hey there when you travel to Europe here is what not to forget. When we traveled to
Europe this spring specifically Munich Berlin Paris Brussels in the Normandy
area I forgot some travel essentials so this video is about what not to forget
when you travel to Europe stick around to the end to find out the number one
thing not to forget do not forget a converter kit you will get a box and I
will link one below but it gives you adapters for different parts of the
world and they are specifically numbered or colored according to the country that
you'll be visiting and then you also want to make sure it has a dual wattage
converter and this is for like a curling iron or something that has a heating
element our kit is almost twenty years old so if you don't have one it is a
good and wise investment I forgot to pack peanut butter crackers for that day
after you arrive because you are so tired at night you go to sleep pretty
early but you wake up like three or four in your wide-awake so and you are very
hungry most likely so peanut butter crackers do
not forget to pack those no sugar sugar packets like equal or Splenda they're
not everywhere when you are wanting to drink healthfully do not forget to pack
headphone jacks for like your phone which might be a flat one if it's the
iPhone or a regular Jack for like the old airplane entertainment system plug
most entertainment systems on the airplane now are still that old kind of
plug and so I also brought these type of headphones some and I don't like these
headphones so because they fall out all the time so my husband gave me some
apple headphones and they're like 20 dollars but they're almost like the air
buds they do not fall out of your ears so I packed both of those if you want to
watch something on your phone and it's not in the seat back of your airplane
seat to watch their video entertainment system then you need some type of prop
for your phone a pop socket I don't have a pock socket anymore I just have
this thing so I need some type of prop to hold up my phone and I don't want to
hold up my phone by myself for eight hours several airlines do provide you
the headphones that go with their old system but they might be not working
correctly or you might need your own that's that's why I just brought mine in
case do not forget eyedrops I just packed
several of these because it's easy to pack them instead of a bottle of
eyedrops depending on your tailwind you may get over to Europe like we did in
six hours and 30 minutes but coming back it's like eight hours plus for us
because now we have a headwind so it's gonna be a little slower and my eyes
were so red by the end of that flight and I was wide awake it was during the
daytime now that I was on this time so take eye drops since I was gonna be
going for so long and you can see that my liquids bag is so stuffed already
I've used the makeup cloths for it to remove my makeup and I use the Mary Kay
brand they take off every bit of my eye makeup especially and then I also cut
them this time in half because half is plenty big enough for my face I took my
basic amount of makeup and just in a makeup bag I also took my toothbrush
don't forget that but I did not use a whole lot of makeup but I did find that
I wanted to wear it everyday I also pack a hoodie in the bottom on my backpack
for the airplane when it gets cold and also by the end of our trip our ten-day
trip I was tired of dressing in these outfits and clothes that I had worn
everyday so I just had a t-shirt and a hoodie type of day and tennis shoes and
I tied the hoodie around my waist when I was warm and that can go with a long
t-shirt or a short sleeve shirt in the summer if you feel like you need a
hoodie I know the airflow in Europe is much more stagnant or not as strong and
not as cold as it is in America especially on the subway and in museums
and in restaurants and in trains do not forget to pack tissues when you travel
to Europe you will have them in your hotel but also remember that your
to be around a lot more dust on the subway system and mold different air
quality that kind of thing if you are traveling on your own like not with a
bus company who is going to be taking care of your luggage for you make sure
you have really really good wheels and you can see that my wheels go into my
suitcase a little bit and they are that thick kind of material or fabric
whatever metal plastic is that when you travel on your own sometimes the train
station is several blocks on cobblestone roads so that's why you need to have
such good wheelage I made a video about how to choose the best luggage as I was
shopping kind of for you and I will link that in the cards or down below in the
description box by the way my name is Laurie and I want to say thank you for
visiting my travel tips by laurie youtube channel i am a houston pilot
wife who has made lots of mistakes so I'm gonna give you tips to travel the globe
without a worry in the world the next thing not to forget to pack
when you travel Europe is an empty water bottle now you can take one just for the
airplane for being in the airport for your first day of walking around before
you can get into your hotel but I just have that in my little crossbody when we
travel to Europe we all forgot Purell I didn't think about all the elevator
buttons I was going to be pushing all the handrails going down to the subway
system that I was going to be touching so just a small little bottle of that
also don't forget to pack shoes that can get wet in the summer and the winter
spring and fall it rains a lot in Europe as here but I did pack like regular
tennis shoes because of comfort but they have a mesh top I saw a lot of like
canvas shoes to be worn like in the summer vans and booties those could be
worn more in the winter but booties were everywhere and I also saw tons of the
bright I know Michael Kors has a pair of tennis
shoes that are like fancier looking they're all leather okay so they can
withstand rain I wore booties on the airplane because I was
wearing leggings compression leggings high-waisted compression leggings which
I highly recommend but I wore those also with my skinny jeans and then I also
took these mocks from Merrell I saw none that looked like this these are almost
20 years old and they are actually rotting so I donated them when I was in
Europe I left them in the hotel room for the hotel staff to give away it was so
nice to come back with those shoes missing so that's another thing not to
forget when you travel to Europe is take something that you can leave there so
you don't have to pack back up all those things on the last day like a toothpaste
tube some people like to buy brand new liquid like travel liquid bottles and
