Sunday, March 29, 2009

Five Ways to Pack Better

It was a client who came into the store and related how their luggage with all their medications in it that prompted me to start passing on some important tips to save stress and frustrations.

1. Never ever let your medications of any kind out of your sight when travelling. Some medications may even require a doctors certificate for you to take on board with you but if a pice of your luggage gets waylaid you will have a very hard time getting your prescription refilled in many countries.

2. If you are travelling with a spouse or partner make a point of using half of each persons clothing in each bag. That way if only one gets lost you have some outfits to last you at least a few days.

3. Always take at least one change of clothes in your carry-on. If your bags are lost you have a days lee way to feel comfortable.

4. Look at using packing cubs for more effective and efficient arrangement of your belongings. They come in different colours and sizes. At the last place we stayed in Punta Cana there were no dressers at all. Packing cubes give you the option of not living out of a suitcase and the cubes do not look out of place on counters or table tops. Some people who travel with children use one colour cube for one child and a second colour for another.

5. Compression packs are inexpensive and allow you take take smaller suitcases with you, particular of you are going on some motor coach tours which have size restrictions.

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