Though we strive hard not to plan too much up front and only book essential things in advance it is still turning into a very long todo-list before we leave. Jesper being a Lean/Agile consultant we are naturally trying to manage the planning using a Kanban board which is actually working out fine both in terms of keeping focus, maintaining an overview an actually getting things done:
Fortunately things are starting to look good and the essentials are soon in place. For others in the same situation here is a non-inclusive list of things we have had to do (in somewhat prioritized order):
- Planning the travel route (why we chose each country will soon be listed under each country found in the menu "Countries we will visit") - Renting out our house (Tried various services including airbnb but in the end an Islandic couple and their 3 kids found us via boligportalen.dk ) - Applying for "leave" from the childrens daycare so they can come back when we get home - Quitting job (Only Line since Jesper is self-employed) - Renting a campervan in Australia - Adelaide -> Sydney (doing that late will make it much more expensive and vans might be unavailable) - Renting cars on Oahu and Maui (it is high season when we get there and rumors are than if you have not booked a car in advance it is simply not possible to get one) - A place to stay in Hawaii (again high season) - we ended up finding a place on both Oahu and Maui through airbnb - Local flights in the Philippines (we found out that many Philippines live abroad and are going home for Christmas and New Years making it the busiest time a year ) - Places to stay in Philippines (Again it is peak season and though we planned just to make our way around and find somewhere to stay once we got to a new city we read so many places that it is neccesary to book in advance - we ended up booking Mindoro and Puerto Princesa through airbnb and found a nice place in El Nido on tripadvisor ) - Getting shots for various deceases (ended up costing a small fortune - +10.000 DKK) - Buying mosquito nets (unfortunately there is a spreading dengue epidemic in Asia) - Fixing all the small things in the house that people expect to be in place when they rent something :-) - Renting a car for the roadtrip in the Deep south of USA (you can save close to 70 percent by booking far in advance) - And probably lots more that we have already forgotten
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