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Preparing for a trip and looking to try out carry on packing? Or are you dreading traveling with baby and all the stuff you’ll need to bring? Whatever your reason for looking into minimalist travel and packing tips, you’re in the right place.
This collection of posts includes detailed packing lists for vacation, including guides for traveling with just a carry-on – even internationally – and traveling with babies and toddlers without dragging the entire nursery with you.
I used to be a hopeless over-packer. But years of frequent travel transformed me into a carry-on only traveler. After becoming a mom, I had to relearn how to travel light with a baby and then a toddler.
The posts below outline everything I learned in super simple guides. So you don’t need to suffer dragging overweight luggage and paying extra fees like I did!
How to Travel Light Like a Minimalist
This post is a great place to start if you’re wondering how minimalists travel for weeks at a time with just a carry-on. It’s your ultimate guide to travel and packing tips for carry on packing.
It explains a whole new approach to how to pack, including packing outfits for travel and packing toiletries.
You’ll learn how some of your “good” travel prep habits can unintentionally lead to an overstuffed suitcase.
Like with other minimalist and decluttering tips on this blog, it explains how to change your mindset to ensure permanent change. Once you change the way you think about travel and packing, carry-on-only travel will become second nature.
How to Travel with Just a Carry-on: A One-Week Vacation Packing List
By now, you’ve reviewed the travel and packing tips above for approaching suitcase packing with a minimalist mindset. Next, you can check out this more detailed guide and full carry on packing list, including a detailed toiletries list.
Beyond the carry on checklist of packing essentials, this post outlines common items you don’t need to include in your packing list for vacation.
You can even copy/paste this list to start your own packing list for vacation. Most of the work is done for you. Just make small tweaks to match it to your needs, and you’re ready for your trip!
The Ultimate Carry-On Packing List for International Travel
Above, we covered travel and packing tips for enjoying a one-week vacation with just a carry-on.
But you may think you can’t use it for international travel. After all, don’t you need a lot more stuff when traveling internationally?
As someone who has traveled internationally extensively, I can tell you the answer is actually no! This post lists the few special items you will need – outlet adapters, dual voltage electronics, etc.
But it also provides a list of commonly advertised “airplane travel essentials” that are actually quite inessential.
The post also includes a detailed suitcase checklist you can copy to quickly and easily prepare your carry-on packing list for international travel.
And beyond this detailed packing list and guide to products you’ll actually need, the post includes a few general tips for international travel that will make your trip painless.
How to Travel Light with Kids: What Do You Need to Travel with a Baby?
The posts above are geared toward adults packing for themselves. But a baby really changes the travel game!
I’ll be honest: I check a bag when I travel with my baby. You do need some extra things.
That being said, you do not need all the baby products marketed as “essential” for travel.
After taking a few trips by plane with my baby, I figured out what was actually useful and what was just taking up space.
I put all that wisdom into this post so you can learn from my mistakes.
The post includes a detailed checked suitcase checklist for traveling with baby, as well as for travel with a toddler.
In addition to the packing essentials list, I included my best travel and packing tips for traveling with baby, as well as things you should know before your first trip with your baby, so you can feel confident when you head to the airport.
You’ll find tips like how to handle milk and formula when going through security, options for renting baby equipment at your destination, and tips for packing, tips for packing clothes for baby, and how to check things like strollers and car seats.
You’ll be fully prepared with all the packing essentials but not weighed down by useless stuff.
Newborn Travel Essentials that Make Flying with Baby Painless
Are you a future mom or dad looking ahead to travel with a newborn?
In the post linked above, I provided a detailed packing list for vacation with your baby. I also explained how to avoid overpacking – even on your first trip with your baby or toddler. A lot of those travel and packing tips center on avoiding popular “travel bag essentials” for traveling with baby that are actually just going to take up space in your bag.
That being said, some products do make it much easier to travel with kids.
That’s where this post comes in. After a dozen plane trips with my baby (and then toddler), I made a comprehensive list of products that are actually useful for traveling with baby.
These are products that either help you survive a stressful plane trip with your tiny one or that help you save space and pack light.
Check this post out before you finalize that packing list for vacation and consider grabbing a few of these lifesavers!
What Do You Think?
Are you an experienced carry-on-only traveler? Have you made a successful trip with your baby or toddler? What are your best travel and packing tips for keeping things minimalist? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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