Travel Packing Advice

The art of getting your stuff

Around the world and back home again.

Timely Travel Packing Advice and Luggage Packing Tips for those who wander.

We all feel better when we're surrounded by our own stuff.

Only your most treasured possessions are invited along on a journey. Our Travel Packing Advice page is jammed full of tips to help the savvy traveler arrive on the scene in style.

~ Travel Light ~

is the mantra of the seasoned traveller. When packing for vacation more is not better.

• Ensure that you have tagged your luggage with your name and contact information (women, put only your first initial(s) and your full last name for safety reasons). Inside and Out



• Clearly identify your luggage from others by wrapping a colored ribbon or band securely around the handle (nothing dangling). Or apply stickers to the sides.
  
  The only problem with the black wheeled luggage is that half of the population own them. Make your luggage easy to identify.



• On sailing vacations use only soft luggage (duffle bags) that can be unpacked and rolled up for storage. Hard sided luggage will plague you throughout your trip.




• Roll several garments together rather than packing flat. You can fit more in and it distributes the weight more evenly, you may even end up with fewer wrinkles.




• Lotions, liquids and creams should be packed in sealed zip-lock bags.




• All sharp items must be packed in your checked luggage including, scissors, nail files, swiss army knife (or any knife).
  
  Many items may be confiscated by secirity at the airport. As security measures tighten up the list of prohibited items widens and changes.
  
  Call the airline or visit their website the day before you leave to get the most recent update of prohibited items.




• Gas cannisters of any kind are not allowed on planes even in your checked luggage. This includes butane cannisters for hair appliances and lighters. Co2 cannisters are usually allowed. Call the airline with any questions, these things change constantly.




• Pack   "double duty"  items. Hair conditioner makes a fabulous shaving cream, a pareo or sarong ( a length of brightly colored fabric around 1 meter wide by almost 3 meters long) can be used as a dress or coverup but it also makes a great beach blanket, table cloth, privacy curtain, sun shade just to mention a few.




• To keep clothes clean and smelling fresh, pack shoes in double garbage bags.
  
  Extra bags can be used as emergency rain gear, a laundry bag, a ground sheet, to keep your luggage or gear dry, a privacy curtain and on and on...

Here's a whole page of  Double Duty Items  that promise to keep luggage light and emergencies covered.

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