The anticipation of an upcoming holiday is so exciting. You start looking for new clothes and other holiday essentials pretty instantaneously once your vacation is booked. But packing for holidays can be overwhelming. If you’re a last minute packer or pack well in advance there are some products that can make travel so much easier. Whether it be because they keep your things more organised or that they help take up less room in your suitcase or even keep your luggage lighter. We have picked some of our favourite travel essentials that have made packing for our vacations easier and kept our luggage more organised that we think you will also love so that you have an easier time packing and organising.
Packing Cubes
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how tightly you fold your clothes in your suitcase it still takes up more room then you want. Packing cubes are a great way to compress your clothes more tightly and make everything more compact. What surprised us is why they became a necessity. Obviously they are great because they compact your clothing and other items in your suitcase so you have more room however what we loved most about packing cubes is how much more organised it is. One problem we always have is that without failure we will make a mess of our suitcases. By the time it is the end of the trip organisation is non existent, everything is thrown all together, we need to dig through everything so all our clothes are harder to find and we won’t be able to close our suitcases. The packing cubes though keep all our items of clothing together, so if we want tops we just have to pull out the cube with all our tops in it, same with our bottoms and so on. You can also pack so much into them. We thought they would be smaller and we wouldn’t be able to fit what we wanted into each one, but they are surprisingly roomy and for people who pack so much, anytime there is any extra room in any capacity when packing we are shocked. The packing cubes have also kept our suitcases so much cleaner and more organised, we can actually fit more into our suitcases and we know where to find whatever we need.
This set of packing cubes come with 3 different size packing cubes, a bra and underwear bag, a toiletry bag, a shoe bag, a zipped bag and even an electronic bag. Obviously though you don’t need to use each bag for what it’s intended to be used for. We’ve used a bag for hair tools, socks, swimwear and seperate bags for bras and underwear so obviously they are very multipurpose. These bags are also water resistant and made of nylon fabric so your clothes will stay protected from water, creases and stains but are also really easy to clean
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Travel Jewellery Box
Jewellery is one of those things you always want to keep organised and easy to find considering how expensive and valuable it can be. One way to do this while travelling is using a travel jewellery box. They keep jewellery safe, tarnish free and stops jewellery from rubbing together that can lead to scratching or the jewellery chains getting knotted up. This jewellery box is a really sturdy case that is water resistant so all your jewellery stays protected and has different compartments to keep jewellery from getting scratched. In the top section of this case there are three hooks for necklaces which are great because they stop the chains from getting tangled up. When we use this jewellery box there have been times where we have hung multiple necklaces on a single hook and they haven’t gotten tangled together. As there are many compartments in this jewellery box you can also pack multiple different pieces of jewellery so you have multiple different accessory options. These compartments are removable so the two dividers can be removed to give you more room to fit bigger pieces of jewellery. You can fit bracelets, earrings and watches in this compartment pretty easily because it’s actually very roomy. There’s also another section for rings so you have a compact space for them so they don’t get scratched. We really like this jewellery box because you can actually get a lot of jewellery in such a small box whist keeping your jewellery safe.It is also really light and only 10cm x 10cm so it is really easy to pack in your carry on or suitcase because it doesn’t take up much room at all.
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Travel Sunglasses Case
As we said before we more often than not will over pack we are not the type of people that can bring just one item or accessory. If there is the option to, we want to be able to bring multiple because you never know what you might need. If you have different pairs of sunglasses for different outfits and can’t choose what pair to bring away with you this sunglasses holder could be the solution for you. This sunglasses holder can hold 5 pairs of sunglasses or prescription glasses. Each of the compartments is roomy enough to fit all sizes of sunglasses, even oversized sunglasses fit comfortably. We found it actually folds up quite small being 16cm x 11cm so it’s compact and size wise is similar to a single case for glasses so it doesn’t take up much room therefore you can easily fit it in your luggage or carry on bag. It also has a handle that allows you to hang it up, so if you want you can hang it in your wardrobe so you have easy access and can see what glasses you have without rummaging. It has a hard leather outer layer so it’s really sturdy and has a lot of protection. There is also a flocking inlayer and in conjunction with each compartment being air tight it means that it prevents any scratching on the lenses of your glasses. You don’t only have to use this case for your glasses though. If you have any spare empty compartments you can use them for jewellery items like watches and bracelets so it is quite versatile.
