderall included, and wants an application 14 days ahead for narcotic painkillers; ask the embassy about anything controlled at home.
- Email each hotel before you book and ask four things: is there an elevator, a walk-in shower or a bath with a rail, a first-floor room or one near the elevator, and a chair in the room. "Accessible" means different things in Rome and in Copenhagen.
Trips to pack this for
Never leave the charger in the hotel again.
Waystop keeps a list for each bag and each person. On the morning you change hotels it walks you through a quick pack-up check, and Chat can suggest items to add when you ask what to bring.