Packing Tips for Holiday Travel

• The number one rule for travel packing is to pack light, as airlines nowadays are becoming very strict about baggage allowances and charging people for being a few kilograms of the limit. One of the best packing tips is that 1 pair of jeans, shorts or a skirt can be used each day with the help of 5 or 6 disinctly differnet tops.
• Most people travel with black suitcases so it can often be hard to identify your luggage from the rest of the crowd. A simple coloured ribbon or unique sticker will make your black case easy to find.
• Always when packing travel with your important items that can't afford to lose, such as jewellery or medications, in your carry on luggage.
• If you are travelling with more than one suitcase then a helpful packing tip is to place some of each persons belongings into each suitcase, so if one case goes missing then everyone still has a change of clothes.
• I always like to pack one change of clothes in my carry on luggage, so that I'm covered in case my bags don't end up at the same place I do.
• Always pack in your carry on luggage a backup copy of your holiday travel documents, a photocopy of your passports and a recent photos of your family, just in case they are needed.
• Whenever you are packing for overseas travel remember to fill up your shoes and any other hollow items with small clothes such as your socks, hankies or underpants.
• To arrive at your destination in as good a shape as possible travel armed with a blow-up neck support pillow, a pair of ear pugs, warm socks and a cotton eye mask. Be aware that the nylon eye mask that some airlines give you can make your face sweat.
• If you need to carry any form of medications with you, for example insulin for diabetes, make sure that you have a doctors certificate with you stating this fact. This way customs and baggage officials will not ruin your holiday travel by confiscating your medication.
• Get some small plastic bottles and pour some shampoo, conditioner and any other liquids that you need on your holiday travels into them. With these packing tips your toiletries bag will not be so heavy and full of large bottles.