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I'm rewatching your videos again for a flight I'm taking this week. Thank you for all you do for us and your help. I just realized what you said about your dad, how sweet about his pearl necklace gift for you. Thanks for sharing. And am so sorry about your father's passing. Time and Jesus are a healer. May God bless and heal you and your family dearly and abundantly cover y'all in His love and heavenly peace that knows no bounds. Amen. 🕊️🤍

I love the bag, but certainly an investment piece. It's sold out at the moment in black. What a sweet story of your dad and the pearl necklace. Thanks for the tips.

Laurie, I love how you jump right in to the content without a bunch of intro. Seatbelts buckled; here we go. 😁

Packed the peanut butter top for my Apple Watch so it does not get lost or forgotten. Put my necklace and earrings in their too.

Great video. A tip for cottons that need ironing is to pack a small (tiny) spray bottle. When you get to your destination, hang your clothes in the bathroom and give them a good spritz. They won't look perfectly ironed but if the cotton or linen is light, you won't have obvious creases. Also I found that I can take water on flights by using a couple of 50 ml plastic containers that you'll find a dollar store. It's enough water to see you through until you can get water on the aircraft. I usually pack a hard plastic (yes, I know, plastic, but it's light) glass to put my water in. All flights I've been on give you water in soft receptacles that mean you have to drink all the water at once. The sturdy 'glass' sits in the seat pocket and doesn't spill.

Thank you Laurie, for another power packed video. Also, I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad.

First off I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my mom in January, it's so hard. I loved you story about the pearl necklace. Thanks for this video they help so much.

So sorry for the loss of your dad ❤️ and these tips are great. One tip - take the roll up slippers and pack inside a pair of shoes like socks, can be rolled up or flat.

Highly recommend Minkeeblue products!

I love my neck pillow like that! I bought it for the car. I sleep in a hospital bed partially sitting up and the neck pillow keeps my head and neck aligned when I sleep. It is so comfy! I am so sorry about your dad.💜

Roadtrip essentials would be awesome!

Cute slippers. I like to pack Fit Kicks. They take up virtually no space, work for indoors and outdoors, don't mind water and can even be used for beach shoes. You can use them on the beach, wash them off in the hotel sink, hang them on a pants hanger to dry, and they'll be dry by the time you get back from dinner.

I have a tip for you, you might be interested in and that is take an extra pair of no-show socks and put them over your socks while going through TSA then you can either throw them away or put in ziplock bag to wash later. You can buy them at the Dollar Tree so if you choose to throw them away they were only a dollar twenty-five here now where I live. Just an idea I thought I would share with you because I love your videos.

Whew, I’m going to have to watch this again-so many great tips! Glad to hear you had a great birthday trip. I’m watching this at 5:30 in the morning because it’s like hearing from a friend and I couldn’t wait to catch-up. I recently started buying quite a few clothing outfits from Amazon because I appreciate the photos that people post to see what the item looks like on normal people. Same with your video - I like that you are willing to say “I don’t love it yet” or “it’s too heavy” along with your recommendations.

Memory board ? ! Cute. I know it SOUNDS like memory, but it's actually EMERY. Emery is the abrasive, on the board. ❤

One of our absolute must haves is PooPouri! I also like the Zoppen RFID Travel Passport Wallet & Documents Organizer Zipper Case with Removable Wristlet Strap. Makes carrying everything easy and it drops into the front zipper of my backpack or tote. By the way, thanks to your videos, my husband and I packed for a 3 week trip to Itay and cruise back to the US in a carry-on and backpack/tote each!! Thanks for all you do.

I use my Minkeeblue tote every day to take my laptop to and from work. I have had it for over a year and it still looks brand new.

Just ordered my Madison Tote Bundle; can't wait to receive all the goodies! Thanks, Laurie for all your tips-so helpful!

I had such a giggle when you called your emery board a memory board! You have a great sense of humor.

So sorry for your loss Laurie, the pearl idea was very forward thinking by your Dad. You now have something to treasure.

So sorry to hear of your Dads passing. My Dad has been gone 35 years this month (half my life. Mom 16 years). I miss them both every day. My condolences.

