“Compression Socks”: 30 Small Things That People Say Greatly Improved Their Traveling

Wow!

I just put my second old phone with an active sim card in my case. Share Google Maps position between my two gmail accounts. It works (also on train, bus, etc)

The tag also needs signal. Most tags, line the apple air tag in the picture, just piggy back off of the signal of nearby devices. For air tags, they need to be near a network connected apple device. No device, no signal. It will just tell you the last place that it had signal. If your luggage falls out of the plane and lands in the forest, you won't be able to track it to it's spot.

Same. Because we travel so much too.

Back in the late ‘50’s, in the Army, I did that with my foot locker. While most guys were scrambling to get clean stuff for an inspection, I just opened my foot locker, propped the top tray, and waited. Everything clean, neat and orderly. Everything double !

Mental note, get my ARK (Apocalypse Readiness Kit) bag set up with my spare stuff. My other half usually ends up using whatever of an item happens to be handy (excluding toothbrush, we both have those in the same place, which we color code), which is usually mine, rather than look for his (even though his may just be just as easy to access, but just out of arm's reach). Although we don't really travel that much, having an overnight bag already packed and ready to go can mean the difference between us having everything we need and going without/having to buy an essential item.

tooth pate sounds interesting!!

This is great if you ever forget to pack and you're a lil' drunk. Also...DON'T pack drunk. Unless you want to open your bag to one sock, your 7yo's shirts and no hairbrush. But thank God you packed 3 hard back books that weigh a ton!

I do this too, even when it’s not for short notice travel. Helped my packing anxiety. Now I just look at the list when it’s time to pack and stop worrying days in advance that I’ll forget something. It’s helped so much!

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I do this as well for our camping trips. I have one list for short trips and one for longer trips. I also have meal plans and grocery lists to go with the packing lists and a teardown checklist.

We have a spreadsheet that allow us to select/deselect items. It covers everything we might ever need. It helps for packing prior to a travel and making sure we don't leave anything behind when we are heading home.

nice hack.

Lip gloss is needed during a flight?

Maybe international flights. In-country or regional dont even fit a magazine anymore

That's nice it probably fits right into a laptop bag as well.

I haven't flown in quite a few years but from what I understand, only having carry on luggage is the way to go!

When you can you can, but you can’t always travel light. Try packing for a week of camping in sub zero weather or taking expensive camera equipment to complete a hard gig and then talk to me about “carryring less” is a always big upgrade.

Truth.

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I just have a phone with a 10000mAh battery. Weighs more than most, but can even be used as a power bank for others if someone else is stuck. Lasts me typically up to a week, sometimes more, between charges,

Went to a convention last month, without the powerbank I wouldn't have been able to get home. (I had an train e-ticket and my battery was not going to last long enough otherwise.)

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Thanks, noted.

Also dress COMFORTABLY which for me means wear little. Shorts, tank top, sandals. The Korean Air in flight service was great but the plane temperature was way too warm IMO. Lots of Koreans on board with zipped up "ski" jackets says they were used to different temps than me. You can always layer up with a light flannel shirt or something but if you dress too warmly for a long flight you are kind of stuck.

Good for long travel of any kind (plane, auto, cruises) because it isn't the flight, it's the sitting, and for some people the different foods, because we all indulge in snacks and different foods when traveling; that's part of the fun! It isn't fun, however, to end a 2 week international vacation by having to stay in bed with your feet elevated on a wall and pillows just to get the swelling in your feet down enough to put your shoes on!

Could've used these on my last flight. I'll have to get some now

I'm going to remember this one!

Fireproof safe! Just like the other important documents.

Mines in my purse. It acts as a second form of photo ID for me and it's a fun conversation starter when I pull it out for some reason, usually I don't want to dig out my wallet, and my passport is in its designated pocket.

Slight variation - Have a handy place when actually traveling. I use a passport holder / wallet thing. But once you are there, hide your passport in your stuff in case your room gets burgled. So for met that was a particular place inside the lining of one of my large suitcases. A thief might well steal your computer bag - but a big suitcase of misc clothing looks boring and heavy.

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Funny how you'll happily trust that the sheets and towels, which will be in close contact to infection-sensitive parts of the body, often for some time, are properly laundered, but you don't trust them to clean the shower which is being constantly rinsed as you use it and which is going be in contact with nothing more than the soles of your feet. Wrong priorities, I feel.

But wait, then the bottom of those flip flops are in contact with those 20 years of grime. Now, you’ll have to wash THEM ! Then you’ll need to let them dry before you put them back in your suitcase ! Does it ever end ?

And then you put those sandals in with your clothes? Do you just store them in your luggage when not using them? No that’s way worse than just getting a dämn shower with bare feet.

A cheap pair of rubber flip flops, OR a pair of slip on water shoes, are great even if you only stay in hotels where it's obvious they clean it very well. You can throw them on to step out of your room to get ice or go for breakfast, and they are a MUST if you go around a pool. My sister and BIL went to a high end Mexican resort this year, and the first day, sure almost broke her elbow going to the bathroom from the pool because the time around the pool was so slippery, she was just walking and fell!

Yup. I have a go back always ready for a quick trip-- restock all essentials, using travel size stuff, no thought required, grab bag and go

Never forget your meds. Not just painkillers, vitamins, but those meds that keep you alive like for me, hydrocotisone and florinef, and now glaucoma drops.

Choose alcohol wipes, that way the alcohol penetrates your skin and helps you "feel great". More seriously, avoid the non-alcohol ones.

Same thing for road trips, and long days working in the field-- we usually don't have potable water on sites, so a pack of unscented baby wipes is essential

Wet wipes are a godsend for festivals, too. If it's good enough for astronauts, it's good enough for me.

Beautiful choice of word, crevices !

ROLL UP YOUR CLOTHES instead of folding. They take less space and IMO it is easier to remove an item without messing up the other items.