The Ultimate Checklist for Travel Packing – Travel Guide

The Ultimate Checklist for Travel Packing – Travel Guide

Whether the next is your first trip or your hundredth one, you should always consider taking only the necessities for your trip. It is always advisable to have a travel checklist. Bookmark the following packing list, which will help or remind you to pack everything required. In the end, we have mentioned trip-specific resources as well.

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Step 1: Collect Important Travel Documents, Credit Cards and Cash

Start with the most important ones. You can indeed use a travel document organizer for this purpose. It contains holders for a passport, ID, boarding pass, seven credit cards, coins, a pen, and a few other documents you may need to carry with you. So this gadget will help and ensure to take everything you need from one place to the next. Think about including the following documents:

  • Passport / visa (s)
  • Personal ID, including a student ID card if you have one
  • Cash and credit card(s)
  • Frequent flyer card(s) and other loyalty program cards such as a hotel or hostel
  • Health insurance cards/document (s), including your blood group
  • Reservations and itineraries
  • Travel insurance info
  • Transportation tickets if you have already booked (plane, train, bus, etc.)
  • Hotel and tour contact information
  • Emergency contacts and important addresses

Always double-check that your IDs and passports are not expired. You will also need to inform your bank if you are traveling abroad so that they will not assume your genuine transactions as fraudulent and freeze your card. You may also email yourself a copy of your passport, driving license, IDs, medical cards, and itineraries, so if anything goes wrong, you can access them online.

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Step 2: Pack Your Personal Item Carry-On Bag

The next important thing is to prepare your item carry-on bag with all the things you will need to be with you on the flight. It is advisable to have an outfit or two and a few essential toiletries with your items, which will be helpful in case your luggage is lost. If you are expecting to travel to several destinations (and in several transport modes), make sure this bag contains items to keep you cozy on any train, boat, or bus ride. It would be nice to have a bag with easy access, so you do not have to reach your main travel bag each time you need your eye mask or lipstick. But remember, you will be carrying all of this, so keep it light as much as possible.

We recommend you consider using a small daypack or backpack as your item bag. Here are some good things to be included in a personal Item Carry-on Bag:

Technology

  • Mobile devices and charger
  • Camera and a video camera, memory card, and charger
  • iPad or e-reader and charger
  • Electrical converters and adapters
  • Headphones (consider noise-reducing headphones if you are sensitive to sound)

Comfort, Entertainment, and Information

  • ​​Travel pillow, eye mask, blanket, and earplugs
  • Books and magazines
  • Travel journal and pen
  • Games
  • Guidebooks, travel guides, maps, language guides, etc
  • Any other thing that may require upon arrival at your destination

Health Items

  • ​​Hand sanitizer or wet wipes
  • Prescriptions in original packaging
  • Glasses and case

Step 3: Select Your Main Bag

Whatever trip you are planning, we recommend versatile, lightweight, and spacious luggage to hold all your essentials. The most important thing you should look at when selecting luggage is to find a piece that is lightweight, versatile, and can fit lots of gear. If you will be walking through different types of terrain, or switching from airport floors to cobblestones, having a bag with the option to roll it or carry it like a backpack or duffel will be convenient.

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For more information about how to pick the right bag, read our buying guide for luggage, travel packs, carry-ons, and duffel bags.

Step 4: Organize Your Stuff

Keeping everything organized will be a big challenge when you have to deal with several kinds of activities requiring various gear to pack in your suitcase. When packing for any trip, especially one that requires you to pack lots of equipment in several layers, one of the best solutions would be to use packing organizers. When you arrange your suitcase with packing organizers, they will make it easy to move from one place to the next without requiring you to rearrange the entire bag whenever you reach a new destination.

Using packing cubes, you can arrange clothing in compartments according to outfit type or activity type. Packing cubes are zippered bags that make it easy to keep your luggage nice and neat and provide quick access to things you need at other times during your trip. Pack-It™ Compression Sacs or Pack-It™ Specter Compression Cubes are some of the best selections to reduce the volume of your clothes by up to 80%. In addition, these cubes are handy for packing bulky items such as jackets and sweaters.

