Trip to Georgia

The list adapts to you

When you add it, the checklist asks a couple of questions and keeps only the items that fit your situation.

• Traveling with kids? NoYes

What's inside

1. Check your passport and entry rules

   Most nationalities enter Georgia visa-free for long stays. Your passport must be valid for the whole trip — and double-check current entry rules.

2. Buy insurance that covers activities

   If trekking, horses, paragliding over Gudauri or skiing are on the menu — make sure the policy covers them.

3. Save tickets and bookings offline

   Screenshots of bookings and your address — mountain areas lose signal for long stretches.

4. Plan for lari cash

   Cards work in cities, but markets, marshrutka minibuses and mountain guesthouses run on lari cash only. Exchange offices are everywhere and fair.

5. Make copies of your documents

   Photos of passport, insurance and bookings to cloud storage; paper copies separate from originals.

6. Pack a first aid kit

   The standard kit: fever reducer, painkiller, plasters, a sorbent, your regular meds. City pharmacies are good; mountain villages have none.

7. Pack motion sickness tablets

   The roads to Kazbegi, Svaneti and any mountain route are wall-to-wall hairpins. Even the 'never carsick' get carsick; kids go first.

8. Stick to bottled water on the road

   Tbilisi tap water is generally fine, but bottled is safer on the road and in guesthouses. Borjomi in a glass bottle is its own experience.

9. Pack layers — even in summer

   When Tbilisi bakes at +35°C, a Kazbegi evening sits at +10°C. A fleece and windbreaker weigh nothing and save every mountain night.

10. Bring trekking shoes

    Gergeti trail, Svaneti paths and the canyons get slippery and wet in sneakers. Broken-in trail shoes solve it.

11. Rain jacket or shell

    Mountain weather flips within the hour: sun — fog — downpour. The rain jacket lives in your backpack.

12. Pack for the sulfur baths

    Tbilisi's Abanotubani baths: towel, flip-flops, swimsuit for shared halls — or book a private room with the famous kisa scrub. Reserve evening slots ahead.

13. Chargers and a power bank

    Type C/F European sockets — US/UK plugs need an adapter. A power bank is a must in the mountains.

14. Buy a local SIM

    Local SIMs (Magti, Silknet) are cheap and sold with a passport at any office. Magti has the best mountain coverage.

15. Download offline maps

    Mountains mean long stretches with no signal. In cities, Bolt handles taxis at fair prices.

16. Think through the car rental

    Zero-excess insurance earns its price: chips and rockfall are routine on mountain roads. Tusheti and upper Svaneti demand 4WD and real experience.

17. Book mountain stays in advance

    Kazbegi and Mestia fill up in season (June–September): the good guesthouses go weeks ahead.

18. Prepare for the supra feast

    If invited to a supra, the tamada leads the toasts — you needn't drain the glass, but skipping the toast to peace or parents is rude. Restaurant portions are huge: order less than you want.

19. Kids' documents Yes

    Each child needs their own passport. Bring the birth certificate if surnames differ, and check one-parent travel rules.

20. Kids' first aid kit + motion sickness remedy Yes

    Fever reducer, thermometer, plasters — and definitely a child-safe motion sickness remedy: kids handle the hairpins worst of all.

21. Warm clothes and spare shoes for the kid Yes

    Mountain evenings are cold even in July, and kids locate every puddle and stream with precision.

22. Snacks and entertainment for the road Yes

    Region-to-region drives run 3–6 hours. Offline cartoons, water, familiar snacks — and stops every couple of hours.

23. Check in online for your flight

    Opens 24–36 hours before departure. Free seats together go fastest right at opening.