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The Free Travel Starter Kit
Printable planning pages, sent straight to your inbox. Map out a trip day by day, without the usual scramble of sticky notes and seven open browser tabs.
- Daily planner pages and a pre-trip timeline
- Packing lists and budget sheets you can actually fill in
- Day-by-day trip builder, ready to print
Why bother with a planner
Here's the thing about planning a trip. The fun part, picking where to go, takes an afternoon. The annoying part (timelines, packing, budgets, what you booked and what you forgot) drags on for weeks and ends up scattered across about nine different notes apps. This kit pulls all of it onto paper you can hold. Print it, scribble on it, stick it on the fridge. Free, and it's the same set of pages I run through before every trip.
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In the kit
Everything you get
Eight printables that cover the whole trip, from the first spreadsheet panic to the morning you actually leave.
Daily planner pages
One page per day. Morning to night, no gaps missed.
Pre-travel timeline
A countdown of what to sort and when, weeks out to wheels up.
Budget planner
Track flights, beds, food and the bits that always sneak up on you.
Packing lists
Blank and pre-filled versions, so nothing important stays home.
Flights, beds and transport
A simple sheet to log every booking in one place.
Medical supplies kit
The first-aid checklist most people only think about too late.
12 steps to planning a trip
The full method, start to finish, on a single guide.
50 travel tips
Hard-won lessons that save money, time and a few headaches.
Three steps
How it works
No account, no download maze. Email in, planner out.
STEP 02
Check your inbox
The kit lands within a few minutes. Peek in spam if it's shy.
STEP 03
Print and plan
Print the lot or just the pages you need, then start scribbling.
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See it in action
Watch the two-minute walkthrough
A quick look at what's inside the kit and how people actually use the pages on a real trip.
Good to know: these are printable PDFs, not fillable forms. Print them at home, or write on them with a tablet and a stylus app if you'd rather go paperless.
Inside the budget sheet
Rough daily numbers to start from
The budget planner does the maths for your actual trip. To get you started, here's roughly what a day costs by travel style, shown in pounds, dollars and euros.
Travel style
GBP
USD
EUR
ShoestringHostels, self-catering, walking
£45 / day
$59 / day
€52 / day
ComfortablePrivate rooms, eating out, day trips
£110 / day
$145 / day
€127 / day
Treat yourselfNicer hotels, tours, the odd splurge
£220 / day
$290 / day
€253 / day
Conversions use a mid-market rate of about £1 to $1.32 and €1.15 (June 2026). Rates move, so treat these as ballpark, not gospel. Your destination changes everything too.
While you're here
More free planning tools
The kit is the paper side of things. These are the interactive tools that do the heavy lifting on screen.
Itinerary Generator
Tell it where and how long. It builds you a day-by-day plan.
Open toolEntry Requirement Checker
Visas, ETAs and the paperwork you can't turn up without.
Open toolBudget Calculator
Plug in your trip and see what it'll actually cost.
Open toolBooking Resources
Our tried-and-tested sites for flights, stays and getting around.
Open guideFrom people who've used it
It actually helps
Helped me plan without forgetting stuff.
The packing list alone saved me.
Loved the day-by-day pages.
Before you go
Sort the not-so-fun stuff too
Planning is the nice part. These cover the bits you'll be glad you read if a trip goes sideways.
When things go wrong
Lost passport, missed connection, dodgy booking. What to do in the moment.
Read the guideKnow your compensation rights
Delayed or cancelled? You may be owed money. Here's how to claim it.
Claim what's yoursStay well on the road
Looking after your body and head while you travel, near and far.
Health and wellbeingQuestions
Travel starter kit FAQs
The things people ask before they sign up, answered straight.
Is the travel starter kit really free?
Yes, completely. No card, no trial, no upsell waiting at the end. Pop in your name and email and the kit comes straight to your inbox. We'd rather you found it useful and stuck around than charged you a fiver up front.
What's actually in the kit?
Eight printables: daily planner pages, a pre-travel timeline, a budget planner, packing lists (blank and pre-filled), a sheet to log your flights, beds and transport, a medical supplies checklist, a 12-steps-to-planning guide, and our 50 best travel tips. Enough to take a trip from "where do I even start" to packed and ready.
What format are the planner pages?
They're PDFs, sized for standard A4 and US Letter so they print cleanly either side of the Atlantic. Open them on any phone, tablet or laptop, or send them to a printer.
Are the pages fillable, or do I print them?
They're built to print and write on, not fillable form fields. If you'd rather skip the paper, open them in a tablet note app with a stylus (GoodNotes, Notability and the like) and scribble straight onto the page.
How do I get the kit after signing up?
It arrives by email within a few minutes. If it's not there, check your spam or promotions tab, and add us to your contacts so the next email lands properly. Still nothing? Drop us a line and we'll sort it.
Will you spam me?
No. You'll get the kit, then the occasional email with new guides and genuinely useful travel bits. One tap to unsubscribe whenever you like, and we never sell your details on.
Can I use the planner on my iPad or tablet?
Absolutely. Loads of people go fully paperless with it. Import the PDFs into a note-taking app, then plan, tick and edit on screen. Same pages, no printer required.
Do the pages work for any destination?
They do. Nothing in the kit is country-specific, so it works just as well for a weekend in Lisbon as a month across Southeast Asia. The day-by-day pages and budget sheet flex to whatever trip you're planning.
Can I print just the pages I need?
Yes, and most people do. Print three daily pages for a long weekend, or the whole set for a big trip. Reprint the planner pages as many times as you want, for as many trips as you want.
Can I share the kit with a friend?
Send them to this page so they can grab their own copy. That way they get the welcome email and any future updates too, rather than an out-of-date PDF forwarded around.
Last call
Ready to plan the next one properly?
Grab the free starter kit and the next trip plans itself. Well, almost. You still have to pick the place.