When you're eager to start your vacation, it can be easy to make simple travel mistakes. You forget voltage converters you won't be able to buy overseas. You fail to make copies of all your important documents, like passports and credit cards. You dress like a tourist (yes, white sneakers), singling yourself out as an easy target for pickpockets. The editors at TravelChannel.com have identified common travel mistakes that are easy to make, but also equally easy to avoid.

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