Travel tips:
- Three, three and three. Long
pants, long sleeve shirts, short sleeve shirts. We threw in cold weather
gear and a swim suit. Everything nylon or quick dry, like exoffico
underwear and Eddie Bauer/REI shirts and pants. Check the weather for
anticipated highs and lows to tweak the clothing.
- Small 3 oz. container of liquid
laundry soap.
- A couple of wire clothes
hangers. You can hang clothes on the A/C or the air return and they dry in no
time.
- Wool socks are great, can be
worn for a few days, but take forever
to dry. Hotels in colder climates often have warming racks in the bathroom
for towels and these are also great for drying clothes.
- Compression bags by Eagle Creek
and packing pods by Blue Avocado. Unless you've got lots of cubbies built
into your pack/suitcase, these keep things organized.
- Ziplock baggies - take a
variety of sizes. You can pack a lot of lunches to go.
- Freeze some bottled water when
possible to use as ice packs in the food cooler. Drink a little bit first
so the bottle won't bulge.
- Don't bring a reusable water
bottle. You're going to be drinking bottled water anyway. Do bring an
insulated thermos (s'well or yeti) to use for hot drinks.
- If there's an electric tea kettle in your room, you can boil tap water, let it cool and refill water bottles.
- Download maps from google or CityMaps2go when you're in wireless. You can then access them on the go when you're away from wireless.
- Keep your phone on airplane mode to conserve battery.
- Make sure you take along some CIPRO. One in four travelers will get "traveler's tummy" and CIPRO will fix it. (once you stop throwing up.)
- People who use iPhones can use AirDrop to share photos. You don't need cellular data or wifi - just switch it on and Bluetooth allows you to share photos, so you avoid the "take the same picture with a bunch of different cameras" problem.