The most common mistakes we make when packing for a short trip is over packing, we think we need all these things for daily uses and end up with overweight luggages and might turn out most of the things we pack don't even get used during the trip.
To avoid over-packing, pre-organising is important. I just did packing for our 3 days trip to Brisbane (1.5 hours flight from Sydney) thought why not just share how I packed for this trip for some ideas.
1. Check the weather, knowing the temperature at destination is very important when packing for clothes. Brisbane is approx 28C these days so I packed couple T shirts, a pair of shorts, a pair of pants and a shirt in case it's cooler at night. Roll your clothes instead of folding them, save space and your clothes won't get wrinkled so easily. If they turn out to be wrinkled and you don't have an iron in the room? Hang them in the bathroom while you are having a shower, the steam will work wonders.
2. Have an idea on what occasions you will be attending at your destination and prepare outfit for each occasion, pack some items that can be worn in different ways/dress up or dress down will save a lot of space. We don't have any plan for this trip, so basically we will just hang around in the city and chill out. So I don't need any outfit that really dressy but I can definitely dress up the denim shorts with the black T and chunk necklace for a simple yet sheik look if we end up deciding to go some fancier restaurant or casino.
3. Wear the heavier things on the plane. This will definitely save the space in your luggage. So I will wear the ripped jeans with the chunky necklace and black T on the plane, they are comfortable enough and easy to style.
4. Pack the thongs and wear shoes. If you are staying in some self service apartment you know there usually are no slippers for you, so i like to bring a pair of thongs to wear in the room or run out for a quick coffee etc.. I know thongs can be comfortable to wear on an airplane but packing a pair of chunky heels is a no no for me. I will rather just wear the heels or boots on the plane consider it's a short flight and save the space in my luggage for some other things that cannot be worn. But since this time we are just relaxing, I am not preparing to wear heels anyway, will just wear a pair of flats which match both of my outfits.
5. Use your handbag. We all know lady's handbag is not counted in the carry on luggage, so why not use this to hold some stuff like phone charger, underwear etc.? I usually will bring a larger size handbag to hold these extra stuff. But please note a back pack isn't a handbag, so use a proper bag...
6. We can only carry 100ml liquid onto plane, 100ml!!! A small handcream bottle is 30ml!! So this is very easy to exceed. So the simple way is... buy shampoo and conditioner at destination...I know this is some extra spend, but a travel pack shampoo and conditioner cost $3 each, over weight cost $50 per kg at least or if you exceed the liquid limit, they will be taken away and you will still end up buying again.. trust me, they count the volume based on what says on the packaging, not how much actual content in a bottle. If you only have 1/5 of stuff in a 250ml bottle, they take it as 250ml.. I learnt from hard lessons..
Hope these tips can help you pack in a way for a short trip, and wish you all are having a great day, if you are packing for a trip, enjoy your holiday!
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