I have to start by saying I've been addicted to iced vanilla lattes and
I have perfected the copycat recipe of McDonald's Iced vanilla lattes oh my god
amazing so morning coffee now I have to have an iced latte every afternoon these
are so good. If you ever want me to make one of these for you just let me know I
figured it out. I figured it out. So over the years and packing for numerous
trips I pretty much narrowed it down and perfected what I bring with me in my
purse when I'm out and about traveling for the day. My main goal is to always
pack the essentials and to pack light and when you travel you need everything that
you bring with you to count. So just the essentials and the light is what I'm all
about. So today I'm going to talk about the
different things that I pack in my purse for when I'm out exploring for the day
as well as, some key things to look for when you're out purse shopping for any of your
travels. And if you are new to my channel, I am Jeanie Michaels, I am a travel
agent, and on my channel here at, Memories Forever Travel, I talk about all
sorts of different travel lifestyle, travel vlogs, and adventures, and we go
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you don't miss out. And if you haven't already be sure to hit that like button
so that other fellow travelers will see this video. So when I'm traveling my
purse is with me at all times. If I'm on a safari in South Africa my purse is
with me, if I'm on a tuk-tuk in Thailand my purse is with me, if I'm just roaming
the streets of Italy I have my purse with me, every single time I go somewhere
when I'm traveling but what if someone steals it or pickpocket you
or slashes it open? yes, yes, that can happen however I've never had it happen
to me if you use common sense and you just keep all your belongings on you at
all times secure to your body you shouldn't have issues. it's less
likely to happen. you'll see tons of different purses on the market that are
anti-theft and they have materials that are like slash proof and they have
all these like the super secret little pockets but it is not necessary to
do that I personally do not have any fancy purse like that for my travels
instead I just get a regular standard purse however I have a strict criteria
of what I look for in that purse. Number one: get a crossbody strap purse so you
can you know put it over your shoulder and it hangs down here on the
side that is going to be one of the number one ways that someone can just
come up to you and snag it off you and or it falls off your shoulder and you
didn't realize it and before you know it your purse is missing. So a crossbody
strap purse is by far one of the things I look for when I'm purchasing a purse
for my travel next you want a manageable size purse you don't want to be hauling
around a huge purse when you're traveling you want to be comfortable you
wanted to be light you wanted to do what you need it to do and have comfort at
the same time next you want to look at the fabric material that your purse is
made out of you want a thick material such as a leather or mock leather well
yes it can still be slashed if someone wanted to go that far it's not as easy
to slash that type of material and also you'll want to find something that
is waterproof or water-resistant that's very important in case it decides to
rain on your travels and last but not least it must have full
closable zippers on your purse it's crucial to have zippers forget the
straps or little buttons or whatever zippers or gonna prevent any wandering
hands that might take place while you're on your travels and I always look for ones
that have lots of little pockets inside my purse because then I can kinda stuff
things where I want them to be stuffed to kind of keep things organized and
this is my purse this is the purse that I use when I'm traveling and as you can
see it's simple it's nothing flashy I keep it very simple when I travel has
lots of pockets and there's two zippers that go down the middle here and when
you open those up there's multiple pockets inside too so lots of pockets
and everything has a zipper compartment it has a long cross body strap that I
talked about this is just like a mock leather I think I bought this from
Kohl's yeah I bought this at Kohl's for maybe
$30 this purse and it's fabulous it does everything I need your purse it doesn't
have to be expensive but it should be reasonable quality so I always look for
quality overpriced because sometimes if you spend a lot on certain items it
doesn't mean it's good better quality so just remember that when you're per
shopping also don't forget a flasher your purse will be more prone for you to
get pickpocketed so keep it simple
all right now we can get started on the items that I put in my purse when I'm
out and about traveling for the day okay first but of course it's probably
not a shocker is my cell phone because this is my camera and this is my video
recorder when I'm doing any type of blog it's when I'm traveling and not only is
it my camera and video it is also here for maps emergency calls text whatever I
need this is my life and I couldn't live without it which pretty much the entire
world is like that nowadays of course I have my wallet here with any cash credit
cards identification cards medical cards and I also have a wrist strap on my
wallet so if I am in a busy area and I have to pull out my wallet I can put
this around my wrist in that holds so that when I'm you know getting my stuff
out someone can't come up and just snatch it out of my hand it's protected
with my restaurant that's something that's really important and this is
again just like a faux leather and it's small and compact just how I like it
don't forget to bring your passport with you if you are in a different country
and what if something were to happen to you maybe you tripped over something and
you had to go to the hospital or you got in some type of car accident or you just
get stopped by the police and you need to show them proof this passport will be
your savior so no matter where I am I always have my passport with me when I'm
out and about without this little guy I'm pretty much screwed those are like
by far the top three things that I double check every time before I leave
my hotel room or in my resort and I'm off to go explore for the day and I use
my phone a lot when I'm traveling for maps if I'm trying to navigate my way
through cities or what not maps on my phone is a lifesaver
so if I'm using it a lot I have to have a portable charger so that when my phone
starts getting low on battery I can give it a good charge or so powerful and
they're compact so I always have one of these with me and I have I showed this
in my other videos but I have a portable charger case this is awesome so it's
nice and small I can carry my charger in there along with all the different cords
