- The backpack is so much easier than the rolly thing
because you are mobile, you can run to your flight,
you can slide into the train,
you can, like, do jumping jacks if you want to,
you can do whatever you want,
but it's just super nice to have.
Hi, everybody, my name is Shayla
out of Living on a One Way,
and I make these videos every Wednesday.
This Wednesday, I'm partnering with Pack Hackers
to tell you the essentials that I need to pack.
Pack Hackers is a review site
that reviews different products for travelers,
definitely go check them out if you are looking
at buying some new gear.
They asked me two questions,
what are the top essentials that I need to travel with?
And what are some travel hacks that I have?
So, first.
Top things that I need to travel with
are obviously my backpack.
This is a Gregory Pack Backpack Jade Edition.
I think the size is 63.
I can never remember, or 65.
Oh it's a 60 liter, so this a 60 liter pack.
Honestly, perfect size, don't get any bigger
because then you just pack more
and then you have to carry more around.
What I love about this pack is that
it's got this clip in the front
that hooks onto your hips,
so it's not even on your shoulders right here.
And then this clips in the front.
The backpack is so much easier than the rolly thing
because you are mobile, you can run to your flight,
you can slide into the train,
you can, like, do jumping jacks if you want to,
you can do whatever you want,
but it's just super nice to have.
The other thing that I love about this pack is
there's a bunch of compartments everywhere.
You've got this pack up top that I keep my shoes in.
Around the hips, there's these little ones
where I keep little things that I need.
There's these pockets on the side,
there's the zipper in the front,
and it's super nice, like, I have my shoes here,
I have my chapstick here, or whatever,
and I keep flip flops here.
Whatever it is, it's just nice
to have it in different spots.
The other things that I thought were my essentials
are electronic-based and kind of health-based.
So electronically, I've got this extension cord.
And this seems like kind of a weird thing to pack,
I think it's, it's an electronic cord,
I don't know, I found it in my parents' basement.
But this is so nice.
You know when you're at the cafe and you're like
trying to do some work but you have to like
sit awkwardly to make sure that your computer
is close enough to the plug in and it's just weird?
This prevents that, so it's like,
I'm going to plug it in three feet away from where I am,
and I can charge a couple things if I want.
Or when you're at the airport
and there's a thousand people huddled over the one charger,
the wall charger, whatever,
you can plug this in, again, get away from the crowd,
maybe make a couple friends,
or if you aren't feeling like making friends that day,
you can charge a couple extra things.
It like kind of compacts into this
and I just put it in that little pocket on my backpack.
But it's super nice for hostels too
if you're on the top bunk,
or, it's just, it's really, it's come in handy a lot.
The next electronic thing I have is called myCharge,
it's an adventure charger thing
and it just hooks onto my backpack.
But this will charge my phone in the airport
if I can't get to that or if I'm on the plane
or, I don't know.
If I'm out taking pictures and my camera's dying,
this will charge it up.
This is super nice, I bought the one
that is, like, adventure,
so it can just hook onto my backpack and go.
This is not only good for
making sure that your phone's charged,
making sure that your camera's charged,
but it's a safety thing too.
So you can bring this with you, put it in your purse.
If you're lost and you need your phone to find directions
or you need to call someone,
you don't want your phone to be dead while you're traveling,
so this will prevent that.
The next couple things are more health-based
because when you're traveling,
you don't always get regular doctor's appointments,
or you don't always go to the dentist when you need to.
So making sure that your health is up to par
is super important to staying on the road.
Here are the things that I do to keep track of my health.
I've got this sweet, I call this my hippie first aid kit
because it's just a bunch of essential oils.
I do yoga, I like the essential oils.
If you're not into this, it's fine.
Sometimes this stuff works for me, sometimes it doesn't,
but I like it because my muscles hurt from a hike,
so I'm going to do Deep Blue,
my skin's all messed up,
so I'm gonna put some Melaleuca on it,
there are bugs, so I've got TerraShield.
I have lemon for my water,
if I can't sleep, there's Serenity,
this one I use probably the most.
If I'm sick, there's On Guard,
if something smells, if my bag starts to smell,
I've got Purify,
if I have motion sickness, Peppermint.
So that's one thing.
Then, I have these, and these are like,
'kay, this is not the package they come in,
I'll put a little photo of the package,
this is how I travel with it.
So I put it in this plastic baggie.
