Summer is well and truly here and children up and down the country have broken up for the summer holidays. Hurray I hear you shout!
If you’re going abroad this year, you’re probably thinking about packing very soon. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be trying to take way more than you actually need, because you never know what you’ll need!
Here are my top tips to help maximise your packing:
- have a small bag that is your power pack and assign this to someone to be responsible for the entire journey – pack passports, boarding passes, hotel booking print-outs, money, inhalers and essential medicines so that they are available whenever needed. This can be stashed in hand luggage if required as long as its secure
- make a list outlining the activities for each day that you are away – now plan outfits for each day (including changes and underwear)
- Ensure you have enough suitable outfits for each day and the day you travel home! Take tops and bottoms that you can mix and match and take Travel Wash to freshen them up between wears
- Use a roll-up compression bag to reduce the size of items that don’t crease – swim wear, underwear, bulky sweatshirts etc
- If you need to take shirts and other smart items in a small carry-on or rucksack – use Shirts Bag to ensure it all remains neat in your bag
- Get out the shoes you want to take – take shoes that can go with multiple outfits to avoid needing to take lots
- Take a quick drying sports towel for the beach as it takes up less space in your luggage and has the added benefit of drying quickly after each use (great for the last day when you need to pack after the pool!)
- Remember you can only take 1 litre of liquids in carry on and they must be in a small plastic bag. Take multi-purpose products if you can – all-in-one shampoo and conditioner or shampoo/bodywash are great examples
- Decant your face creams into smaller bottles or jars to fit them into your allocation
- Buy compressed deodorants and travel toothpaste as these are in smaller containers
- Get a multi-port charger so that you just need to take 1 plug and multiple cables to charge a number of devices
- Don’t forget a bag for dirty washing
Whilst we are talking about getting organised, don’t forget to:
- Dig out EHICs and check they are in date if you are going to Europe
- Find out your passports and make sure that they are all in date and crucially you can find them!
- Check-in and print your boarding passes as soon as you can – there is nothing worse than coming to print them the day before to find you’ve run out of printer ink
- email or save your insurance policy and contacts to your phone so that you have them for reference
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