Hey you guys Phoebe here from Little Grey Box. Now Matt and I travel a lot and
with all the trips we take we've worked out some ways to make our lives easier
when we're packing. So today I thought I would share with you my all-time number
one top travel packing hacks
Pack a powerboard. You know the thing where you're in
the foreign country and you want to charge all your stuff but you can't
charge anything at once because you only have one of these converters to combat
that problem all you need is one of these. I have a blogger friend Luke from
Backstreet Nomad, hey man what's up, and we did this media trip together and
we're sitting in the Indonesian airport and i was like i need to charge my stuff
and Luke pulls out this and he was like i read about this on your website
instead of only being able to charge one thing at a time you can charge for like
pack a multi USB charger on a similar note you can now get these multiple USB
charges you just need one of these yep or like this bad boy in and you can
charge everything at once if you really want to go and MacGyver on it you know
plug this into here now how many things are you charging at once life hack roll
your clothes if you are packing your clothes flat folding and packing like
this you're doing it wrong what you want to do is roll your clothes up like a
nice little California sushi roll like this you can fit so much more stuff when
you roll the only thing you have to look out for is that when you fit more stuff
your luggage is definitely going to weigh more lifehack pack stuff into your
shoes you want to make the most of all the space in your luggage say hello to
the inside of your shoe sure to meet sure now presumably your shoes don't
smell you just used all of that space lifehack use Tupperware boxes you know
that thing where you're really afraid to put your shampoo in your luggage because
you have this idea that it's gonna explode you can fix that by packing into
a Tupperware box so what I do is I put all my wet items so my shower items into
this box I've had body lotion they have leaked and the leak has been combined
because this baby is airtight when they get to the hotel I open it up
everything's linked Chuck this in the shower rinse it out and done the other
great thing about this is everything is in the one place see this situation see
how this is all mangled it's my own fault
I just throw stuff in willy-nilly into my luggage use a little Tupperware
container I've just got a scrap of fabric in there if you want you can use
multiple bits of fabric just to lay wrap them up around each other it's all in
one place nothing gets tangled nothing gets lost
nothing gets damaged safe life hack pack things you can mix and match pack
clothing that mixes and matches really easily so that each item can be worn
multiple ways with different other items these are some laurajane activewear
pieces that I'm taking with me see the colors all of this stuff can be mixed to
match it's all going to go together at life AK pack the laundry bags I always
pack two laundry bags this one I always put my delicates in you know my own
mentionable that way if the guy at the airport like
the customs or security or whoever asked me to open my bag I can do so without
fear of all of my underwear going flying on the airport floor now this one I use
for dirty laundry's that way is easy for me to put my laundry in somewhere I can
keep it all in one place that keeps them must in one place and it means I know
exactly what's clean and exactly what's not life hack pack a plastic bag I'm
always out here on these streets advocating for no single-use plastics
but even I bring a single plastic bag with me when I travel just the one and I
bring it so that I can put things like my shoes in there if I'm going hiking
and there's dirt all over my shoes I need somewhere to be able to put them
now sometimes you might be tempted to put your swimmers in here if they're wet
for example and that's fine if you're on a short flight if you do put damp items
in here and you seal this bag up they could go mouldy really really easily
lifehack keep your luggage fresh when you seal up your suitcase and send it
around the other side of the world and then you start wearing the clothes and
put your dank clothes back in there things start to get smelly really really
quickly some people like to put a dryer sheet in their luggage lay them in with
your clothes they keep them smelling fresh personally I'd like to put a few
drops of essential oil onto a tissue or a handkerchief for example and I lay it
through my luggage I guess you could put like a car freshener in there if you
want to smell like black ice all the time maybe some fluffy dice there is
also some really cool sprays and you just spray it on your clothes when you
take them out that's a centerline pack put fragile items in your socks you're
really worried that something is going to break let's say you had a glass
bottle this one's plastic I have nothing fragile except my state of mind all you
have to do is just put them in your socks guys yeah that's right use the
socks bury it in the middle of your luggage it's just gonna give it a little
bit of extra padding so it doesn't break stock hack protect your makeup with a
cotton pad one time I spent a lot of money on a really good makeup only to
open up my luggage and see that all my compact powders had been smashed I take
responsibility for that but now I've learned how to combat that all you want
to do is take a cotton pad one or two cotton pads like this put it inside seal
her up and you are good to go life AK keep your hair ties in one spot
they're like the equivalent of animal droppings for women we just leave our
bobby pins everywhere we go behind this in little piles like little magic sticks
to stop that from happening I get myself a little bag like this click shut and I
can keep everything in there so I know where everything is at all times life
hack use a binder to protect your razor if you're taking a razor with you so you
can shave while here on holidays but you don't have that little cap that goes on
the front of the blade you're going to slice your finger open when you reach in
to grab out your razor Jam that on there and you are good to go I will also give
you a second little life hack you're going to get that stuff on your jumper
sometimes and it's like those little bulls I think they call it pilling
all you have to do is shave it off with your razor life hack use a clip to keep
your cords organized all you got to do wrap it up like this clip this bad boy
on simple as that Electric life hack keep your electronics
in one spot now that your cords are all organized you want to store them in one
place so what I do is I designate a little reusable bag as my electronics
bag these adapters I've got my tripod for example I'm gonna put everything in
the one spot and when it's time to find something just reach in my bag and
lifehack use refillable bottles bring your own beauty products from harm
shampoo conditioner all that kind of stuff and that way I don't have to use
the minis at the hotel if you are using these little plastic bottles but you are
terrified of leakages fill it up with your liquid put the cling wrap on top
like so make sure that's nice and tight this is like a cooking channel do you
lit up and there you go it's gonna create a nice tight seal for you and
it's gonna make sure those liquids don't come out if you can be sure to reuse
that plastic so it's not just single use like that oh you like that one that's a
good one I know pack a medicine bag this is something I always do and it really
you would not know how many times this has come in handy even if I'm on a
long-haul flight or whether I'm just going out for the day in a new city I
have this with me in it I have things like headache tablets upset tummy
tablets something if I all of a sudden them in a lot of pain I always have one
sheet of cold and flu antihistamine slash hay fever medication ear buds
anything I think I could possibly need if I got into a jam it's just going to
save you having to run out into the streets and find somebody who maybe
speaks the language and can help you find a doctor at that time medicinal
hack cut down on single-use plastics we try not to be too intense about it but
we do look for opportunities wherever we can and there are loads of things you
can do like packing bamboo toothbrushes instead of plastic ones ringing your own
refillable water bottle or coffee cup /keep cup and making sure that you have
de bags like Hessian bags that you can take with you so you don't have to buy a
plastic bag or use a plastic bag when you're out and about shopping every
little bit really does make a huge difference and it's not really a packing
hack more of an environmental good karma life hack all right you guys thank you
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