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Managing Your Travel Estate & Designing Your Legacy
Your Travel Estate
Most travelers spend hours planning trips but almost no time preparing the information their loved ones would need if something unexpected happened.
Your travel estate is everything connected to your identity as a traveler—loyalty points, memberships, passports, insurance, medical details, and booked trips.
When these pieces are scattered across accounts and documents, families are left searching for answers at the worst possible moment.
Travel as Legacy
Travel as legacy is about using the journeys you take — and the ones you dream about — to create connection, meaning, and continuity for the people you love.
It can look like visiting ancestral homelands, sharing a multigenerational trip that becomes a family story, returning to a place that held memories with someone who has passed, or marking a milestone with intention.
These experiences become part of the narrative you leave behind: a record of what mattered to you, how you chose to spend your time, and the moments that shaped your life.
Organize the Essentials
Loyalty Programs and Points
Loyalty Programs and Points
Loyalty Programs and Points
Airline miles and hotel points are often forfeited at death unless specific documentation is provided. Policies vary widely, so the safest approach is to:
- Document account numbers and balances
- Store login locations
- Use your points for meaningful experiences
Passports
Loyalty Programs and Points
Loyalty Programs and Points
Your passport is one of the most important documents in your travel estate. Record:
- Passport number
- Issue and expiration dates
- Physical location
- A color copy stored separately
- Emergency contact inside the passport
If a traveler dies abroad, the passport must be surrendered to the U.S. Embassy for repatriation.
Travel Insurance
Loyalty Programs and Points
Medical Information
Most families don’t know a policy exists until they need it. Document:
- Policy name and number
- 24‑hour emergency line
- Coverage limits
- Whether medical evacuation and repatriation are included
Repatriation alone can cost $2,000–$10,000+ without coverage.
Medical Information
Medical Information
Medical Information
If you were unconscious in a foreign hospital, providers would need:
- Medications and dosages
- Allergies
- Chronic conditions
- Blood type
- Emergency contacts
- Health insurance details
Create a laminated medical summary card and carry it on every trip.
Booked Trips
Medical Information
Booked Trips
Airlines, hotels, and cruise lines have bereavement policies — but your family needs booking numbers to act.
Keep a simple Current Trips document with:
- Confirmation numbers
- Contact information
- Deposit details
- Key phone numbers
Protect Your Travel Identity
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry
Store your Known Traveler Number (KTN) and membership expiration dates in your NokBox. These memberships are:
- Non-transferable
- Non-refundable
- Not to be used after someone dies
Digital Security
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry
TSA PreCheck and Global Entry
Protect your travel identity by:
- Using RFID‑blocking passport holders
- Avoiding posting boarding pass barcodes online
- Enabling two‑factor authentication
- Documenting passwords securely
What Belongs Where
In Your NokBox
With You When Travel
With You When Travel
- Passport copy
- KTN + membership details
- Loyalty program numbers + balances
- Travel insurance policy + emergency number
- Booked trip references
- Vaccination records
- Advance directives (if applicable)
- Emergency contacts
With You When Travel
With You When Travel
With You When Travel
- Original passport
- Boarding pass
- Travel insurance emergency number
- Medical summary card
- Hotel/cruise confirmations
- Prescription copies
- Vaccination card (if required)
- Emergency contact card
The Travel Envelope
Before Each Trip Create One Dcoument
Before every major trip, create one document containing:
- Itinerary with hotel names and phone numbers
- Emergency contacts
- Travel insurance policy number + emergency line
- Passport copy
- Medical summary
- Credit card emergency numbers
- U.S. Embassy/consulate contact
Leave a copy with someone at home. Keep a photo of each page on your phone.
Before You Travel: Readiness Checklist
- Travel Envelope created and shared
- Prescriptions filled
- Passport valid 6+ months beyond return
- U.S. Embassy number saved
- Travel insurance purchased
- NokBox updated
- Medical summary card in wallet
- Itinerary and emergency contacts left at home
- Loyalty program info documented.