Free planning tool
What should someone know while caring for your home?
Enter the absence dates and care arrangement. The tool creates a practical handover covering access, deliveries, plants, pets, and escalation contacts.
Free. Values stay in your browser and are not sent to US Expat Desk. Reviewed September 2026.
Home-care handover
The result combines the selected care scope with checkpoints before departure and after return.
Worked example
A household prepares a plants and home handover without placing access secrets in the result.
Result
- summary
- 5-item plants handover
- absence Days
- 17
- items
items
- Emergency contact and escalation route
- Mail, deliveries, and expected visitors
- Utilities and visible household checks
- Return-date confirmation
- Plant-care schedule and locations
- checkpoints
checkpoints
Item
- label
- Review the handover together
- offset Days
- -7
- date
- 2027-05-25
Item
- label
- Confirm the contact route
- offset Days
- -1
- date
- 2027-05-31
Item
- label
- Handover begins
- offset Days
- 0
- date
- 2027-06-01
Item
- label
- Handover ends
- offset Days
- 0
- date
- 2027-06-18
Item
- label
- Review unresolved items
- offset Days
- 1
- date
- 2027-06-19
How the result is worked out
The result combines the selected care scope with checkpoints before departure and after return.
Limitations
Do not enter alarm codes, passwords, account numbers, keys, or sensitive access instructions. Share those separately and securely.
This tool does not decide eligibility, legal obligations, document sufficiency, or official outcomes.
Sources and review
The result is deterministic and uses only the values entered. Open original sources when a planning step depends on a provider or authority.
- International Travel. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
US Expat Desk is the trading name of Joao Vitor Humenhuk Achutti, a sole trader. Reviewed September 2026.
Common questions
Does home-care handover decide an official requirement?
No. It organizes customer-entered planning information and never decides eligibility, legal obligations, or official deadlines.
Where are my answers stored?
The calculation runs in this browser. Your answers are not sent to US Expat Desk.
Can I export the result?
Yes. A completed result can be printed and exported in the formats shown beside the result.
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