i litterally do not know how to pack for 2 years abroad omg can i just pack my room and leave :'')

This video is a gift from heaven.... I was clueless what to do with my winter jacket, shoes and so on.. THANKS SONIA!

How am i gonna wear my boots and winter coat in june on the plane?

YESSSS SONIA YESSSS THANK YOU!!

This channel has everything I've been worrying about for a long time! I'm so happy right now!

A note about bringing medication with you on trips: countries have different laws and rules about what you can and cannot bring into the country. For example, I think Japan has a rule that you can only bring 1-3 months of prescription medication into the country. If you buy a year's worth and try to bring it in, it could be confiscated you will have wasted your money. Also if you're REALLY attached to certain comforts from home, like GOOD deodorant or tampons, I suggest bringing enough of those things to last your stay or asking your mom to ship you some! A lot of countries don't necessarily have those things, at least in the same quality that we're used to. Do your research before you pack.

I have been studying in Germany for 2 months and have 3 more to go. Before coming I watched your videos and my list of things is almost like the one in this video.

I'm on a 5-week study abroad program in Chicoutimi, Québec right now so I wish this came out two weeks ago haha. But I *did* pack light by watching all of your other videos. I managed to fit everything in a carry-on suitcase and my backpack. My apartment ended up being on the top floor of our residence building and there's only stairs... Haha thanks for all of your awesome tips Sonia :)

I'm studying abroad in Granada, Spain! We are a family of three. Our little Elvira Samadhi was born November 3, 2012. We LOVE to TRAVEL. We sold everything we owned to chase our dreams of traveling, living abroad and learning languages! Andrew is from Indiana and I (Jiovana) am Mexican-Spanish. Join us!! On our adventures in different countries while trying to be the best parents we can be to our sweet Elvira!!! WE DO BILINGUAL VLOGS!

May I chime in? (I studied abroad for 5 months) & ended up taking some larger toiletries (shampoo, face wash, etc) with me and was so glad I did! Depending on where you go you might not have access to what you want. If you are picky with those kinds of things (like myself) than you might want to consider packing them away (with lots of tape & inside baggies!) in your check in. But I agree with the hair tools! Thanks for another great vid :)

I swear you are reading my mind- I have been stressing over packing for my 8 week trip across Europe and Africa next week, thanks!

I'm moving to Canada to study in 1 month! This video just came in the PERFECT time! Thanks!!!

Sonia, for the last 9 years I have had multiple trips each year, flying here and there between 1 to 3 times every year and I thought I was an experienced traveler. Experienced yes, but I am still finding useful tips from your youtube videos. Keep up the good work.

Love this! I shared it with the study abroad office at the university that I teach at! I will say that in terms of buying sheets and towels it's usually just easier to buy it there.

Using Amazon to send yourself your own thing is absolutely genius! THANK YOU!

Currently watching this while on my summer study abroad, but I'll use the tips for my next trip!

HI, I am going to London for a month for summer school. Which means night outs and travelling. I have seen you videos on London, they are amazing. It gets my super excited. My packing plan is all mixed up from tourist shoes and bags, to clothes and makeup. Lots of summer dresses to night outs. Thank you :)

I wish you posted this a year ago when I studied abroad in London. I OVERPACKED. And I mean OVERPACKED! It was a nightmare. I definitely learned my lesson for future adventures abroad! Thanks Sonia :)

You are a LIFE SAVER! I leave for study abroad in a few days and I have been dreading packing for it!

Agreed. Pack light...ALWAYS!

OMG Your channel is like gold for me. I will travel to Toronto, Canada in January for 4 mounths and your videos are helping me so much ! Thanks you Sonia ! I

This video was designed for me!! Thank you thank you!!

Haha, I'm actually a month away from finishing studying abroad... But this is still a great video to share with my friends who are planning in it. Thanks Sonia!!!

Useful! Sharing my clients who are students studying and working abroad!

what if im flying to canada in august ans its boiling hot, but im still staying there for the winter and need that huge jacket?

I wish this video already existed when I was packing in December 2013 for my 7 months in Berlin. It was a tough transition from the freezing winter to the hot, humid summer. Your last tip was definitely one I would have benefited from, ha!

Thank you so much for making this video! I leave in 16 days to live in London for the summer and let me tell you, packing has been the most dreadful thing on my to do list! I find all of your videos so incredibly helpful so thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us :-)

I'm leaving to go study abroad for 3 weeks 2 days from now! I'm watching almost all of your vids Thanks a lot! :D

Depending on which country you go to, you can also find a local amazon equivalent. For example, G-market in South Korea is an amazing, cheap online store for toiletries, towels, cereal, everything. With local services, you can even get cheap same day delivery.

