Travel Tips
Travel Laundry
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1. Start by packing wrinkle resistant clothing; clothes made from microfiber, rayon, and easy-care silk and tensile are perfect for travel. Little or no care required.
2. Button buttons and zip zippers. Avoid wrinkles by carefully folding garments along seam and normal crease lines and pack in plastic packing bags.
3. Pack heavy items (such as shoes and hair dryers) on bottom of luggage (the wheeled side!); light items on top.
4. Excess room in luggage causes clothes to shift thus wrinkle - take up space with air inflated plastic zip bags.
5. Pack shoes in shoe bags.
6. Unpack and hang garments as soon as you arrive at your destination. Ask for more hangers or pack plenty of our inflatable hangers (perfect for air dry laundry too).
7. Hang items in shower to naturally steam out wrinkles.
8. When all else fails - use the hotel iron and ironing board - a quick touch up does wonders for your appearance. International hotels often have in-room pant pressers. Or take along your own Travel Iron.
Laundry Tip
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Laundry Tips
Save money and packing space by doing laundry on the go. Pack these essentials:
• A gentle laundry soap that works in cold as well as warm water.
• A sink stopper.
• Netline™ Travel Clothesline – a must for all dive vacations. Set up in your hotel to dry laundry or on the boat to dry suits, gloves and other dive gear
• Quick Fresh™ Traveler’s Clothing Spray to eliminate odors between washings.
• Pack a kitchen-sized trash bag along with your clothes. You can then put your dirty clothes into the trash bag so that you know which clothes are clean and which are dirty.
Dive Travel Tip
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Critical Pre-trip Preparations:
Make sure your passport and/or visa are up to date. Many countries require that you have at least 6 months of validity left on your passport before you enter. It takes about 6 weeks to obtain a passport and 6 months for a visa, but you should allow longer during peak travel times.
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Visit your physician for a complete physical and for all required immunizations. Check your medical insurance to determine whether your policy covers illnesses, accidents or injuries outside the U.S. Keep medications in their original packaging to avoid problems. Ask your pharmacist to make smaller travel-sized bottles for prescriptions.
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Don’t forget your scuba diving certification card! No certification card? No diving! Give a copy of your full itinerary to a trusted friend or relative at home.
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Re-confirm your ticket 24 hours before a domestic flight and 72 hours before an international trip. Check with your airport to find out how early to arrive; check-in times vary by airport and season.
Pre-trip Tips
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Learn About Your Destination:
Consult the U.S. Department of State website (www.state.gov) for reports, travel warnings and other announcements regarding travel to the places you plan to visit. Research your destination! Read everything you can get your hands on – guidebooks, magazines, newspaper articles, and websites – to brush up on local customs, laws, language, appropriate dress, climate, currency, cuisine, etc.
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Book flights, hotels, etc. far in advance to avoid unnecessary fees and undue hassles – especially during peak travel times, including spring break and the winter holidays. Visit your local dive store to ask about recommended gear lists for your destination. Many dive stores also plan dive vacations – a great place to get started.
Dive Gear Repair
Find more great tips like these in our Repair Guide
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With exposure to sunlight, saltwater, and chlorine, synthetic gaskets degrade over time due to the loss of structural oils called plasticizers. Proper protection with UV Tech™ is essential for maximizing scuba gear life.
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Create an ultra-tough, flexible knee patch with Aquaseal to protect suits from abrasion. Simply apply a thin coat of Aquaseal with a disposable plastic knife. Dry level overnight.