Packing Lists
Paperwork and Documentation
- Personal identification
- Valid driver’s license (check expiration date)
- Travel itinerary
- Reservations and confirmation documents
- Insurance cards (health insurance, travel insurance, auto insurance if renting a vehicle)
- Phone numbers for
- Air travel
- Rental car
- Lodging
- Airline tickets, cruise documents, and/or other admission tickets
- Relevant membership cards
- Address book
- Guide books and maps
- Copies of your prescriptions
Money
- Cash (some in your local and destination’s currency)
- Traveler’s checks
- Credit cards (a list of credit cards, account numbers, and customer service phone numbers should be carried separately from actual credit cards)
- ATM cards
- PIN numbers for credit cards, phone and ATM cards (safely packed in your memory)
Toiletries
- Soap and facial cleansers
- Moisturizing lotion
- Make-up
- Shampoo, conditioner and styling products
- Deodorant
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Dental floss
- Razor
- Shaving cream
- Comb/brush
- Nail file and clippers
- Sunscreen
Clothing
Save packing space by coordinating clothing around a central color so you can mix and match items. Also, consider taking items you can use to layer outfits instead of taking heavy, limited use items.
- Undergarments
- Socks
- Hose
- Pants/jeans
- Shirts/blouses
- Sweaters/sweatshirts
- Suit/dress
- Ties
- Skirts
- Belts
- Formal wear (if your itinerary calls for formal social functions)
- Robe
- Pajamas and slippers
- Walking and sports shoes
- Beach shoes
- Dress shoes
- Swimsuit and cover-up
Miscellaneous
- Medications in original containers
- Raincoat and umbrella
- Sunglasses
- Extra pair of prescription glasses
- Contact lenses with case and cleaning kit
- Transit entertainment
- Jewelry and wristwatch
- Binoculars
- Lint brush
- Travel iron
- Travel sewing kit
- Hair dryer
- Curling iron
- Power converters
- Camera
- Batteries
- Recharging equipment for cell phone and other rechargeable items
- Film for camera and video recorder
- Alarm clock
- Travel-size stain remover and laundry detergent
Packing for Children & Teenagers
Be sure to bring these additional items:
- Pediatrician’s name, regular and emergency phone numbers
- Extra eyeglasses or contacts if you have them
- Medications and prescriptions
- Sunglasses
- Books, magazines and toys
- An address book of your children’s friends’ names and addresses so they can send out postcards
- A nightlight to help light up an unfamiliar room
- Baby wipes are good for traveling as well as small bottles of water
- Their blanket, if they are still of the age where a blanket is a close personal friend
- Updated photos of your children (If they wander off, you’ll need recent photos so others can help you look for them)
- Pack a complete outfit in separate clear bags
- Put some of your items in their luggage and some of their items in your luggage in case either of the bags is lost en-route
- Extra shoes and an extra swimsuit
- Use freezer bags with a seal for all of their little stuff
Packing for Infants & Toddlers
Be sure to add these additional items:
- Diapers and pull-ups
- Baby wipes
- Car seat
- Bottles / sippy cups
- Enfamil® baby formula
- Sunglasses
- Snacks
- Books and toys
- Playpen
- Diaper rash ointment
- Collapsible stroller
- Pediatrician’s name, regular and emergency phone numbers
- Medications and prescriptions
- A nightlight to help light up an unfamiliar room
- Items to childproof a room such as outlet plugs, and pipe cleaners to hold up curtain cords or close cabinets
- Don’t forget to bring a bottlebrush and some dish soap
- Updated photos of your children (If they wander off, you’ll need recent photos so others can help you look for them)
- Their blanket