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How To Pack Light For Travel (& NOT look like a hot mess in all your photos!) || Packing Light Tips

January 20, 2022

How To Pack Light For Travel (& NOT look like a hot mess in all your photos!) || Packing Light Tips || The Millennial Maven #packing #travel #packlight #traveloutfits #packingtips

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Do you often tell yourself to pack light for travel, only to haul a suitcase so heavy you might actually need to ditch a few toiletries just to get under the luggage weight limit?

If you are lowering your eyeballs in shame right about now, then this post is for you!

You may not believe this when you hear it, but I was once the ultimate overpacker.

Growing up, my family and I took several trips to Disneyland. Disneyland. You know, the land of sitting on the ground, dripping ketchup on your shirt, and being bombarded with more activities than you could possibly hope to experience in five days. What am I getting at here? Well, I actually needed to pack much less stuff than 10-year-old me believed I needed.

My parents attempt at “packing light” came in the form of one large, hard-hard sided suitcase which our family of four shared. Each person was allocated a quarter of the space. Though I’m pretty sure my shenanigans occupied much more than my share. Disneyland isn’t a fashion show, yet I needed my fanciest zebra coat. Disneyland isn’t a waiting room with nothing to do, yet I needed books and toys. And Disneyland is located in California, where it almost never rains. But I swear I packed my raincoat and boots one year.

As an adult who is now in charge of lugging her own belongings, I’ve become obsessed with packing as light as possible while still being prepared for anything. It’s a tall order sometimes, (especially when you’re traveling for a special event, like I am later this summer,) but so far I have not ever been on a trip thinking, “Gee, I wish I had packed more.” I admit, I am still sometimes guilty of packing 15 underwears and 16 pairs of socks for a seven day trip. What kind of tragedy I expect is going to happen to my socks and underwear, I do not know. Socks and underwear aside, these are the eight guides that I use when I’m packing light for travel.

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10 Well-Lifestyle Tips That’ll Help You Avoid Getting Sick on Vacation || How To NOT Get Sick While Traveling

October 28, 2020

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how to not get sick while traveling

how to not get sick while traveling

Honestly, is there a worse time to get sick then when you’re on vacation?

All you want is to enjoy your trip and make the most of your time. And then, boom! A cold. Or worse. You’re away from the comforts of your home, more effort is needed just to get simple remedies, and visiting the doctor you’re familiar with isn’t an option. It has happened to all of us.

On the bright side, there are precautions we can take to reduce our chances of getting sick while traveling. I used to come home sick after every single trip, without fail. After I started doing these things, I almost never spend the last few days of my trip coughing and sneezing, and then confined to my bed for several days after getting home.

Here are my top ten tips on how to not get sick while traveling!

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My Travel Toiletry Bag || How to pack the perfect toiletry kit for most travels!

October 7, 2020

My Travel Toiletry Bag || How to pack the perfect toiletry kit for most travels! || The Millennial Maven #traveltoiletries #traveltips #howtopack #whattopack #toiletrybag

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Packing light for travel is basically my sport of choice. But I never skimp when it comes to toiletries.

To me, packing light means skipping the items that you definitely don’t need while on a trip. These things may make you superficially happier or perhaps slightly more entertained, but they don’t affect how you feel just existing. Whether or not you have that hardcover book or a 3-wick candle with you won’t affect your physical well being.

Toiletries are different. They help us feel like our healthy, clean, and comfortable selves. My strategy is to pack little bits of a lot of items. When you look at my list on paper, it looks ridiculous. However, once it is all packed, you would never guess that I’m practically a walking drugstore.

This is the travel toiletry kit that comes with me wherever I go.

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