Article: DIY Travel Hacks for Packing

[Cameron]

These are great! I knew a few of these already.

I once slashed my thumb on my razor (plastic cover came off) when I unpacked in Cabo San Lucas. My thumb would not stop bleeding and the medics worked on it for hours. In fact, it bled for three days and my thumb was bandaged up for my son's wedding. So, the hack about putting a binder clip over the top of the razor--just do it!

Enjoy!
Cameron

 

[Chris]

Some of the comments at the end of the article are pretty funny...

 

[Heidi]

Great ideas! Thanks Cameron! I may try a few of their tricks but I'm such as zip lock freak ~ everything goes in them ~ I don't think my shoes need a shower cap

Oh, Chris, I just saw your head-up about the comments; they're hysterical

 

[Cameron]

I always put my shoes in a plastic grocery bag to keep the bottoms from touching clothes. But, I do have some of those freebie hotel shower caps around and those are less bulky.

The cotton in the compacts makes sense. I've had blush break before.

I've used contact cases for makeup for short trips (back in the days of business trips).

I would never refill a toothpaste tube!

I hoard makeup/skin care samples of products that I use. I can usually talk the Clinique folks into filling a sample bottle of my foundation for free.

BTW -- My last trip to Paris via Heathrow, they told me that I don't have to pack solid deodorant in the plastic ziplock bag. I didn't know that those bulky (even travel size) didn't have to go in the bag. That freed up space.

 

[Pauline]

I like the soap pouch made from a face-cloth! And the shower-cap for your shoes beats using plastic shopping bags.

I use ziploc backs and lots of those Eagle Creek pakit cubes.

The comments are very funny. Thanks for mentioning that Chris - I would have missed them.

 

[Kathy (Trekcapri)]

Great article. I had my shampoo leak a little on my last trip. Luckily I had them in a ziplock bag, but I lost a bit of my shampoo from the leak. I'll have to try the plastic wrap tip on my next trip. And I agree, some of those comments were funny.