What’s your least favorite part of taking a vacation? Most would probably say packing and unpacking. Of course when I think unpacking, I think laundry. And I’m not one of those who unpack immediately. You might even find things a week later still in a bag.I am a list maker and list keeper. I have several saved to include vacation, cruise, grocery, goals, and housecleaning. Some are used more than others but we won’t talk about that.


- Pre-Cruise
- House Sitter/Emergency
- Day of Departure
- Extra Overnight
- Carry On – Paperwork
- Cruise
And again, these are mine so you can customize it for yourself. Then make sure you save a copy.
- Hotel confirmation
- Parking confirmation
- Boarding pass
- Luggage tags
- hair cut
- manicure & pedicure
- doctor
- clothing – elegant night, special occasions, special events
- personal
- medical
- cameras
- phones
- laptop
- extra batteries
- cords & chargers

Amazing post with very interesting ideas! I love to pack for a traveling, to prepare everything, to plan each day and to match my clothes with the coming events. I also prefer to pack light and to take with me just the most necessary stuff, so I have some extra room in my luggage for something to buy or take from the place I am going to. Greetings
You sound like my doppelganger. I’d almost think you had a video camera in my house the last few days while I prepared for my cruise. My list had 66 items and unpacking does = laundry and takes a week. I’m arriving the night before and I had my embarkation outfit set aside – still managed to forget to pack it in my carry-on until I was in bed and thought “I’ve forgotten something.” I now have a CAR list that must be completed before I leave to be sure everything is actually in the car.
I have trouble packing light, that’s why I love a cruise. Your hotel room follows you around so you don’t have to keep repacking.
Thanks for finding my blog. I always have a case of “what if I need that”. We travel by car so it’s not a problem. This upcoming cruise though we are aiming to be able to only have only large case and a carry on so we can get off the ship early. We will see (having my doubts).