Fall 2024

The great snowbird migration is coming, and soon.
Is your passport up to date and valid well beyond your return date? Have you had your car, truck or RV serviced and ready? Are your air tickets booked, if you are flying away to paradise.
Have you made arrangements to have money while you are away? The Snowbird Currency Exchange Program is an easy way to do this, if you have a U.S. bank account.
Do you have a sufficient supply of your prescription medications to last for your full trip and a week or two beyond, just in case? Delays do happen and you should be ready.
Is your property ready for your arrival? Do you remember the codes to the doors, your safe and any other codes which you may need? Have you sent yourself an email that can be opened on your arrival containing all of that necessary information? I send stock information and important phone numbers, passwords to many accounts and the codes which we need – there are quite a few.
Now, what do I pack? I try to be self-sufficient both here and at our destination, so I normally pack very little. My better half tends to take quite a bit more. I tell her that we can just buy anything we need or forget down there (we go to Florida), but she insists that she can just use the things she already has and we will save money.
I should mention here that she hates shopping. Hallelujah! (The original version by Leonard Cohen is by far the best, in my opinion.)
Don’t forget your keys and have a wonderful winter… no matter where you are.
P.S.: And please remember to book your Medipac Travel Insurance.

Sincerely,

J. Ross Quigley
Editor

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