Packing and Organizing to go away Post #2

Ok so now that you have all of your paperwork done and you have written your packing checklist- you need to start packing! For a bigger trip we allocate space in the guest room and start packing about a week before. This gives us time to wash and iron any neccessary clothes we want to take away. It also gives us a space away from prying fingers to be able to lay everything out that we need.

We have been using packing "cubes" for years now and I have even converted my husband Simon who thought they were silly to start off with. They are great as you can fold everything you need to and are able to put the cubes into the suitcase without everything getting messy. I generallyt split the cubes into pants, shirts, cardigans, pajamas etc. It is also so handy whilst you are away as you just grab a cube and zip it open to get what you want you do not need to rifle through a weeks worth of clothes to get to one Tshirt!!