Holiday travel doesn’t have to be stressful this year if you know to navigate the system.
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As we head into the busy holiday season, a lot of people may be getting ready to travel for the first time in a while and could be feeling a little rusty. We wanted to help your winter getaways feel as stress-free as possible, so USA TODAY reached out to some professional travelers for their top tips on how to pack. Advice ranges from the best ways to get organized to planning around traveling with little kids. Here’s a roundup of tips from influencers and journalists who travel as a day job, so you can pack like a pro.
Especially if you don’t travel often, it can be hard to even figure out what you need to pack. “Make a short list of any things you wouldn’t be able to replace easily – passport, medication, prescription glasses, camera – and double check these items,” Alex Outhwaite, a television travel presenter, suggested. “That helps stop me stressing before I leave as I know that anything else other than those items can be easily bought when I’m away if necessary.”
Once you know what you need, you can organize even further by keeping like with like in your luggage. “The classic Army Roll technique is perfect for keeping clothing as small and compact as possible. Roll up your undies and socks for the day into your bottoms for ease,” said Annette Richmond, who founded the Fat Girls Traveling Facebook group. “I then suggest placing items in packing cubes to save even more space. I would bring at least two packing cubes so that as you accumulate dirty clothes one of the packing cubes can be your laundry hamper.”
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