it works great and then I also have this itty-bitty mini charger that I keep with
just as like another backup and this also helps like if I have to be on my
phone but I still need to charge I can I can take this and I hold it with my
cellphone it's not as big as like this one but it does the job like if I have
to get my phone and I need a charge at the same time so these little guys are
perfect next I always keep a set of travel
documents with me in my purse in case I need to look up any type of confirmation
or five tickets for different types of attractions and I just have this little
guy it's a document holder that has all my paperwork in if I can quickly pull it
out if I need to get any type of information just keep a good document
holder with you with all your confirmations in it and you are good to
go now I don't know about you but this is pretty much really essential to me
chapstick like how do you not live without chaste
ik between Sun and wind and everything chapstick is a must so be sure to bring
your shots sanitizer and she bought this little
bottle but I refilled it with different hand sanitizer because this is 62% and I
think I have some that's like over 70 so I just rather have a higher based hand
sanitizer in this bottle but I like the little holder so I keep this handy you
can hang this up your purse or whatever it just makes it easy to carry so you
know public places and public transportation and whatnot that's like
the perfect place to pick up germs so if you aren't near a bathroom or anything
you can just squeeze little this on and so this comes in really handy when you
don't have a sink and soap and water clothes antibacterial soap yep but this
is something I carry with me in my purse when I'm traveling and you're probably
like why would you do that because how many times have you went to a bathroom
and there was no soap left yeah that's happened to me quite a bit and to me
that's disgusting so I just keep this with me and if I need it I have it and
also before every single meal I go and wash my hands before I eat so again if
there's no water or anything I got this guy with me too scrub-a-dub-dub
and in relation to the bathroom I always bring these flushable wipes with me
however they say they're flushable I do not flush them because these are still
known to like plug things and especially when you're in a foreign country they do
not have the system like we do here in the States so just don't flush them
however who likes to go to the bathroom and then you see there's no toilet paper
again that's like heaven now many times in you travel so I have these visit as a
backup just in case I need to use them disinfecting wipes now your
well you carry that with you no no no due to the current state that's taken
place in our world I don't have any portable disinfectant wipes here but you
can find the little bags the portable ones travel sized and throw those in
your purse those are perfect and if you feel like you are somewhere and or
you're going to be eating something and it is not clean you can pull out those
little wipes and clean down your little area so no I don't carry this big thing
with me in my purse but I do have the little travel-size wipes with me at all
times sunglasses I don't know about you but I
always have to have my sunglasses with me and I have a good little case to
store these in in my purse so they don't get damaged when I'm traveling because
lord knows if I didn't have this case these would be scratch two hacks so I
have a kid and I keep with me to store my sunglasses now there's one thing that
I will forget to put on in the morning before I leave my hotel room to explore
for the day it is deodorant yes so I have learned that I need to just pack
one of these that in the middle of the day if I realized I never put do it or
not I can just whip this little guy out and go kick it and I'm gonna dig up now
I also have a little black bag that I just kind of keep stuffed with a bunch
of little or I don't know in this thing I have this little container of some
like ibuprofen so if you have any type of medications or anything be sure to
pack some of that with you through the day in case you need it I have some of
these little Kleenexes you just never know if you need Kleenex and then we got
some bandages you know stuff your foot your shoes rubbing on the back of your
heel whatever it might be always have a bandage with you you never know and
ladies be sure to pack your essentials tampons pads whatever bring them with
you and actually I'm going to be making an entire video on that specifically
there's actually a lot of things to think about when you're traveling and
you happen to get your period so stay tuned for that video to come that's
gonna be a whole another topic and if you wake up to a cloudy dreary day and
it looks like a night rains bring a little portable umbrella with you this
obviously is not something you have to bring with every single day but if
there's a chance that mother nature decides to sprinkle on your vacation
this guy is a savior and I actually bought this one in Germany because I
only had a one umbrella with me and I needed one for my husband so now I've
learned travel with two umbrellas and last but not least just go a little pen
into your purse you just never know if you need to sign something or use this
for anything especially on the airplane if you are required to fill out a
customs and immigration form before you get into a destination I know it's very
popular with like Mexico and Caribbean so if that's repaired you will have a
pen almost every time I travel I have to borrow my pen to someone who doesn't
know what packs of pen it's like the easiest thing to pack but no one ever
brings the fat just throw it in your purse and never take it out and you'll
always have one with you thanks guys it was a little bit there
you go you guys that is my essentials that I pack in my purse for when I'm out
and about for the day and then of course I leave all my other items that I might
not necessarily mean in the safe in my hotel room locked away safe and sound I
do not bring any makeup or hair things or anything I don't care to carry all
that with me I mean to each their own but that's not anything I do I keep
things simple if by the end of the day if my makeup has like run down my face
and my hair is like this it is what it is guys there's just no need to carry
around more items and not only that by the end of the day my shoulder from
carrying my purse usually is sore ish by the end of the day so the more I have in
my purse at the store it's gonna be so we want to keep everything super easy
light and enjoy our trip without hauling around half my suitcase right I will
leave the links to a few of these items down in the description below if you are
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