hey there today I am sharing 33 travel hacks for you: travel hacks for the
airplane, for getting through the airport security, and all that area, for packing
tips, for staying in a hotel room all kinds of travel hacks to help you travel
more smoothly and efficiently some of them will help you save space in
your travel bag the first travel hack that I have is to use a sunglasses case
or a readers glasses case to store like your cords for electronics I also store
my electronics and little three pouches that I get or pouches that I have laying
around but another thing that my husband uses is an old gum container they're
hardshell and they store items like that and USB sticks that kind of thing easily
this is something by recoil that we are trying from Amazon I bought these for a
husband this year he is trying them this week so I cannot recommend them fully
but they recoil your cords automatically the thing that I don't like about them
is they recoil them immediately and I haven't read the directions enough to
know if you can stop them from recoiling but it is storage and what you do is
your take your long cord for your computer or your headphones let's say
and you fold them in half so that the thick part and the thin pointy part you
hold those together at the bottom and then you're gonna stick this in here and
it coils it up automatically for you and then when you're ready to use them you
just have these both sticking out for your computer and your phone or whatever
you need to stick it into but that's another hack that maybe will work for
you if you want to try those out I did buy them though if you've been watching
my travel tips by Laurie a channel for a while you know that I always carry an
empty crossbody bag inside my carry-on backpack or my travel bag that goes
under the airplane seat and since it's empty a subscriber told me that she puts
her makeup brushes in her travel bag like in her crossbody that's in the
backpack and then when she gets to her hotel room
she uses a hotel paper cup to store upright her makeup brushes I thought
that was brilliant and you can also use a toothbrush holder those that you find
in like the Travel section of just your grocery store the long ones that are a 2
or cylinder shape cylindrical shaped those can also hold a few of your
eyeshadow brushes makeup brushes I don't use I don't take all of my makeup
brushes when I travel just so you know I don't know how you feel about this
travel hack but this also came from a fellow subscriber you know how you store
like underwear or socks inside tennis shoes or sneakers what this subscriber
suggested is that you layer and actually put on each sock and then take them off
as a whole and then they will fit inside your shoe like a regular sock would you
can also store like a glass bottle of perfume or some kind of item that is
fragile inside all of those socks and they act as even a better protectant for
that fragile item in your checked suitcase by the way thank you for
visiting my travel tips by laurie youtube channel my name is laurie and
I've been married to an airline pilot for about 17 years but we have lots of
travel tips for you that will help you travel the globe without a worry in the
world the next trial tip that I have is to not
put on jewelry or a belt until you get to the airport and are through security
I just store mine in my little inside pocket right here and that's where I
keep my passport just while I'm going through security and your liquids can be
in there also it just makes it easy access and then when you get through
airport security you put your passport away you put your liquids away in your
backpack so they won't go under the belly of the airplane in case you get
separated that's in my other travel hacks video but anyway you put your
liquids in your under the airplane seat bag and then you will put on your
jewelry and your belt that way it saves you time you're getting through and
you're not holding up the people behind you you just get to that bench after
security and then put everything on another Travel hack that I realized
after about 15 years of travel is to store my tennis shoes in
that outside inner mesh pocket of your suitcase it has so much room for shoes
and hardback books like I said earlier I do not take all of my makeup brushes
just first space but I can also recommend that you just use for travel
since you don't use them in your house that you use the eyeshadow brushes that
come with the makeup palettes that you may use they're great for smudges
they're great for putting a little highlighting color like a darker color
in the crease of your eye and then you can blend it with your finger or a
Kleenex when you get to your hotel room I thought that I had these in my house
but I don't but you know those little flat cotton pads
some people like will clean their makeup off with or do their finger nail
polishes with not a cotton ball but a flat cotton pad you can put those in
your makeup palettes and especially the more expensive makeup palettes that are
more expensive to help protect those colors and the powders so that they're
not jostled too much especially if they're in your carry-on suitcase that
all of a sudden got checked at the gate because there was not enough room and
the overhead bins this is a travel hack for those of you who live in the
Northeast or are traveling to the Northeast the Midwest the northwest the
north anywhere where it is super dry you wear moisturizer and then you also use
tinted moisturizer like I use tenten moisturizer from Mary Kay they have lots
of them in the grocery store as well another travel hack is to use
compression sleeves on your calves okay they are footless okay and they we just
put them on like a sock but they cover just your calf and that way if you are
worried about like I am sometimes your sock or the compression sock being seen
through under your jeans these are less or a little more hidden and there are
some really really cute ones I will link these below as well when you are packing
your curling iron after a location your curling iron might
be hot so you can use one sock like a loan