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Electronic Case
One of the last things that we pack are our electronic items in particular our charging cables and headphones. Usually we just throw them in our bag right before we leave. An electronic case is so helpful because guaranteed all our cables or headphones get tangled every time without fail. This electronic case is small but has enough room to hold earphones, chargers, power adapter, air pods, phones, cables and still closes. There are also different compartments within this case to keep everything organised. One side has a Velcro strap to keep your belongings in place, there is a middle piece with netted pockets for smaller items and a zipper compartment on the other side. Each compartment is very roomy we manage to fit all our cables into the zipped compartment, headphones or AirPods in the middle netted compartments and in the velcro section our power banks or phone with the charging adapters. With all this packed in there is still plenty more room for any other electronics if we wanted to put them in.
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Travel Bottles and Jars
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Travel bottles and jars are essential when we travel. They don’t take up room and obviously are so much lighter than bringing a full size product or even a half used product. There are so many different sizes and types of bottles and from our experience the best types are soft silicone bottles that allow you to easily squeeze the contents out. We have used the harder plastic bottles and honestly these hurt our hands. It’s also a lot harder to get any excess product out of the hard plastic bottle because it is so hard to squeeze out and can be difficult to clean in comparison to the silicone bottles. There are different types of soft silicone bottles, you can find packs of individual bottles or even bottles that are a 4 in one type that allows you to put 4 different products in a bottle that connect together so it takes up even less room. There are also packs you can get that come with pump bottles, spray bottles and normal travel bottles so you are able to downsize on even more full size items. For example we pour our facial sprays into small spray bottles and our body oil in the small pump bottles and that has saved us so much room.
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This travel bottle set is an all in one pack that comes with silicone bottles, spray bottles, lotion bottles, jars, toothbrush heads, scoopers, a funnel, a dropper, labels and it all comes in a cosmetic bag. It literally has everything you need.
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Travel jars are amazing for reducing the amount of room taken up in your luggage. We put almost all our products into smaller travel jars. We use these jars to put our face moisturisers, hair masks, spot treatments, hand creams and body moisturisers. What we found is that they are also great for making your own concoction of body moisturiser. We have so many and can’t pick which one to bring so we mix them all to make our own that smell really good and work really well.
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These travel jars are leakproof and are airtight ensuring that none of your products spill and they will stay fresh for as long as your products are in the jar
Travel Pill Boxes
Medications and vitamins can be tricky to pack. There’s all different sizes of pills, some tablets are huge and take up a lot of room others are tiny and could be easily misplaced. Travel pill boxes are an easy way to keep all you tablets in order. It makes it so much easier to organise any medication and vitamins because the pill boxes are small and compact so you can fit them in your carry on or suitcase easily. There are a lot of options of different sizes with a different number of compartments depending on how many different types of medication you have to make sure there is an option for you. This particular pill box has 8 different compartments. There are 6 small sections on one side and 2 larger ones on the other which is perfect for different sized medications and vitamins. This pill case is 11cm x 8cm, is easy to open and is also moisture proof. It also tightly closes so medications and vitamins stay fresh.
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Odour Free Laundry Bags
While on holiday it’s easy to just throw clothes you’ve already worn in your suitcase and go on with your day. Sometimes you can’t be bothered to organise your clothes because you want to start your day, in other cases, which we are usually guilty of, is that you run out of time because you’re getting ready so it’s easier to just throw everything and leave. However you could use an odour free laundry bag and throw all your clothes in there instead so your suitcase stays more organised. Some suitcases do come with laundry bags included, some in built and some loose, which you can find out more about here, where we discuss our favourite suitcases but if not we definitely think they are an essential item that keeps your luggage fresh, clean and organised. This laundry bag Is durable and rip proof because the material is actually quite thick. It’s also water resistant so clothes will stay protected but it also means any wet clothes in the laundry bag won’t make any of your other belongings wet. What is also great about this laundry bag is that it is odour free so when you put your dirty clothes in any smell is contained so you don’t have to worry about your luggage smelling bad. The drawstring on the top of the bag locks so that no clothing is falling out and It’s an extra large bag that can fit a weeks worth of clothes. This laundry bag stretches out to be 55cm x 41cm and is also multipurpose, you don’t just have to use it for holidays you can use it when going to the beach to put your towel in or wet swimmers, which is great because not only does it stop everything from getting soggy but it also stops sand from getting everywhere.
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There are so many different travel essentials out there and these are just a few of our favourites that have made our travelling so much easier and so much more organised.We hope we helped you find some new products that make the next time you pack for your vacation even easier. Part two coming soon….