Thank you Laurie for your tips on Amazon products. I just ordered the exercise storage belt and it on sale too. I will use for my passport storage when I’m on my vacation.👍❤️

Great tips and hacks! Having watched you for a while, I already have at least half of these must-haves, thanks to you! :)

Love the Minkeeblue bag, so we'll organized! You really know how to pack and offer great tips, Laurie. Also like the new national parks packing cubes. I always have a fear, well not a fear maybe anxiety, because each airline seems different according to their guidelines and sometimes it's confusing to me (chemo brain doesn't help, lol). You are certainly a travel pro and offer us the best ideas and tips. 🛩 Heartfelt condolences on the passing of your Dad. ⚘⚘

My Amazon travel essentials: Love my little Anker PowerCore 10000 (I have the blue one) - has done me so much justice and charges my phone 6 times (one reason I _love_ having a flip phone - battery lasts *_forever_* and charges super fast), my kindle 3 times, or my mp3 player I'm not sure how many times (haven't tested it yet, probably 3-5 times though). While I make sure all of my devices are fully charged before I head to the airport, my kindle somehow ran out of charge the last time I flew (probably because I had 3 flights instead of my usual 2, so it had an extra 2-3 hours of use over what it normally had - considering that it's a Keyboard 3 (made in 2010, I got it "open box" brand new 2 years ago - the only 3G Keyboard 3 I could find anywhere that actually worked), the battery is actually pretty decent still, and when the battery does get to the point of needing to be replaced, I already know where I can get another one), so I just pulled out my little powerbank and knew that I didn't have to worry about it running out of charge. I have a couple little powerbanks from travelocity as well, but they don't last very long (half a phone charge, if even, and that's saying something, considering it's a flip phone), so I don't usually take them traveling. My phone, kindle, mp3 player, wireless earbuds, and another recording device all use a microUSB to USB cord (same one the powerbank uses), so I only ever have to take one cord when traveling. My current flying toiletry bag is from the Bagail brand - mine came as a set of 3 (I've only ever used one because I got them while on my last flying trip); as for whether things fit better when horizontal vs. vertical, it depends on what shape the bag is (whether it opens on the long side or short side) and what you're bringing. I do like that TSA is fine with it even though it's a little bit bigger than a quart, because it means I can pack more of my "liquid" snacks - hummus, applesauce, etc. I got my packing cubes on Amazon as well - they're the eBags medium, small, medium slim, small slim set (don't know whether that set is still available anywhere or not). Picked that set because, out of all the sets I was considering, it was the one that would fit my suitcase dimensions the best (yes, I measured the interior of my suitcase to figure it out, since mine is smaller than standard carry-on size) - I can fit 4 eBags medium cubes in my suitcase. Speaking of, what I ended up using the space for that was freed up by not having to tote my little water purifier in my suitcase was stuffing my packing cubes to absolute capacity as well as putting my sneakers in (granted, that was a road trip, not flying, and I had to bring more clothes than I normally would because we weren't going to be able to do laundry as often as we normally do); can't wait to see what I use that space for the next time I actually fly (and now that United has *_FINALLY_* seen sense to drop their pointless mask rule, that will actually be an option for me again). Something else I always take on flights are my noise cancelling headphones, because the engine and brakes are too loud for me (and my kindle volume doesn't go super high, definitely not high enough to be easily heard over the engines while in the air) - I have the Howard Leight Impact Sport, and while they're great at noise cancelling, the way they work makes it hard to listen to audio with them while still drowning out the engine roar (currently trying to find cordless earbuds to wear under them so I don't have to worry about the cord getting jostled when I put them on and take them off; it's complicated by the fact that my ears are rather small and my ear canals are tiny, so most wings and over-ear hooks, and even nearly all the little pillow things (can't remember what they're called) that go in the ears, are way too big for me); however, the sound amplification feature really came in handy when I was running sound backstage at our last play - I could easily hear everything that was said onstage, despite zero microphones, me facing the opposite direction of the actors (so even harder to hear), and the 60+ mph wind gusts whipping through (oh, did I mention we did it outside?). They fold down really small, and I have the case for them (bought it separately), which fits in my backpack quite nicely, and has room inside it for a short aux cord (which I used with them in the actual airport, since I didn't have to drown out engine noise there). I also got the better ear pads (the gel ones by Zohan), since being able to wear them over my glasses was super important (I had a pair of noise cancelling headphones before, but they were so insanely tight I couldn't wear them over my glasses without it triggering a migraine); extra perk is that the actual ear cups are pretty flat, so I can even lie down on my side without it forcing my head up at a weird angle. Still trying to determine whether I'm going to eventually get a better set (ones where I can actually listen to audio at full volume while still reaping the full benefits of the noise cancellation), but I haven't found any yet that are highly rated and are still within my price range (I like how V Moda fold down small - that's an absolutely non-negotiable feature - but I can't afford them).

Love, love, love a hack! I have many of the items you have suggested and love them. Just recently tried an inexpensive, regular neck brace you can buy at a drugstore in place of an airplane neck pillow. It works great and packs smaller (or isn't as bulky if you hang it from the outside of your carrymmon.