stuff like that take old ones that you can just trash or leave or donate when
you're there and done my husband did wear two different kinds of Merrell shoes
but and those were much more modern looking but I also saw a lot of black
tennis shoes and these people were not Americans these were they did not look
like Americans when we are touring Berlin I wore my booties and they were
so my feet were hurting so bad so I recommend that you wear whatever shoes
are comfortable even if you don't think they're gonna look good with an outfit I
also recommend bringing a short sleeve shirt for if it gets hot like in the
winter I took a lot of thin layers but I did also take a short sleeve shirt in
case it was a warmer day and in the winter the inside of restaurants and the
train station it's so hot you want to take off that sweater and also if it is
cold in Europe when you are visiting like in the winter maybe remember that
when you get back home in America or wherever you live you're and you're
having to stop and make another stop in another airport remember that it might
be warm like we got home and it was so warm in the Newark Airport that I put on
this short sleeve shirt and my shirt jeans and then I was fine but it helps I
did forget to take slip on or slide on shoes like the little soccer players
shoes or just shoes that you can slip on while you were in the airplane and so
nice to just take off your shoes when you're flying all night and not
have to tie them or bend over and find them in the dark
pack some slip-on shoes don't forget that your county may have a police home
safe program you can research that a lot of counties in America have that where
the police will randomly check your house like they will drive by and see
and maybe walk around your house once or twice while you're gone and then you
will receive a text message that says we drove by your house or we did a house
check for you I suggest taking tons of lotion because I forgot it is it was
winter when we went but I forgot how dry my hands get with hotel soap and
restaurant soap over there the airplane soap oh my gosh my hands were so dry
this is what I use just to save space in my liquids bag overseas when I travel to
Europe and I will link these below I recommend using this on your arms and
hands and this lasted me all 10 days I used the last bit the last day that we
were coming home but I also recommend using the hotel lotion on your legs like
and the reason I say that is because I don't like smells so especially lotion
and some of the hotel lotion is a little cheaper so it's okay to put that on my
legs I'm not gonna be like oh and the driest legs I'm mostly carried out on my
hands also remember to take a pen for customs
to fill out the paperwork when you return home I also recommend a hair clip
especially in the winter because if you are pulling on and off your hood it's
gonna get stringy and wet like I see why so many people have straight hair over
there because they can just pull it up in a hair clip and be done with it or
help your hair after it becomes straight as a board or either fuzzy as a brush
all the way over there I packed my undies in a really slimline packing cube
that's an idea for you I also packed a really thick pair of wool socks and I
never used that but this is for a carry long carry-on suitcase and you get like
full in a kit but this is the only time I
would use this kind of packing cube I can't remember if I've said this already
but tops that can mix and match with blue denim or black denim I did not see
any light gray denim but I am wearing that today but a striped top can be
mixed and matched with blue denim black denim kind of thing and they it can be
worn on its own or under a sweater and then you may want to pack band-aids for
blisters or there's this one product called blistease and I haven't used it
yet so if you've used it let me know when you travel to Europe and get euros
when you can if you see an ATM use it because when we are on a food tour in
Berlin which I highly recommend food tours you get to know so much history
and to taste all the cultural foods from that area we had to pay the guy in cash
like we made our reservation online and did a deposit down deposit down town
deposit anyway we had to pay some online but that one and another history tour we
had to pay in cash euros in person and so we were low on cash at that point
there were so many ATMs we went by on a Sunday night that were already out of
money and it chose that night to pour down rain and it snowed even in Berlin
so get like as much cash as you can from your ATM as you go do not forget to pack
compression bag I have this one from Ziploc and the reason I like this is
because that you do not need a vacuum cleaner so as soon as you start rolling
it it is going to compress
I am making a video about how to pack in a carry-on for 10 days so I will also
try to remember to put that in the cards and down below in the description box
and also do not forget packing cubes I bought these about two and a half
years ago and I was scared that I wasn't gonna like packing cubes because I only
would roll my clothes you used to but so this is a cheap pair that I will link
below and it comes and they come in all different sizes but this is all I needed
for this trip with the compression bag they do make compression packing cubes
and because I was scared that I wasn't gonna like packing cubes I did not even
order those and these are fine and I have that one compression bag so I'm not
gonna buy the compression packing cubes because they're pretty expensive do not
forget to pack a crossbody bag I want a cross crossbody bag that is big
enough for my wallet my bottle of water if I'm gonna be touring all day and my
reading glasses or my sunglasses so this one's not pretty and I don't have a link
for it but you do your research and buy one that you're comfortable with that
the strap around your neck is not going to annoy you either one thing that we
did not even think about when we traveled to Europe and I am telling you
now for the number one tip of what not area when you travel is if you're going
for a long trip to Europe halfway through your trip book an Airbnb house
or rent a house that has a washing machine then you can just wash all of
your tops or all of your undies and you don't have to bring as much but make
sure you remember that most houses over there do not have a dryer so you'll need
to hang dry them like so spend two nights in an Airbnb or a rental house
anyway thank you for watching this video I'm sorry if it's super long I hope it
did not waste your time leave me a comment below and introduce yourself
happy travels across the pond