Rural check-in instructions template, no cell signal

Before you lose signal

• Please save this page now, and download an offline map of [Area name] in your map app.
• Signal usually drops after [Last signal point, e.g. the gas station in [Town]].
• Fill up on fuel and groceries in [Town]. The nearest store after that is [Distance] away.
• Try to arrive in daylight if you can; the last stretch is dark and has no streetlights.

1. Directions from [Town]

• From [Starting landmark], drive [Distance] on [Road name].
• Turn [Direction] at [Landmark, e.g. the white church / the red barn with the silo].
• After [Distance], the pavement ends. Continue [Distance] on gravel.
• Our driveway is on the [Side] just after [Landmark, e.g. the green mailbox numbered [Number]].

[Photo: the driveway entrance with the sign]

2. If your map app says something different

Please follow these directions instead. Map apps often send drivers down [Wrong road], which [Why, e.g. is closed in spring / isn't passable for cars].

3. Driveway and parking

• The driveway is [Length and surface, e.g. 400 metres of gravel, with one steep section].
• Park [Parking spot].

[Photo: the parking spot]

4. Get in

[Entry, e.g. lockbox on the porch post, code [Lockbox code]].

5. First things inside

• Wifi: [Network name] / [Wifi password]. Your phone can call over wifi if you turn on wifi calling.
• [Landline, if any]: [Landline location].
• Water: [Water note, e.g. well water, safe to drink / please drink the bottled water].

6. Reaching us and getting help

• Call or text [Host name] at [Host phone] over wifi.
• Nearest cell signal: [Signal spot, e.g. the top of the hill at the end of the driveway].
• Emergency: call [Local emergency number]. The civic address to give is [Civic address], posted [Where it's posted].
• Nearest hospital: [Hospital name], about [Drive time] away.