Here are a few travel tips to ensure you keep your sense of humour and get organised for travel. www.ucandoit.co.za
My guess is, if you are going on holiday, it’s to relax and re-charge, right? But if you aren’t well organised, this will be harder to achieve. With that in mind, here are a few travel tips to ensure you keep your sense of humour and get organised for travel.
Try to plan your activities before you get there, making a schedule of what you want to do and when, otherwise you waste precious holiday time planning.
Call ahead to clarify what the hotel does/does not have. Do you need your hairdryer and do they have laundry facilities, for example?
Compile a packing list of what you need to take with you, especially if you’re packing for Christmas with family and you have to take presents and food. It wouldn’t be such a merry Christmas if Santa forgot ½ the things at home.
That being said, try to obey the 50% rule when packing your clothes – whatever you have taken out of your cupboard to pack, divide it in half and only pack the half. We always pack too much.
If you can, take an extra suitcase or a large canvas bag that folds up easily. This will be useful should you buy more than you anticipated, but if not, use it for dirty clothes or simply fold it and pack it in your suitcase. You should also take a few empty plastic bags if you need to store dirty clothes and using vacuum bags makes space magically appear when you're packing.
If you are flying overseas and need to take medication with you, make sure you take a letter from your doctor explaining this medicine. The last thing you need is to be stopped and accused of trafficking meds.
If you have kids and will spending time in a plane or the car to get to your destination, pack games and try to get involved in the activities, otherwise I guarantee you, all you will hear is “Are we there yet!”
LASTLY, don’t forget the sunblock, obligatory trashy/suspense novel and that sense of humour!
