Packing Dilemma

Team Abritz is having its first major out of town trip. We are going to Manila!!! It’s my Bro-in-law’s grad from Army so we are attending his graduation in Tarlac. We took that opportunity too to have a major out-of-town. The husband is assigned with the IT and I am with the preparation.

One of my dilemmas -packing! We would be away for 5 days… would be moving from one hotel to another… not the mention would be packing for my baby boy. So I am in constant consultation with Mr. Google now to make my packing hassle-free and effective (and it has to be within 15 kilos limit that we declared with Cebu-Pacific).


I found tips, which I think, would be effective for me (reads: us –me, husband and my baby boy):

Create a Universal Packing List and Travellerspoint List (must-haves and possibly needed stuffs). This is number 1 step for me I guess, since I have the tendency to forget a lot. =)

Rolling clothes for lesser wrinkles. This is pertinent since we would be bringing clothes that would be good for 4 days + extra for possible “costume changes”.  I’ve used this method several times before but most of the time, I pack the conventional way (stacking clothes atop one another). Just now I learned that the old way of is the worst packing method –it creates creases and wrinkles.

Bag IDs – this is a tip I got from a friend. It helps you locate your conventional black luggage bag easier when they are stacked with other bags in the airport. It is a fallback in case your luggage gets lost (God forbid). It’s a must!

Zip-lock-it - And since I have special needs for this travel, like ensuring that we would have adequate milk and milk-water for my baby, transparent containers and zip-locks are necessary. This transparent zip-lock is not only suitable for milk but any liquid/gel toiletries where bringing their containers would be impractical.

I’ll start packing this weekend. I think I’m set… until I will encounter another packing dilemma again.

xoxo