Packing Tips

Packing list for Iceland vacations

My Vacation Lady traveled to Iceland in May 2023 and we made a list of what to pack for our vacation so we thought we would share some with you.  Packing for a vacation or honeymoon in Iceland is the polar opposite of packing for a tropical vacation.   General Packing list for Iceland:   Rain pants [...]

Don’t leave these in your hotel at the end of your vacation!

I know you've done this too because I certainly have!  Have you left something in your hotel room after you checked out. Sometimes you won't even notice it until you settled into another hotel on your trip or got home.  Could be something small.  Could be something really important but we have all done it. [...]

Packing for your Honeymoon to Hawaii

This really isn't going to be a list of everything you need to pack for your honeymoon to Hawaii but more about what you might not have considered packing Some of this will depend on which islands you'll be visiting but some are more generic: Things you might not have thought of: REEF SAFE Sunscreen [...]

Packing for a cold weather vacation

Are you planning to take a vacation to a cold weather destination? For many of us, that means packing bulky clothes, puffy jackets, and all the necessary cold-weather accessories into a suitcase. Instead of stomping on your luggage or sitting on it for hours, waiting for the clothes to magically compact themselves, follow these basic tips [...]

Pre- Vacation Check List

With all the planning that it takes to put together a great vacation or honeymoon, My Vacation Lady likes to offer a few pre-vacation or pre-honeymoon planning tips that you might not think about. Pre- Vacation Check List 3 Months Before Make sure your passport is valid for 6 months past your return date.  If it [...]

Vacation Packing Tips

With the airlines charging for everything from checked luggage to overweight luggage to even carry on luggage, we all need some packing tricks. If we have said it once, we have probably said it a million times.  My Vacation Lady is the QUEEN of OVER PACKING so whenever we find some good packing tips, we [...]

Handy things to pack for your next vacation

As we said earlier this week, My Vacation Lady is going through old blog posts and recycling what is still current.   while back, there was an article posted by Budget Travel on  8 things that you probably don't take but should.  As the Queen of Over Packing, My Vacation Lady realized that while a lot of these [...]

Tips on how not to lose your luggage

Every so often My Vacation Lady  will hear a story about clients flying to their vacation or honeymoon destination who find out, in their arrival airport, that their luggage was not on the plane.  Yes, travel insurance can help but what can you do to protect yourselves from losing your luggage? 5 tips on how [...]

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Do you pack too much for your vacations?

My Vacation Lady is the Queen of over packing. We can never figure how our clients can pack for a vacation using just a carry on.  Liz and Andre traveled to Japan and Vietnam for 2 weeks using only carry on luggage. The only 1 time that I every traveled with only a carry on [...]

Packing Tips for your European Vacation

Recently,  one of My Vacation Lady's newer clients called about packing advice.  They were taking a vacation to Italy in later September going from Florence to the Amalfi Coast.  Since it was fall, the weather could really vary- so maybe between 50 and 75 degrees and while they may not need bathing suits in Florence [...]

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