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hi everyone welcome back to lavender so
today I wanted to share my best tips for
packing for travel specifically packing
for a carry-on and your backpack
whatever you're going to bring on the
plane with you so I normally only like
to pack a carry-on for my trips this is
gonna be a 10 day trip throughout London
and Amsterdam and last time I went on a
two-week trip in Europe I also packed a
carry-on as well if you haven't seen my
previous packing videos you can check it
out here and here or you can click the
card in the upper right corner to watch
those videos but today I'm just gonna go
into specifics on like my method of
packing so my first tip is definitely
fold things vertically the khawarij way
so I have a lot of videos on how to fold
a calamari wave if you want to check
those out they're also linked below but
basically fold them to the height of
your suitcase so that when you put your
clothes in everything will fit like
right here to the rim and you can see
all of your clothes at a glance this is
a game-changer for when you're traveling
living out of a suitcase and you don't
want to take things out I always keep
everything in my suitcase I only unpack
what I need to for that day so this is
my closet this is what the closet looks
like
and I just like being able to choose my
outfits this way because I could see
mostly everything I did make an
exception this time some things I packed
horizontally because they're just so
like flimsy it just didn't work as well
vertically but yeah for the flimsy
leggings and random stuff I will pack
normally but my main outfits I will pack
vertically tip number two have pouches
for everything I am a pouch girl this
sounds weird is that weird but I
literally love to have pouches to hold
everything I like to stay organized and
categorize everything so this is my
pouch for socks and under
where I also fold them vertically like
this I just put my mirror because I
didn't want to take the break but yeah I
have underwear here and socks here and I
always pack extra because you never know
I have a pouch for makeup a pouch for
random tech accessories so there's like
chargers adapters and stuff in here and
then I have like my toiletry pouch also
in my backpack I have like this pouch
that I love where I keep like my iPad my
harddrive and check this out I have like
a face mask I'm gonna wear in the
airplane so pouches for everything helps
you stay super organized and I just
can't do it any other way
my next tip is to transfer all of your
large product into smaller containers so
I always like to save my little bottles
from skincare or beauty products because
I know I'm gonna use them again so these
are from like previous skincare things
that I've used up but I've transferred
my make poop essence which is this big
one into this small one here and then
here because I think my foundation is a
little too big I transferred my
foundation into the smaller container so
I think it's such a game-changer plus
like I got to mix another foundation in
here so that it would better match my
color so yeah my next tip is to save up
all your sample size products or your
travel size products for when you travel
so I don't usually use these little
samples on the regular I just bring them
when I travel because they're tiny and I
get to try new products and why not you
know so I have like a couple primers
here and then these are like some oils
for my face that are sample size of my
favorite products my next tip is to use
these toothbrush covers to bring your
favorite toothbrush with you I don't
like to use travel toothbrushes because
they're just like not good quality so
yeah these covers I got from Daiso they
come in a pack of like six or eight so
yeah I love them it's just really
hygienic I think and I really like it
my next tip is kind of obvious but I
know not everyone does this so honestly
guys put your shoes in a plastic bag
when you travel so that the germs and
the dirt don't get everywhere else in
your luggage
I also like to bring a couple extra
plastic bags to put all my dirty clothes
in after I wear them so the way I do it
is I fold them up into little triangles
but when I'm in the hotel or Airbnb when
I have like dirty clothes I will put
them like on top of the plastic bag kind
of let them air out for a little bit and
then when I'm about to like pack up
everything I put everything in the
plastic bag seal it up and then go
because I feel like if you immediately
put it in the plastic while you're like
still staying in a room it just gets
musty musky what's that it will just
smell more if you like seal it up and
leave it there without like letting it
air out a little bit that's just how I'm
beginning my head another tip I have
when traveling is to scatter your cache
throughout your bags because you don't
want to keep all your money in one place
because what if you get pickpocketed or
something gets stolen you just want to
have some backups so the way I do it is
I always like hide cache in different
pouches and different areas just in case
you never know okay moving on to my
backpack so my next tip is to make sure
that if you want to get something while
you're on the plane to put it in your
purse or in the backpack that you will
have right next to you don't put things
in your carry-on luggage that will go in
the overhead bin because if you want to
get something it's really annoying to
like ask people to help you open it and
whatever so if I need to do something
for example I'm planning to work and
edit on the plane so I brought my laptop
in my backpack with me so that I could
just have that easy access my next tip
is make sure you have a name tag on all
of your bags just because you don't know
what's gonna happen what if your bag
gets lost even if it's a carry-on you
never know so I think it's always safe
to have your name your number email
address or whatever on your bags so
something I'm gonna try this time it
because I've seen other people do it is
to bring a face mask with me on the
airplane so that I could do some
in-flight skincare because it gets
really dry up there I think this will be
just really fun I'm actually looking
forward to doing this another thing I'd
recommend is to bring some cough drops
with you or in my case I have this
Chinese throat syrup it's basically
called loquat syrup and it's it's like a
honey texture where I will just eat it
straight from the package it soothes
your throat so I'm saying like in case
you have a cough on the plane because
it's really dry up there like I hate to
be that person who's coughing a nonstop
on the plane so just in case another tip
is to keep your phone charger with you
at all times in your bag and also get an
external charger because it will save
your life
so most airports and some airplanes will
have outlets so that you can charge your
phone so it's always nice to have your
charger with you I've been that person
where I seen an outlet and I'm like dang
it my phone's out of battery but my
charger is like up there somewhere
that's not on hand my next tip is to
always wear the biggest and the heaviest
items of clothing with you on the plane
that way you don't have to pack like
you're big and bulky items for example
this time I'm taking this giant blanket
scarf which is huge and takes up a lot
of space but it's gonna be my blanket on
the airplane and I'm also gonna take my
big coat with me as well if you're a
frequent traveler and you always end up
with like extra coins and extra money
from all the different places you travel
to make sure you save them and organize
them in pouches so I've saved these
euros and pounds from my last trip to
Europe and I just keep them organized
separately I have like all my different
currencies in different little pouches
so that whenever I go back to that place
then I could just bring that currency
back my last tip is it's always good to
bring an empty water bottle with you in
your carry-on so that you can refill it
at the airport or on the airplane
because it's like really dehydrating to
fly sometimes I forget to bring an empty
water bottle so I'll just buy a water in
the airport after security and
everything because I need to have like a
bottle of water while I'm on the plane
because the water that they give is like
just never enough so I like to have my
own stash my own thing of water all
right I hope you like today's tips on
how to pack for travel I've actually
made a packing checklist that you can
download the link is below just to help
you out and just for me to use for every
time I travel because it's annoying to
make
you list each and every time so this is
gonna save you a lot of time so I'm also
gonna make another video where I'm
sharing my travel camera gear so my
camera gear for travel vlogging and
taking Instagram photos so if you want
to watch that the link is below and in
the upper right corner I'll see you next
time bye
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