Here are items you should not leave behind:

The Basics

  • Lightweight clothing that can be layered
  • Shirts
  • Socks
  • Pants and shorts
  • T-shirts
  • Underwear
  • Dress/es
  • Belt
  • Jewelry
  • Pajamas/sleepwear
  • A swimsuit or swim trunks
  • Sweaters
  • Jacket
  • Sunglasses
  • Comfortable walking shoes (click here for advice about finding the right travel shoes)

If you wish to visit several places, you must pack many clothing options. The need does not mean that you should necessarily over-pack. In stead, fill smart. You may include clothing for your adventures and get dressed up slightly with a different scarf and a pair of shoes. You should try creating a capsule wardrobe – Lady Light Travel will assist you in creating a simple but excellent travel capsule wardrobe. It lets you pick versatile clothing pieces to mix and match. S the need to carry separate parts for each outfit will be eliminated.

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Find out more about choosing the right packing organizers.

Step 5: Pack Your Toiletry Bag

Always keep your toiletry bag light and especially TSA-compliant. For example, the  TSA’s 3-1-1 rule says: liquids, creams, gels, pastes, and aerosols must be less than 3.4 ounces (100ml) per container and should be packed in a one quart-sized, clear, plastic zip-top bag.

To make these requirements easy, we have created a package that includes four 3-ounce silicone bottles in a quart-sized clear plastic pouch that can be easily wiped and with a water-resistant zipper. Cl CK here for more info about TSA rules regarding what you can pack.

Do not miss out following items from your toiletry bag.

The Toiletry Bag Basics

  • Toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, mouthwash
  • Shampoo and conditioner
  • Hairbrush or comb, hair ties, barrettes/bobby pins, Deodorant
  • Makeup
  • Sunscreen
  • Face wash and makeup remover wipes, Moisturizer
  • Lip balm
  • Lotion
  • Personal hygiene items
  • Extra contacts, solutions, and case
  • Feminine hygiene products

Toiletry Bag Extras

  • ​​Mirror
  • Hair products
  • Cologne/perfume
  • Shaving kit and extra razors
  • Clothesline and detergent
  • Facial tissues
  • Sewing kit/clothing care kit
  • Scissors, nail clippers, and tweezers (these could be put in checked luggage)

Travel Health

  • First aid kit (bandages, gauze, adhesives, etc.)
  • Pain and fever relievers (also in children’s strength; if traveling with kids)
  • Personal prescriptions (copies of scripts)
  • Thermometer
  • Diarrhea/laxative medicines
  • Cold medicines and throat lozenges
  • Allergy medicines
  • Multivitamins
  • Hydrocortisone cream / antibacterial ointment
  • Sunburn relief
  • Motion sickness pills or bands
  • Moleskin
  • Insect repellent / mosquito net/sting reliever
  • Eye drops
  • Medicines and vaccinations specific to the region/activity

Step 6: Pack Your Day Bag

Prepare a versatile and lightweight day bag that can help you stay comfortable and prepared for any unforeseen circumstance.

Step 7: Consider Travel Security

In most large cities worldwide, travelers are mainly targeted for pickpocketing. Th before, the easiest and safest way to keep your valuables, such as cash, passports, and credit cards, safe is to have them hidden and closer to your body. A  straightforward way is to stash them underneath your clothing with a money belt, neck wallet, leg wallet, secret bra stash, hidden pocket, or hols er. You can review the different styles here to select one (or more) that best fits you and the type of travel you will engage in.

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You may also be interested in choosing one that has RFID protection. RFID protection keeps your credit cards/debit cards and passports (issued after 2006) safe while traveling. Identity theft can happen when some intelligent guy can “read” through your purse or pocket since these plastic cards contain microchips with personal information stored on t em. You can learn about RFID safety from Scott Shelter, a freelance journalist, and frequent traveler.

However, according to cybersecurity personnel, the chance of “reading” or stealing your data from a microchip while being sitting in the corner of a road is next to impossible due to the security features embedded in said microchips by the issuing authorities.

Step 8: Prepare Your Home

  • Have the post office hold mail
  • Set up an email autoresponder
  • Stop newspaper delivery
  • Arrange care of pets, lawns, and plants
  • Prearrange school absences for children
  • Pre-pay bills
  • Empty refrigerator
  • Turn off the heater/air conditioner
  • Unplug appliances
  • Turn down the water heater
  • Lock all doors and windows
  • Turn off washing machine taps
  • Store valuables in a safe place
  • Leave the house key and trip itinerary with a trusted friend
  • Leave flight and hotel itineraries with a relative
  • Set up a timed light system
  • Reconfirm/check-in online with the airline

If your trip extends for more than 30 days, check with the police and your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance for any specific instructions.

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