Trip to Georgia
Pack for Georgia: mountains and hairpin roads, lari cash, sulfur baths and legendary feasts. Tell us if kids are coming and the list adapts.

[ ] Check your passport and entry rules
    Most nationalities enter Georgia visa-free for long stays. Your passport must be valid for the whole trip — and double-check current entry rules.
[ ] Buy insurance that covers activities
    If trekking, horses, paragliding over Gudauri or skiing are on the menu — make sure the policy covers them.
[ ] Save tickets and bookings offline
    Screenshots of bookings and your address — mountain areas lose signal for long stretches.
[ ] Plan for lari cash
    Cards work in cities, but markets, marshrutka minibuses and mountain guesthouses run on lari cash only. Exchange offices are everywhere and fair.
[ ] Make copies of your documents
    Photos of passport, insurance and bookings to cloud storage; paper copies separate from originals.
[ ] Pack a first aid kit
    The standard kit: fever reducer, painkiller, plasters, a sorbent, your regular meds. City pharmacies are good; mountain villages have none.
[ ] Pack motion sickness tablets
    The roads to Kazbegi, Svaneti and any mountain route are wall-to-wall hairpins. Even the 'never carsick' get carsick; kids go first.
[ ] Stick to bottled water on the road
    Tbilisi tap water is generally fine, but bottled is safer on the road and in guesthouses. Borjomi in a glass bottle is its own experience.
[ ] Pack layers — even in summer
    When Tbilisi bakes at +35°C, a Kazbegi evening sits at +10°C. A fleece and windbreaker weigh nothing and save every mountain night.
[ ] Bring trekking shoes
    Gergeti trail, Svaneti paths and the canyons get slippery and wet in sneakers. Broken-in trail shoes solve it.
[ ] Rain jacket or shell
    Mountain weather flips within the hour: sun — fog — downpour. The rain jacket lives in your backpack.
[ ] Pack for the sulfur baths
    Tbilisi's Abanotubani baths: towel, flip-flops, swimsuit for shared halls — or book a private room with the famous kisa scrub. Reserve evening slots ahead.
[ ] Chargers and a power bank
    Type C/F European sockets — US/UK plugs need an adapter. A power bank is a must in the mountains.
[ ] Buy a local SIM
    Local SIMs (Magti, Silknet) are cheap and sold with a passport at any office. Magti has the best mountain coverage.
[ ] Download offline maps
    Mountains mean long stretches with no signal. In cities, Bolt handles taxis at fair prices.
[ ] Think through the car rental
    Zero-excess insurance earns its price: chips and rockfall are routine on mountain roads. Tusheti and upper Svaneti demand 4WD and real experience.
[ ] Book mountain stays in advance
    Kazbegi and Mestia fill up in season (June–September): the good guesthouses go weeks ahead.
[ ] Prepare for the supra feast
    If invited to a supra, the tamada leads the toasts — you needn't drain the glass, but skipping the toast to peace or parents is rude. Restaurant portions are huge: order less than you want.
[ ] Kids' documents
    Each child needs their own passport. Bring the birth certificate if surnames differ, and check one-parent travel rules.
[ ] Kids' first aid kit + motion sickness remedy
    Fever reducer, thermometer, plasters — and definitely a child-safe motion sickness remedy: kids handle the hairpins worst of all.
[ ] Warm clothes and spare shoes for the kid
    Mountain evenings are cold even in July, and kids locate every puddle and stream with precision.
[ ] Snacks and entertainment for the road
    Region-to-region drives run 3–6 hours. Offline cartoons, water, familiar snacks — and stops every couple of hours.
[ ] Check in online for your flight
    Opens 24–36 hours before departure. Free seats together go fastest right at opening.

Checklist from Unload: https://unloads.me/c/georgia