“The journey not the arrival matters.”

Do you have a “go to” style when you’re traveling? When you’re flying there are few things that I like to make sure I consider when I’m planning what to pack and what to wear for the trip itself. I am en route to Cooperstown NY to Jack’s baseball tournament and unfortunately we couldn’t get a direct flight. I have become quite efficient at only packing carry on when I travel so I don’t have to wait at baggage carousel and most importantly so I don’t have to worry about lost bags.

About a year ago Brandon bought me my own personalized luggage from Tumi and I absolutely love it. I have a carry on suitcase and then a smaller bag that I usually reserve for my iPad, laptop and other things I need when I’m on the plane. My outfit is always casual (unless I’m going on a business trip), and I try to stick with relatively flat shoes (or at least ones I don’t mind walking in for miles in airports).

I have a trip back to England coming up and for that red eye trip I will wear sweats (which are as comfortable as wearing pajamas). I know on that trip I’m going to have lots of fun pictures to post and shopping to do

This weeks trip is pretty much going to be baseball, baseball and then more baseball…it’s a good thing I can’t get enough of watching Jack play!

Here are some of my packing tips for carry on size luggage:
1. Choose daily outfits – I used to just pack random things and then figure out when I was on vacation what I wanted to wear together. If you pack outfits your don’t over pack and you don’t have to worry about using up all your matching clothes and being left with some random, crazy outfit.
2. I buy travel size products or use empty 3oz bottles from Target to store my larger toiletries. Even though I have TSA Pre-check you don’t want to be mistakenly caught with larger things in your bags that are confiscated. On our way back from the cruise Jack was caught with 3 bottles of water and a can of Ginger Ale (funny thing is he had been complaining how heavy his bag was – he didn’t even know they were in there because we had used it for an excursion
3. Save underwear and smaller items to fill in gaps or put them inside your shoes. There are always random spaces that you can fill with small things if you pa k everything else first and see what space is left.
4. Don’t pack too many shoes – admittedly this is the hardest one for me. I try to limit myself to the most versatile pairs, but I do always have to take at least one pair that is a little more dressy.
5. I always take a sweater, jacket or cardigan that is bulky and the easiest way to fit that in is either wear it, tie it around your waist or carry it over your arm. I get cold on planes, it gets used as a blanket for my kids and I have a little extra room in my case (maybe for another pair of shoes

 

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