The Vacation Binder | 30 Day Vacation Prep
The Vacation / Holiday Calendar Template
Create a spreadsheet to add to your binder. This should be the first page of the binder. Instead of a standard monthly view, use a Weekly Routine of the House and Your Vacation plans for that day. Have a Column for your vacation day plans, Your House Day Tasks to be covered, how those tasks are being accomplished and Notes.
EXAMPLE (does not include vacation plans)
| Date | Maintenance & Tasks | Visitors / Deliveries | Notes |
| Mon (Dec 22) | Trash Out (Curbside) | Mail arrives ~2:00 PM | Set alarm by 10:00 PM |
| Tue (Dec 23) | Water indoor plants | Grocery delivery (9 AM) | Check porch for packages |
| Wed (Dec 24) | Keep Porch lights on | Neighbor visit | Festive lights on timer |
| Thu (Dec 25) | Holiday - No Mail | House-sitter dinner | Relax! |
| Fri (Dec 26) | Trash/Recycling pickup | Dog walker at noon | Check backyard gate |
2. Essential Binder Categories and Sections
Section One:
House Philosophy
Travel Info:
Local Emergency Numbers
Contacts Non-Emergency
Home Maintenance Numbers:
Section Two: Home Operations
Map of the House
House Tech
Alarms & Codes:
Section Three: The Routines
Plants & Garden:
Indoor House Routines:
Waste Management Routine: Which days are trash vs. recycling, and where the bins go.
Section 4:
Spare Keys Locations: Notes on where to find back-up keys or spare fobs.
At the end of today, please have in your binder a spreadsheet of your Vacation days. If you have not audited your house routine, begin the house routine audit so you know what needs to be done while you are gone.
Create binder sections and put the pages in the binder.
If you are working gone detoxing for the vacation, The diet for detoxing is:
Breakfast: One cup of rice or a regular sized bowl of rice with an egg and margarine with olive oil. A cup of coffee with milk. The combination of milk and rice gives you the amino acids you need to rebuild and repair your body. The margarine helps remove toxins from your bloodstream and fat layer. The coffee helps burn fat. You will get used to not having a sweet breakfast but your brain needs glucose/sugar and that can be added to your coffee.
Lunch: Repeat or have something else. During Detoxing, your body hates getting rid of chemicals, it is safer for the body to keep them stored in your fat. If you feel sick, it may be those chemicals being released from medicines and other digested toxins. If you were a heavy drug user, please contact your doctor. Side effects from those drugs may appear when detoxing and you may want to have your doctor monitor your blood as you detox.
For medical advice, please contact a doctor. The health coachig information provided in this post is educational only. I am not your personal health coach but work with your doctor to keep you healthy.