Thank you, i'm leaving to Spain for six moths. You got me all exited and these are great tips.

thank you so much for this video. This summer i am going from spain to china to Ecuador and then straight after going to Vancouver for a year to study. I was panicking about my suitcase and although i still am i feel much more confident! ahahha thank you so much. love your videos

Great tips! I wish I had known them a year ago, I just came back from a year abroad

Yay! Sonia, thank you so much for doing this type of video! I'm planning on studying abroad next year in London!

Very helpful. Thanks for all these travel-wise tips.

Sonia Gil, Hi! I'm Ahmed, from Islamabad. Let me be straight to the point, Sonia, I am very inspired by the way you teach languages and such videos too! My oh my! You're so efficient and coherent. Love and regards...

Thank you sooooo much! I am about to go to London for 8 months! Perfect timing!!! Your videos are so helpful!

Useful tip, as well as the other Sonia's tips. THEY Really helped me with packing for a 12-days trip to Denmark.

Omggggg yay! This is so useful especially when i'm in the midst of planning!! Woohoo!! All your vidoes have so much great tips! Thank you Sonia!!! Give you alllll my loves. Haha. Anyway, could you do a video on best countries/cities to visit solo? As i'm planning to travel a bit before school term starts! xx

That was really helpful! I'm going to leave for a semester in Ireland soon and your tips helped me so much!

Yesss! Awesome video. I'm going to South Korea is a few weeks for a 10 week program and very excited.

Loved the video especially the "what it" because thats a habit of mine.

Great Video to share to my students who GO and STUDY ABROAD

I wish i had watched it before my year abroad. Totally agree, great tips!

How I wish this is put up last year when I was oversea for 3 months! But great tips!! Will bear in mind if I got such opportunity again!

Sonia! Such perfect timing. (Going to London on exchange for a semester and before that, travels in Europe!) Thanks heaps!

Argh this was exactly what I needed. Moving to Greenwich in 4 weeks. Two suitcase allowance though on Iceland air thank god. X

Exactly the video that I needed! All your videos are so helpful Sonia!! And congrats on the web award! :D

Thank you thank you! I can't believe you did this video!! I guess I'll be leaving my gown back home! Mil Gracias

Thank you Sonia! Your videos are so helpful! I'm packing for my stay in the UK. Keep them coming :)

Thank you so much for the perfect video on the perfect time!!!

As a pharmacy tech, I have a quick tip about taking prescription medication, mostly if you are from the US: request vacation refills ahead of time. Give the pharmacies, insurance, and doctor's at least a month in advance to work on these refills. Most insurances will only pay for certain amounts of medication monthly. If your insurance policy allows, they can do what they call a vacation refill, where they fill more than one months worth in advance, but these may need a doctors authorization and many days for them to allow a pharmacy to fill. If you are carrying temperature sensitive medication, call the manufacturers for travel information. Many medication manufacturers carry this information that may not be on websites. And don't just follow any website. The manufacturers will have the most recent information. You may also need manufacturer and doctor guidance if you cannot get a vacation refill done, and on how to go about getting medication in other countries or sending it to oneself. The last thing you want is expensive medication getting detained at customs for days when you send it to yourself. Get a doctor's letter explaining any medication you may be taking with you. Check country specific requirements and with TSA on all prescription medication. Some countries restrict the amount you can bring in, and some countries may require that you carry more than a doctor's letter, or even how you can carry it.

This helps me sooo much to pack for a year! THANK YOU! but next problem is packing when you come back, HOW AM I GONNA PACK EVERYTHING I HAVE BOUGHT!!!

This was so helpful!! Thank you so much, Sonia!!

Loved this! I'll be studying in Milan this fall!

I remember seeing this video only a year ago, and finally I get to use it! Lucky me, I only have to pack for 1 season weather, as I'll spend my 6 month semester in Hong Kong! :D Thanks for your advice Sonia!

I'm addicted to this channel

I'm new to your channel and I already love it. Soon I'll be going to Costa Rica and then Chile, tropical and winter, so this will help a lot :)

Oh Gosh! I must have watched this one year ago before packing 42 kg to stay 7 months in Australia LOL (and pay $200 for extra luggage when I was going back)!!! Love your videos Sonia and come back to Brazil for more adventures!

Sonia,another video I apsolutely love!!

This was SOOOO helpful! Thank you so much.:)

I'm going to UK in few days and this vid really helps omg!! thank you so much for wonderful tips

Super thank you!!!! I'm packing for a year abroad right now :)

Justo lo que estaba buscando!!! Mil gracias Sonia!! Me voy a Seattle por 3 semanas y esto me va a servir mucho a la hora de empacar. :D

This is exactly what i needed to see. Thank you so much

Great advice Sonia Gil thank you very much! Of course for us Venezuelans is really hard to buy that much things abroad because all of the government's regulations on currency exchange, but I think with really good planning it is still doable... And congrats on your Webby Awards winning!

