It’s summer! Will your family travelling and/or vacationing this summer? Utilize these organized travel suggestions to prepare for family travels.
The end of the school year is here, and we just celebrated July 4th, meaning that we now have the whole summer ahead. With summer starting, it’s time to consider a family vacation.
Traveling with your family can be educational, enjoyable, and thrilling, but only if you’re organized. Families who don’t practice some sensible travel organization may quickly find themselves stressed, irritated, and yearning for the peace and quiet of home.
Be ready this year! Here are some of our top tips for travel organization and planning, whether your vacation plans involve taking a car, flying, or staying close to home on a “stay-cation.”
How to Get Organized Before You Travel
Travel organization for seamless, stress-free vacation begins weeks in advance. Use these suggestions to simplify the organization and preparation for your trip:
Create Travel Central.
Keep all of your travel information in one place, whether it’s a new divider in your family notebook, a special section in your paper planner, or in an app on your phone/ laptop. Include itineraries, passport and frequent flyer numbers, contact information for airlines, vehicle rental companies, and travel agents.
Make Lists, Lists and More Lists
Vacation lists can be stored in ‘Travel Central’ and contain individual packing lists for every member of the family, a “before we leave” checklist, instructions for house-sitters, a car packing list, a picnic planning checklist, or a camping supplies list.
Practice Organized Packing.
Designate spaces to collect your trip necessities as you organize and plan. Include travel-sized toiletries, tissues, travel appliances, and personal care products in addition to your tickets, passport, and other travel-related paperwork. It is simpler to transition from “list” to “packed” if you can see all of your stuff in one location.
Veteran travelers and armchair types can be distinguished by their packing skills. Consider the following suggestions while you pack for a vacation:
Pack Light
Less is more when traveling; it’s an old saying that still works. Lay out all travel-related clothing and toiletries for each member of the family. Before you pack the remainder, take half out. Sounds a bit crazy, but this works very well.
Look into packing organization tools.
Use zipper food storage bags to store clothing, socks, underwear, and personal items to prevent wrinkles, safeguard clothing, and organize baggage. For frequent travelers, commercial organizers may be worth the investment.
Pack a Daily Outfit for Younger Kids
Use large zipper food storage bags to carry an entire day’s worth of clothing for each younger child on family trips. At the end of the day, place soiled clothes in the same bags.
Plan for Those T-Shirts
Almost all family vacations end up involving buying plenty of t-shirts as souvenirs. With the knowledge that you’ll add these clothes along the journey, purposefully under pack before you leave.
Get Organized to Stay Healthy
Create personal care kits for each member of the family and place them in a zipper bag or makeup case. Include sample-sized bottles of lotion, sunblock, shower gel, and shampoo. Restock care kits along the journey with amenities from hotels and motels.
The preparation for family travel doesn’t end when you leave the house! To keep moving smoothly, try these travel organization tactics.
Bring snacks!
The availability of meals and snacks on airplanes has decreased, and roadside snacks while driving can be costly and unhealthy. Carry a compact, collapsible insulated bag, and put some healthy foods inside to stave off the Cookie Monster.
Keep the Kids Happy
In order to keep kids entertained when traveling, a trip to the dollar store might be very helpful. Small games, books, and toys should be packaged separately for optimum impact, and should be distributed one at a time.
Cut the Take Home Clutter
Avoid adding additional clutter to your home while on vacation! Instead, think about these clutter-free alternatives: compiling a digital scrapbook, creating a personal travel journal, or gathering miniature ornaments for a holiday “travel tree.”
Kids can the most eager to buy too much stuff to take home when on vacation. Put some money aside at the start of the trip in an envelope for each child that will be used for souvenirs. The money in each child’s envelope is theirs to use anyway they like. Make it clear that no additional funds will be provided! When they handle the money, kids somehow learn how to buy souvenirs and trinkets with far more restraint!
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