Having just returned from vacation, I'm armed with recent (and not so recent) packing errors that I'm ready to pass on. First, I will acknowledge that I'm not a naturally skilled packer. Whatever abilities I have gained in the packing arena have been after years of hideous packing errors and a current strategy that includes numerous lists and weeks of advance planning. If you realize that at one point I managed to go to Mexico for a week with one pair of shorts, you will understand just how far I've come. So...reminders for your future summer packing endeavors:
1. Don't pack too light; there is nothing worse than not having what you need. Having the attitude that you will "buy something if you forget it", never works because if you really need something it is a pain to run around trying to find it, and chances are it won't be nearly as good as what you could have easily brought. If you have to check luggage, who cares if it is one piece or two?
2. Pack for weather cooler and warmer than you predict. The evenings are always colder, and the days always warmer than you remembered.
3. Bring lots of extra outfits, seems like every time you are on vacation you end up changing frequently and each day requires more than one outfit. Especially true of beach vacations!
4. Make sure to review your shoe selection....classic rookie packer mistake is to forget the shoes that go with the "event" or the "evening" attire. Also remember your clutch for evening events.
5. Call me crazy, but I always bring slippers...why you ask? Because hotel room rugs are nasty, seriously dirty, and being slightly obsessive, I prefer to protect the piggies from hotel rug filth :-).
6. When in doubt, make lists...it will really bum you out not to have clothing you want to wear on your precious vacation, so even if you think it is overkill, plan, make lists and pack like a superstar!
Signed, ME {lv}
ps AND...finally, for those beach or lake bound gals, if you get mosquito bites, think ahead and take those homeopathic pills that change your PH balance--they actually really do prevent you from getting bites. EVERY single time I've been to Hawaii I forget that the mosquitos are aggressive, and I always end up with a body full of bits.
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