I especially recommend the «no checked luggage» and «don't bring just - in - case
items», that advice will serve you well whether you're going for a one - month jaunt (I often travel all over on local transportation and need to keep it light — there's simply not room for big suitcases with
unneeded stuff for this way of travelling) or even if you're undertaking a life changing but not permanent move — like the teachers I work with who go abroad
from the States to teaching jobs in UAE.