sock to store and protect the heated curling iron if it's really that hot and
make sure you use the cotton kind of socks another travel hack is to store
your money or hide your money in the Kleenex compartment in between the
Kleenex is just some cash or some cash for that country that you may be going
to another place that you can store it is in a wet wipes container and those
are allowed on the airplane by the way several people asked me if wet wipes are
allowed and they totally are and then my friend Chrissy gave me a travel hack for
storing your money under the soles the inner soles of your tin shoes or
whatever shoes you're wearing now this is a packing cube and I love using
packing cubes now but if you do not have a packing cube it just the reason why
people use them is it use it puts all of your clothes that you need in one space
and you can smush and squish them to fit this container and then this container
squishes and smushes to go in your suitcase so that's why people like them
you can also use compression bags I have some that are no vacuum needed I don't
use those unless I'm carrying like really thick sweaters in my carry-on and
I need more space or I need those to suck in some like I need to right now
wearing my jeans but this travel hack is to use a pillowcase as your packing cube
and then you put heavy sweaters your jeans just put all your clothes in there
you can stuff them in there or you can fold them and then slide them in there
and fold it over and squish and smush it but when you get to your destination if
you need a pillow you can use that pillowcase full of the of clothes to
smush and squish around your face so you can get a good night's sleep on your
vacation so I have another travel hacks video I think it's 23 travel hacks and
then I also have a 19 ish life hacks video but in my life hacks video I had a
travel hack for you and that is just also store money in your the padding of
your sports bra I thought this trial hack was brilliant
you just pack a little thin carabiner hook that would go on a backpack you
just pack it in your crossbody bag or somewhere in your suitcase
and while you're walking throughout a foreign city or wherever and a sidewalk
cafe put the purse or your travel bag on your on the chair and then use the
carabiner hook to hook those straps and then if anybody tries to make a scene
and make you look away they will have they will be deterred by trying to pull
off your bag because it's hooked with the straps I love love love this travel
hack that many people told me about in my last travel hacks video and that is
by using a pants hanger to close the two curtains in your hotel room so that that
blinding sunshine does not get through that crack of the curtains in the
morning when you're trying to sleep on your vacation one Travel hack that a
subscriber told me was for your zipper if it is broken sometimes it gets stuck
you can use lip balm or some Vaseline and you just rub it around where that
little stuck part is and it might help your zipper perform correctly and then
if it does break one thing if this little handle thing right here breaks
off there is still that little loop right there and you can get like a gym
clip from the office of the hotel or you can also use like a little souvenir
keychain and that will go right in there and it will also help flag your suitcase
you'll know that it's yours picking it up from baggage claim as well I do not
travel with a luggage tag like this just because it's cute because I don't want
all my name and stuff in there and it would fall out of this one and it's
cheap but I travel with a luggage tag because it's easily identifiable in the
baggage claim you can use a colored scarf just something little to help it
I'd be identified in baggage claim this travel hack is for the hotel room before
you go to sleep at night just put your tennis shoes in the and
point them in the direction of the nearest stairwell that way if you wake
up in the middle of the night and the hallway is filled with smoke you will
know which way the nearest stairwell is to escape my friend Emily on instagram
gave me this awesome idea and that is to carry a fake wallet like in your
backpack or in your pocket and that way if you do get
stopped and a burglar says give me your money you will have your wallet there
and she does suggest putting some like fake cards and just like a small amount
of money so that they do think they're getting your real wallet and my friend
named Aunt Bea just the letter B suggests it if you are traveling to a
beach location what you need to do to get the sand off your feet when you get
back to your car is just put baby powder on it pour the baby powder on your heels
or on your feet and then the sand just comes right off and she says that if you
put it in the floorboard of your car like where the driver would be sitting
and you've got sand on your shoes maybe that if you put the little baby powder
in the floorboard and then when you shake it out when you get home when you
shake it out the sand is gonna come out super easily one of my favorite travel
hacks that I did mention on the 23 travel hacks video that I made was to
take a picture of your passport and email it to a friend and some people
said just send it to yourself but you can send it to yourself but if like
you're in jail or incapacitated that friend is going to have the email and
your important information and your health insurance information if you can
email them a picture of that it's just one little way to have it accessible if
you are incapacitated like totally incapacitated another travel hack is to
store your money in a feminine-hygiene like baggy kind of thing and then the
last travel hack is to not wear anything that is really gonna draw attention like
big bling on your blue jean jacket or something like that lots of sequins on
your jeans or your boots kind of thing just be smart think about the people
behind you in line think about the TSA agents who are there
make everybody's day just a little bit better because you planned in advance to be
a responsible traveler anyway thanks for visiting don't forget to introduce
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