Valuable tips here - thanks!

Hi sonia! I love your videos, but could you do a video based on what and how to pack when your going camping? I'd love to see that. :)

need this for my year abroad! Though, I'm posting my suitcase so don't need to worry about weight as much..

Thank you. Useful recommendations.

I'm so excited for my year abroad 🙌🏻

God! I love this Channel!!!

Amazing tips ! thanks

my best whishes Sonia

Awesome....best channel ever....For traveling tips... :) Thanks...

Hi Sonia! I was offered an amazing opportunity this summer to study abroad for a few weeks in France. I don't know any French, being this is a language school I would be attending, but still I am very excited (and hopeful that I can go)! Granted, France was not my first choice (no offense to anyone, please) I need some advice. The only reason I didn't choose France first, was because I wasn't originally signing up for a language school. I was originally going to sign up for a homestay in Ireland, New Zealand, UK, etc.--a English speaking country. I know a little bit of Spanish (2 years worth), but it has been awhile for me, and I know English (obviously) and Sign Language pretty well. I will be studying the language when I get there, but I am nervous for whoever my host family will be (if I get to do this opportunity). What I mean is, I was told they will speak both English and French, but French aren't always open it seems to speaking nothing more than their native tongue. How do you learn you're languages so fluently and quickly? Do you have any suggestions for me? Thank you for your time, and I hope this makes sense, and you can help me!

I love traveling and your channel has helped me a lot !:)

Best word(s) of advice i heard so far!!! :) :) Love you and thank you! :)

ur videos are so entertaining ... love them !

You make me wanna travel more!! Q. How about packing for a 8 to 9 months deployment (Navy), with little room?

I love your videos! they're really useful, why don't you make more videos about studying abroad or traveling for a 9 months period!

You just maybe the coolest kickass girl i have ever come across!! n that kiss u blew away in the end...you are so dope..love you 💕..n ty for the tips..I will need it this year..

hi Sonia :) I love all your advice and tips! i'm curious, can you do a video on getting a visa please?

*Wow, learnt something new*

yesssss, I'm going to study abroad soon, thanks for the tips ^_^ I'll try to get some compressing bag to stuff in outerwear =D

I really love your videos.

tips that i really need now... thanks a bunch Sonia.... :D

OMG I LOVE YOU HAHA! I was actually in China for a month (Beijing, Xi'an, then Shanghai) and now I'm home packing for college.. which is basically how i found this video. but i do wish i'd seen it before going to china because i did pack waay more than needed and had to pay 100 dollars for my 6 lbs above the limit luggage -.- thanks Hainan Airlines . anyway, i only need to pack for a semester of college bc i'll be coming home over christmas and im also moving out of my room over break

This was really helpful, thanks - I'm going to Germany for 11 months in October

you're soooooooo the best! thank you thank you thank you! I'm loving you

I LOOOOOVE your videos!! Thank you Sonia for all the great tips! I am hoping to get some packing advice for an academic conference where I'll be presenting. Please help thnxxxxxxxxxx!!

Hi!! Love your videos I watch them over and over so helpful! I can't seem to find out your electrical conversions video, I'm on a tablet and can't click if there's a link in the video! I'm traveling Thailand for 5 months I'm from the UK shall I buy a new charger for my phone? Or will the current be fine in Thailand? Xxx

I roll up the clothing like a burrito and tie up up with a band and I get more space in my suitcase

I really liked the part from 5:05-5:16, it was hilarious and so true!

Great video!

Yep guys check the prices for your suitcases, I traveled with 3 this summer...the first one was free, the second one was around 1 hundreds dollars, the third one was almost 300 dollars!!! So yep ended up paying 400 dollars for suitcases

YES!! YES!! THANK YOU!

Thank you for this video! What about electronics? Should I bring a slr and a compact point and shoot camera that I can shoot videos/vlogs on? And should I bring my laptop and iPad? I plan to keep my laptop in my room and bring my iPad for weekend trips? Please help me! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SONIA! Keep them coming!

You appear on my textbook, as one of the task. Lol.

We're in the process of filming this same kind of video! Thanks for the help with our research. If you love Sonia, you'll love us: ShutUpandGo on our travel show!

Hi Sonia :) I'm planning on staying in Australia for 2-3 month. Do you have any tips on how to cut the costs? Get an apartment? Couchsurfing? Hostel? Thank you for all your amazing tips x