Thank you for your videos from one teacher to another! I traveled this year for the first time in years and I felt so prepared having seen several of your tips and videos. I’d love more updated videos on everything especially shoes. I love your clothing tips and updated videos on bags, purses. In general what I appreciate the most is that you always consider mobility and weight of items (shoes) so that we won’t be exhausted by the end of the day when using items like side purses all day long etc. 🙏🏽👍🏼don’t stop. You are doing great.

Yay! Love your suggestions!

I love my Minkeeblue backpack. It also has a bottom shoe/lunch bag compartment. Thanks for the great advice Laurie!

I am a new subscriber. I just discovered your vlogs. Love them but I especially love that you show your adorable fur baby. Fur baby wants to be in your vlogs. I just love it!!

I love my Minkee bag too! Thank you for the great tips, great video!

Monos makes hardsided carry ons with a "pocket" that opens. I've been looking at them for ages and want one (but don't need it). They are pricey, even on sale, so I just keep looking anadd wishing. Thanks for the video! I'm semi-retiring in June, so will have more time to travel! My daughter is going on rotations starting in June and I want to go visit her!

Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate it.

Thank you. Much appreciated

Another wonderful video. Thank you Laurie. I have saved your videos to a travel list. Thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you Laurie for the Tips! ❤️

That strawberry dress is adorable on you!

Thanks again for your help and ideas to make travel easier.

Helpful hint for those with walking or other mobility issues. Very important - as I have mobility issues, must walk with a cane, I request a wheelchair when I get my ticket. On my last trip to California I took shuttle from Duluth MN to MSP. Got a wheelchair escort from the curb and it was a long journey to my gate. MSP is a big airport. Gave the attendant $10, best tip ever. Staff at gates are always very helpful. This service is at any airport, you just have to ask. They will also take you down the boarding ramp or meet you with a wheelchair when the plane lands. Tipping is optional but considering the service I believe it shows how grateful you are & I always tip.

I just came back from a trip to Argentina and need to tell you that I’ve never appreciated an item as much as I did the valet tray you recommended here. I would’ve never thought of purchasing this but figured I could use it. Well, we traveled to a few more “rustic” places like Iguazú Falls and Cafayate and none of the hotels had nightstands so my glasses, earrings and phone laid on this little thing on the floor. This was sooo useful I already ordered a few more as gifts to my traveling friends.

You are some teacher with an emery board. Memory board!! Soo funny

Love these tips! Going to rewatch a few times.😄Prepping for 2 week European vacay. Bought the National Park bags… they’re special memories as my parents were teachers and we went to A LOT of them🥰🤣! Also bought the Lovevook backpack, deciding if keeping or not. Thanks for all you’re doing for us less traveled peeps❤️

Beautiful blue lining! 💙 That opening at the bottom of the bag is really neat.

Love the peanut butter lid hack!! Great idea, thanks! Glad I'm not the only one who is obsessed with bag hardware! I'm hard on shoulder/crossbody bags for some reason and hate flimsy clips and things. I don't understand why so many manufacturers put straps that are sewn to the bag on one end while the other end hooks. I want the ability to replace the strap if needed. Snaps that don't stay snapped make me crazy so I like magnets and especially zippers on pockets. I have way too many bags that just didn't work for me. 🤣

I love your tips, I just wish I was traveling as much as I used to. I miss it so much since the pandemic.

Hi Laurie! I love your videos and tips! There are quite a few things I am going to order. Have to get those rattan earrings! The Minkeeblue bag looks great will check it out. The story of your pearl necklace and your dad is so cool. Thanks!

I love my Madison Tote! I use it for work all the time! So convenient being able to put the lunchbox in it and still fit my laptop!

I just found your channel and I am so thankful I did! I will be traveling this summer, flying for the first time in 17 years, and the thought of it is overwhelming. Your channel has been so helpful for me to wrap my brain around all the TSA rules and dos/don'ts of flying. THANK YOU!

Love the tote bag!

Your the best! So thankful for all your tips. Enjoy your day ☀️

My mother's day gifts arrived!! So happy, all from your suggestions. I've been lusting after these for a while. Love the national park compression pacing cubes!! Got the nail file set and the travelon pouches . Got the non bright colors. Thanks for suggestions Laurie!

I love that neck pillow. I bought it based on your recommend! I took it on a 5 hour continental flight, but it was a 5:00 am take off time, so I was able to doze off with the help of that pillow! Otherwise, I would have had a crick in my neck for days, or I wouldn't have been able to sleep at all! Also, would love to hear about that Albania trip! Albania has always intrigued me, as my great grandfather immigrated from there, but we know very little about it. He had no photos when he came, and he was so eager to be "American", he never talked about it. (He died before I was born)

That's a great bag,too!! A little pricey but it seems like it is worth it! That cobalt blue is so pretty!!

