{"id":363,"date":"2014-11-15T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/packing-tips-confessions-of-an-overpacker\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:21:04","slug":"packing-tips-confessions-of-an-overpacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/packing-tips-confessions-of-an-overpacker\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of an Over Packer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Or how packing for every eventuality can put an exhaustion-fueled dampener on your whole holiday)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have a confession to make. I, like many others out there, am an over packer.<\/p>\n<p>Even when going away for the weekend you may find my luggage filled with four different tops, two pairs of jeans, a dress, a light jacket, a warm jacket, three pairs of shoes, my laptop, tablet, a couple of books, not to mention a hair and make-up case that I carry separately because there\u2019s no way that stuff is also going to fit in my bag. I will be away for 3\u00a0days and 2\u00a0nights, but I am packed for all eventualities. I mean, how am I supposed to know what I\u2019ll need?<\/p>\n<p>If this is one weekend, you can imagine what my packing looked like when I was preparing for two years abroad, which was to include 3\u00a0solid months of traveling including: a Greek Island tour and Mediterranean cruise and a road trip, followed by working. And then of course, there&#8217;s all those\u00a0climates and seasons (Greece in the summertime! Scotland during winter!)<\/p>\n<p>I needed summer clothes, winter clothes, casual clothes, going out clothes and work clothes. I needed my hair straightener and products not so much\u00a0for\u00a0the wind-blown summer paradise of Santorini, but for the\u00a0office where, more than wanting to look presentable, \u00a0I <em>needed <\/em>to.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s what I took: (Brace yourselves now&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">CLOTHING<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">8 tops<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">3 cardigans<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">2 pairs of jeans<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">1 pair black office pants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">1 pair summery white pants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">1 pair leggings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; 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color: #003366;\">Travel pillow<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">Sleep sheet<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">Protein shake shaker (what are those called, again?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">10 pack plastic zip lock bags for in case.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">Pens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">3 notebooks (I am a writer, so\u2026)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; color: #003366;\">Kitchen sink. Almost.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know what you\u2019re thinking.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, I became very skilled at organising my suitcase or just sitting on it until it would zip. I was prepared for ANYTHING! But lugging it all around made me miserable.<\/p>\n<p>Nearing the end of my first week (of two years!) of travelling, when I arrived finally at my hotel after lots of huffing and puffing, I\u00a0couldn\u2019t stop myself from crying at the sight of a small flight of stairs to reach reception. Repeatedly getting\u00a0lost while hauling a suitcase, a day-size backpack, and handbag through kilometres of subway systems and heaving them up stairs to the streets of Tokyo, had added up to too much.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Trust me, you don\u2019t want to be that person that cries at the sight of ten stairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Packing Tips<\/h2>\n<p>Over packing can put a serious dent in your enjoyment of your holiday. To help you avoid over packing misery, here are some things you can comfortably leave at home:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Half your clothing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I love clothes and have a lot of favourites. Sometimes you just feel like wearing a specific top and I wanted to have them all available to me; I wanted the convenience of home.<\/p>\n<p>But when you\u2019re traveling, you\u2019re <em>not <\/em>home. Plus, I didn\u2019t even wear much\u00a0of what I lugged around the world with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Tip \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Rinse and Repeat. Or, well, Repeat and Repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When traveling, it is actually A-OK to wear the same clothes again and again, because 1) no one\u2019s going to see you again anyway, and 2) you start to value comfort over fashion and gravitate toward climate appropriate apparel for wherever you are. Even if that&#8217;s\u00a0what you wore yesterday (and maybe the day before that).<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Layer Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Tip \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Bring a couple of\u00a0neutral tops\u00a0that you can layer and wear differently<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>If you like fashion, the truth is you<em> are<\/em>\u00a0going to buy new clothes\u00a0when you spot stuff you can&#8217;t get at home. Leave room for that!<\/p>\n<p>Also, wouldn\u2019t it be easier to buy winter clothes when the weather turned rather than drag those extra kilos with you for months beforehand? In hindsight, yes. Yes, it would.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Toiletries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most people bring travel sized bottles of toiletries. But\u00a0you might not even need those.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed in capsule hotels; business hotels; regular\u00a0hotels; hostels; B&amp;Bs; resorts; and a cruise ship &#8212; and almost every single one of them had toiletries available, including towels and hair dryers. And if they don\u2019t? Toiletries are cheap and readily available, especially in areas that see regular tourists.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Tip \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">When it comes to toiletries, buy as you go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re backpacking. I could buy a single sachet of laundry detergent and lay clothing on the backs of hotel room chairs and over radiators every time I needed to do a load. So did I really need to take detergent, a clothes line or universal sink plug? I could buy new razors and tissues as needed, and I didn\u2019t use my Swiss Army Knife once. They may be small items, but it all adds up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recovery as an over packer is a process. Even as I write this blog, I look up at that absurdly long list of luggage and still feel like I can justify a lot of it. I know why I brought all that stuff. I wanted to be prepared for anything.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>was<\/em> prepared.<\/p>\n<p>And it was horrible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or how packing for every eventuality can put an exhaustion-fueled dampener on your whole holiday) I have a confession to make. I, like many others out there, am an over packer. 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