Traveling with a three year old isn't fun. To top it all off, for some reason I left my brain behind on this trip. Besides the typical delays and having to entertain a three year old, I had shampoo spill in my bag, had to pay an overweight bag charge, had to put sweaty marathon clothes back in my bag touching my clean clothes, left a few things in the hotel because they wouldn't fit in my bag, and the list goes on. If only I'd remembered:
- Put your personal hygiene products in plastic bags.
- Don't remove the plastic bags from your dry-cleaned items as they help reduce wrinkling.
- Use grocery bags for packing shoes and bring along a few extra for damp or sweaty clothes.
- Never pack your jewelery or medicine in your suitcase.
- Put a collapsible bag in your suitcase to provide for more packing room on your way home.
- Always make sure your name and contact number are on your luggage.
- If you take a hairdryer or electric razor, make sure you pack an appropriate adaptor, if necessary.
- Check your airline's baggage fee schedule. Sometimes the charge for a second bag is cheaper than paying the overweight charge on one big bag.