Business trip packing
Pack for a business trip: outfits by day, tech, meeting materials and expense tracking. Flag an international trip to add passport, adapter and currency items.

[ ] Business outfits by day plus one spare
    Lay out by meeting: one outfit per day plus a spare for the coffee spill. Wrinkle-resistant fabrics save you the iron.
[ ] Dress shoes — broken in
    New shoes on negotiation day is the classic mistake. Toss a shoe wipe in your bag.
[ ] Laptop and charger
    Put the charger in the bag NOW, not 'later' — it's the most-forgotten business trip item.
[ ] Presentations offline and on a USB drive
    Meeting-room Wi-Fi dies the second you present. A local copy on the laptop plus a USB stick for someone else's computer.
[ ] Cloud backup of your materials
    If the laptop is lost or dies, everything important should open from your phone.
[ ] Meeting calendar with time zones checked
    Verify every meeting: 10 a.m. in whose time zone? Add addresses and organizer contacts.
[ ] Meeting addresses and contacts — offline
    Save addresses, floors, names and phone numbers so they open without internet.
[ ] Keep receipts and boarding passes for expenses
    Start an envelope or folder on day one: taxi and hotel receipts, boarding passes. Recovering them later is pain.
[ ] Liquids under 100 ml for carry-on
    Business trips usually fly carry-on only. All liquids in 100 ml minis inside a clear bag.
[ ] Test your accesses and VPN before departure
    Corporate VPN, email, CRM — log in from every device while you're still home near IT support.
[ ] Set up roaming or an eSIM
    You need data the moment you land: taxis, meetings, calls. Sort the plan before takeoff, not at the airport.
[ ] Power bank
    A day of meetings kills the phone by lunch. Power banks go in carry-on only.
[ ] Business cards
    Even in the LinkedIn era people still ask at in-person meetings. A stack weighs nothing.
[ ] Headphones with a microphone
    Calls from hotels and airports without a headset are torture for everyone on the line.
[ ] Notebook and pen
    Typing on your phone in a meeting looks like texting. Paper reads as respect.
[ ] Plan the airport-to-hotel leg
    Save the hotel address offline and know your options: ride-hail, express train, transfer. After a red-eye you won't want to think.
[ ] Passport and visa
    Check passport validity and whether you need a business visa or visa-free/tourist entry suffices.
[ ] Plug adapter for the destination
    Look up the socket type ahead: presenting on a dead laptop is a bad opener.
[ ] Currency and a card that works abroad
    Some cash for taxis and tips plus a card you've confirmed works at the destination.
[ ] Offline translator with the local language
    Download the language pack ahead: taxi drivers and restaurants don't guarantee English.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/business-trip