What should be in a travel medical kit?
Short answer: 23 items, from after-bite / anti-itch cream through to tweezers (splinters, ticks, bee stings). The complete Travel Medical Kit 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 Travel Medical Kit checklist — all 23 items
- After-bite / anti-itch cream
- Antihistamines for allergies
- Antiseptic cream
- Blister plasters
- Cold and flu tablets
- Diarrhoea medication
- Digital thermometer
- Hand sanitiser
- Hearing aid batteries (easy to forget, hard to buy abroad)
- Insect repellent
- Lip balm with SPF
- Motion sickness tablets
- Painkillers
- Personal prescription medication (enough for the whole trip plus extra days)
- Plasters, various sizes
- Prescription copy or doctor's letter for controlled medicines
- Rehydration electrolyte tablets for hot climates
- Rehydration sachets
- Small scissors (checked luggage only)
- Spare pair of glasses or contacts
- Sunblock, high SPF
- Travel insurance policy number written down, not just on your phone
- Tweezers (splinters, ticks, bee stings)
At home, a headache is a two-minute walk to the bathroom cabinet. Abroad, it's a hunt for a pharmacy in a language you don't read, at prices airports set, for brands you don't recognise — and the medication that's routine at home may be controlled at your destination.
This kit list packs the pharmacy shelf you'll actually want: painkillers, the stomach trio every traveller eventually blesses (rehydration, anti-diarrhoeal, antinausea), antihistamines, plasters and antiseptic, motion sickness tablets, insect repellent, and prescriptions in original packaging with a doctor's letter for the border. Small pouch, outsized peace of mind.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "rehydration sachets" — 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 be in a travel medical kit?
You need 23 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from after-bite / anti-itch cream through to tweezers (splinters, ticks, bee stings) — 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=travel%20medical%20kit opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Travel Medical Kit 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.