We recommend “layers.” The countries we are visiting will be warm to hot, so light clothes are probably sufficient with perhaps a rain jacket or umbrella. Do not forget your phone and/ or tablet and we recommend bringing adapters to charge mobile devices. The program information regarding the adapter in Oman is listed as H , it should be G – Oman plug type is G. To use plug-in electronics, you should bring a travel plug adapter. Find suitable options here, here and here.

This is driven by participants' allowance on their scheduled flight from the US (and back). Whatever participants can take on that flight we can take on the private plane. 

Where possible, we take all checked luggage to the airport prior to participants arriving and have it all checked in onboard by the time they arrive. On arrival in a destination, there will be various approaches (dictated by local authorities). We will ask you to leave your luggage unlocked for ease going through security. Ultimately, we are there to facilitate as smooth a process as possible where participants don’t have to get involved. 

Once luggage is checked in, it is checked in and participants cannot access it until we arrive in the next destination. 

Yes, this is in order to facilitate entry into some countries. Please make photocopies of your vaccination card, visas and your passport – photo page and all stamped pages. 

COVID-specific protocols can be found here, as well as an email you will be getting prior to your program start date. 

Hotels will offer this service. 

Please visit https://www.roadscholar.org/about/insurance/ or contact concierge@roadscholar.org 

Yes. Like anyone flying, we need to go through airport security at each destination and follow the laws and rules of the country we are traveling from. Our aim is to make that process as easy and straightforward as we can for you. Familiar restrictions like 100 ml in liquid, as well as country-specific restrictions, may apply. Since restrictions are subject to change with little notice, we will remind you the day before traveling of the best places to pack certain items and whether any specific regulations exist.

Distilled water will be available at each hotel. Participants will need to bring an appropriate adaptor for their CPAP machine for each destination. 

Standard international check-in is at 3 p.m., so if you arrive at the hotel before then you can leave your luggage with the concierge and explore the area on your own. COVID testing is between 2-4 p.m. at the "Rear Window" meeting room (located on the ground floor), so please be available at this time for your test. We’ll then all convene at our welcome meeting at 5 p.m.