Packing for a weekend trip should be simple – you’re only going for a short time, so you need fewer things, right? But somehow something vital always gets forgotten! Here at HCX, we’ve compiled a handy checklist to make sure that never happens again…
1. Travel towel
2. Flip-flops (to save your feet from the hostel shower floors)
3. Buy your own mini bottles and fill them up with toiletries – it works out much cheaper than buying travel miniatures from the supermarket!
4. Toothbrush & toothpaste
5. Wear some big or heavy items of clothing on the plane (including boots, coats and jumpers – you can always take them off once you get onto the plane!)
6. Clothes! Check out the forecast beforehand to make sure you’re dressing for the right weather, and stick to a colour palette so that you can mix-and-match items.
HCX Tip: If you only have limited space, try rolling clothes rather than folding them!
8. PJs
9. Statement jewellery such as earrings or a necklace to jazz up a simple outfit
10. A big scarf to double up as a blanket on cold journeys
11. Travel documents – boarding passes, EHIC card, vaccine card (if necessary)
12. Padlock (and key!)
13. Headphones
14. Something to read – book, magazine, or kindle
15. A notebook & pen to keep a travel diary or get those postcards written
16. Filter water bottle
17. Adapter plugs!
18. Phone charger and portable phone charger (to avoid the disaster of your phone battery running out at important Instagram opportunities!)
19. Local currency
20. Chewing gum
21. Sunglasses
And last but not least…
22. Don’t forget your passport!