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What you should do to prepare your home
for vacation
In advance:
- Make sure car insurance is paid and adequate for other states, Canada or Mexico,
depending on your travel plans. If renting a car, check with your insurance agent to see
if you should purchase the collision damage waiver for the rental car.
- Double-check life, health and homeowners insurance coverages.
- Write down insurance policy numbers and agent’s telephone number, and take them
with you.
- Have car checked and tuned up one week before departure.
- Make hotel reservations.
- Obtain traveler’s checks, passports, visas, etc.
- Inform police of travel plans if you will be away for an extended period of time.
- Ask a trusted neighbor to watch your house while you’re gone, or arrange for a
house sitter.
- Stop newspaper delivery and have the post office hold your mail, or ask a friend to
collect it every day for you.
- Have someone mow your lawn and water your plants.
- Make arrangements to board pets or leave them with a friend.
- Remove valuables from home and store in a safe deposit box.
- Prepare a first aid kit to include soap, hydrogen peroxide, bandages, butterfly
bandages, gauze pads, adhesive tape, ace bandage, scissors, tweezers, thermometer,
aspirin, sunscreens and insect repellent.
Immediately before departure:
- Use timers to turn lights and radio on and off at appropriate times, day and night.
Tuning in a "talk" station helps give the impression that you are at home.
- Leave shades, blinds and drapes in normal positions.
- Turn down water heater to lowest or pilot setting.
- Turn off gas or electric for appliances that won’t be needed while you’re
away.
- Turn off water for washer and dishwasher.
- Turn telephone bell down or off completely.
- Make sure the message on your answering machine does not indicate that you are on
vacation.
- Remove items from porch and lawn.
- Move valuables so they can’t be seen from porch windows.
- Lock all doors and windows, paying particular attention to the basement, garage, attic
and sliding glass doors.
- Leave a second car in the driveway to give the impression that you are home.
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