What should you pack for a business trip?
Short answer: 23 items, from adaptor plug if travelling overseas through to umbrella. The complete Business Trip checklist is written out below — and the exact same 23 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Business Trip checklist — all 23 items
- Adaptor plug if travelling overseas
- Boarding pass
- Breath mints
- Business cards
- Cash for tips and taxis
- Comfortable shoes for the airport, smart shoes for meetings
- Deodorant
- Headphones for calls in transit
- ID / passport
- Laptop and charger
- Lint roller (for the suit)
- Medication in carry-on
- Notebook and pen (Wi-Fi and laptops fail at the worst moment)
- Phone charger wall plug
- Phone stand for video calls from the hotel room
- Portable charger / power bank
- Portable Wi-Fi hotspot or local SIM
- Presentation notes or slides downloaded offline
- Printed copies of key documents as backup
- Spare shirt or blouse (in case of spills before a meeting)
- Suit or smart outfit, ironed
- Toiletries bag
- Umbrella
A holiday packing mistake costs you comfort. A business-trip packing mistake costs you a presentation — the forgotten laptop charger, the shirt that never got ironed, the business cards sitting on the desk at home. Work travel punishes sloppiness in a way beach travel never does.
This checklist splits the job cleanly: the professional layer (laptop and chargers, business cards, printed backups of the key documents), the wardrobe that survives a suitcase — plus the spare shirt for pre-meeting spills — and the travel plumbing of boarding pass, tips cash and the portable hotspot. Pack it the night before, tick as you go, walk into the meeting complete.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "laptop charger" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you pack for a business trip?
You need 23 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from adaptor plug if travelling overseas through to umbrella — and the same 23 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=business%20trip opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Business Trip list (23 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.