Originally Posted by
QueenOfCoach
You've got a plan.
Cold comfort to you, now, but for everyone else's information I have a habit of checking my passport when I first sit in the car after leaving my house for an international trip. I get in the car, say "Wait a sec", positively confirm that I have my CURRENT (not expired) passport in my purse, then say "Go".
My final check is in the car, not in the house, as it is easy to leave something on the kitchen counter or table near the door. I check when I'm actually in the car.
Back in the days of paper tickets, I did the same with the paper tickets.
Problem was that I'm currently on a multistop itinerary - week in DCA, weekend in NAS, week in ORD, weekend in RUT... the fact that one leg of that was international escaped me when all I was thinking about was DCA. Besides, the Bahamas are totally touristy and Americanized anyway
Anyway, totally my fault and your advice is exactly right.