I usually only travel for 3-4 days at a time, so one carry-on and my purse (which is, admittedly, quite large) is all I usually need. And my carry-on isn't even a suitcase, it's just a training bag that I got as a "going away present" from my volleyball team in high school. But it fits all of my clothes, shoes and hair supplies, so that's good enough for me. I only bring outfits for the number of days I'll be there, plus a couple extra tops and an extra pair of jeans in case something happens, so I'm pretty good about not over packing. Quick tip: I've found that rolling my clothes instead of folding them
really helps!! I used to only be able to fit one extra pair of shoes, because my folded clothes took up so much room, but since I've started rolling them I can fit 2-3 extra pairs of shoes in the bag
Everything else--makeup, skincare, personal items, etc--I keep in my purse. Yes, my purse really is that large. It still fits under the seat, though, so we're good. I never have to take much, considering I only take short trips, so it only takes me an hour or so to pack. I usually do it the night before I leave. I could do it the day I leave, but for some reason I always choose incredibly early flights (4am to 5am). My friend is having a destination wedding in September, though, and the whole bridal party is booked at the hotel for two weeks--yay for the most wonderful bridesmaids gift ever--so I don't even know
how I'm going to manage to pack for that one. Clothes for two weeks--not to mention my dress and shoes--are simply not going to fit into a gym bag. I just hate the idea of checked luggage
I try to be as organized and efficient as possible when I travel. It's not even TSA that bothers me (I've never had a problem and even at a busy airport like LAX or JFK I've always gone through TSA rather quickly). I've just always hated traveling with people who either A) pack everything in their entire house for a 3 day trip and bring 4 suitcases for a single weekend and/or B) try to fit everything they own into one HUGE carry-on that takes up half of the overhead. The oversized carry-on bags are the big one, though. Sometimes I wonder how some of these people even make it on the plane with these huge ass suitcases they bring. And then there's me with my moderately sized gym bag and the lady at the kiosk is like "Hunny you're going to have to check that, it might be over the limit"...bitch it weighs 20 pounds! What about that guy in front of me with a suitcase that's the size of my freaking car? And then of course those huge ass suitcases take up all the room in the overhead so that when I can't shove mine in, I'm the first person to be told that my bag has to be checked. Oh no, my dear, my little tiny gym bag is staying. Thankfully that's only happened once and one of the men a few rows up from me volunteered to check his instead or I would have been belligerent haha I know it's supposed to be "first come, first served," but when there are 27 MASSIVE suitcases that should not have even made it past check-in, my little bag is not going anywhere.
Okay, that's the end of my off-topic rant. Yeah basically I pack light when I fly lol
Wonderland ♥ wrote:
If you travel as a standby, you're required to dress nice just in case you get a seat in first class.
Ugh
I've never heard that haha my friend only flies standby when we travel and she dresses like she's going to the gym!
(Already happened once)