These are greens, and they're like digestive greens,
so they have probiotics in them.
This is so nice when you wake up after like
eating some greasy food the night before
and your stomach just doesn't feel quite right.
If you've ever traveled, you know that
sometimes your stomach isn't quite right,
or you've heard of it and you don't want it to happen,
these I carry with me all the time,
and I double bag them so that I don't get greens everywhere.
The brand is Amazing Grass,
wow, that was Minnesota.
The brand is Amazing Grass and it has,
this is Detox and Digest.
And I've really enjoyed this.
I also just started using this LoveBug,
and this is Colds Suck,
so this is good for like when you're not feeling well,
but it's probiotics, it's good for your belly.
Use it before you eat, it can help with your skin,
but it can just make you feel better,
the probiotics are really nice
and this is super easy to travel with.
Other thing that I always travel with
is an electric toothbrush.
I actually just lost my electric toothbrush
on the last plane ride because I put it in the side pocket,
so I had to get a new one.
This is a Philips Sonicare Phase 2.
It's like the most basic one that you can get,
but this is so key,
you can tell a difference when you brush your teeth
with an electric and not an electric,
and if I'm not going to the dentist that often,
I need to make sure that I have good dental hygiene.
People are always surprised in hostels when I'm like.
(hums)
My dentist is always impressed with my teeth
and I don't go that often,
so I would highly, highly recommend one of these.
You have to charge it like every two weeks
which kind of gets tricky but it is what it is.
The other thing is I'm a nail biter,
and when you're abroad, there are germs
and all sorts of those like gross things
that underneath your nails,
so I bring a cuticle clipper always
so that I'm not like gnawing on my cuticles,
and I keep them clean, and I,
it keeps them out of my mouth.
But if I do put them in my mouth,
I also carry hand sanitizer, always.
Those of kind of the things that I keep in my bag,
those are kind of my essentials that I must have
other than my camera, duh.
Let's go on to the second question.
Favorite travel hacks,
this one was kind of tricky for me to think of
because the things I think are obvious
and like, of course you do that,
it's not super common because people
don't travel as much as I do,
so I had to think about this one.
Whenever I'm planning a new trip,
I always use social media.
Hop on Facebook and say,
hey, guys, I'm going to San Francisco, who's got ideas?
But don't just say that, say I'm looking for hiking ideas,
I'm looking for a lookout idea,
I'm looking for a good coffee place to do work,
I'm looking for a good place to go tonight,
be specific with what you want,
you will get more responses
and you will get the responses that you're looking for.
People want to help, and if they know the area,
they're going to give you the recommendations that they can.
The other thing is go on Instagram
and search the hashtag, San Francisco
or like, San Francisco hike.
I do that all the time and I find the coolest spots.
If you've ever lost your bag in an airport,
you know how essential it is
to have the necessities in your carry on.
So put an extra pair of underwear, put some toothpaste,
put some face wipes, put some deodorant,
maybe some dry shampoo, maybe a swimsuit
so when you get to the place you're going to,
you can just go to the beach or go to the pool
and wait for your bag.
But just put the things you're are going to kind of
keep you clean, maybe if you get too many layovers
or you lose your bag.
Also pack an extra water bottle
so that when you're going through security,
you don't have to chuck the water
you just bought before security
and then buy another $100 water bottle on the inside.
Bring a water bottle that's yours
so that you can empty the water
and then get to the other side and fill it up with water.
This is a very green option as well, so.
If you're traveling with somebody,
reserve your seats for the same aisle,
window seat, aisle seat.
Nobody's going to want to sit in the middle,
so they're sitting in the middle, they'll want to move,
or you get the whole aisle to yourself.
This has worked for me a bunch of times.
I know there's another Pack Hacker
who filled this out in the survey
talking about how they do that, genius.
The last thing is Google Maps offline.
I'm going to see if I can show you this.
So you're going to go to your Google Maps,
then you're going to click on these three little bars,
do the offline areas, custom area, download.
That way, if you don't have service,
your phone always knows where you are, creepily,
even if you have zero service,
even if it is on airplane mode.
You can look up a location
and it will give you directions to where you need to go.
I also it in my hometown to save on my data.
Those are some travel hacks that I have,
I hope that those were helpfuL.
Thank you for watching,
I hope you got a couple tips on different things
to do for your health and for your electronic needs.
Thank you Pack Hacker for asking me these questions
because these aren't questions that
I think about even answering.
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