Love your videos as well as the products and tips you recommend! I would love to see a video of recommended vacation locales as well as where you stayed. Both short trips and longer ones. Thank you!

Great tips! I used your hack to pack the quart bag horizontally and was able to fit so much more!

Great video! Thanks. We are headed to Europe this summer and will definitely get some of these items.

Thank you so much. Just ordered the bag. Got a great deal on bundle

Laurie, thank you so much for all your trip tips! I have been blessed to travel nationally and internationally. It has been several years since my last trip. I will now be going to Israel for 11 days with my church group, in Sept.

That tote bag is perfect! Aullie is so cute🥰

Thank you for sharing 😃

Thanks for sharing this list. I wish i could see the links on this video for some of those items your suggesting. Love your videos, have watched a lot of them for my upcoming trip. So sorry for the loss of your dad. Happy 20th🎉Anniversary!

Rewatching this with my 8yr old son. He heard me watching another video and he asked me to keep playing it because he likes listening you. Lol. We just came back from Houston last night

Love your videos, Laurie! Would you be willing to review Hawaii since you were so recently there? We are planning an anniversary trip there and thinking about island hopping. Would love your perspective on which islands you prefer for differing reasons and things to consider when traveling to the islands. So glad you and your husband got to celebrate there! We’ve been to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai and love each island for its unique offerings. 🥰

This is a great video...as always. There are a few items that I am interested in such as the mesh bags and the jewellery organizer.

I have the older version of the Minkeeblue bag and I love it!

This was great! Thanks for your recommendations!

I just love your style and you and your husband are so cute! You made me laugh! Traveling for the first time with an infant and internationally so you’re giving me so many tips!

I love your videos, thanks! I'd like to see something about a 10-day cruise to UK, following a long flight...saw your one on packing for long flight, was very helpful!

Great ideas, as usual. TFS.

I just purchased, from Calpak, the Hue Duffle bag, which is so cute (in the pink color I chose) and so functional. Lots of pockets and it has the Trolley strap in the back so it fits over your carry on extended handle.

I have the Minkee blue backpack and I LOVE it! The quality is amazing and there are so many perfect pockets and nooks for all my items. I just love it! I store all my liquids and snacks in the bottom portion of the bag. I remove the insulated container and my rectangular liquids bag fits perfectly in there along with a couple chargers and my Clorox wipes. Great video! I too highly recommend Minkee Blue!

More great suggestions and hacks.

I got the cord organizer pouch for Christmas and am using it for the first time on my next trip.

Hi Laurie, can't wait to use your tips for my trip to Ireland next month! your video about what to wipe down with antibacterial wipes on the plane was very helpful but I always wipe the overhead control for the light and air flow too.

Love your video - hi from Florida

Thanks for all the great tips! We just booked a 4-night cruise for next March. I know that I will put your travel and packing tips to great use! I really appreciate you taking the time to put this video together along with all your other videos! :-)

Thank you for your valuable travel tips. I would use the bottom cube as a makeup case.

Brilliant new tote and the glasses as an iPhone stand was such a good hack!

Great tips! I purchased a lot from your suggestions. I have an Away carry-on and love it. I absolutely agree about the lack of a front pocket though. Would love to see your cruise clothing packing list for a 7 day carry-on only. We cruise a lot and I would love to see how you pack.

Wow, so many great tips in this video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Ooh I was so excited to see a new video from you for Amazon travel goodies. Because I have watched for a few previously I’m happy to say I have a few of them. A few I will be grabbing soon. Sometimes being from Canada they are not always available to me. Can’t wait for the next tip. 😊

Just got the Tripped National Park compression set - very cute!

Great content, Laurie. I bought 2 of the hr shoes you recommended. Thank you 😊

another great video laurie! i have been watching you since last year when i took my first plane ride to see my boyfriend - so grateful you give such amazing tips and hacks! this is a wonderful video, i am excited to buy for my future trips!

Weird, I have been watching your travel videos to get ready for an upcoming trip and see my friend Staci at second 43!

Thanks for the reviews. I don't plan on flying anytime soon, but some of these accessories/tips would work for camping too.

Thanks Laurie. Just bought a few Rip Skirts from your link. I have been wanting them for a while.

Great video with great item and tips. I really appreciate your videos 💖

Thank you Laurie. I try not to use Amazon but I liked the ideas.

I have been following your channel for a little over a year now and at the time I saw your review of the cord organizer and made a purchase. Your tips are all spot on. Keep ' em coming. So sorry about your dad. BTW, your dog is a cutie.😍

love your videos and have shared with so many friends. Just found your past Hawaii video and excited to use any tips on our fall Hawaii trip. Haven’t been on a flight over 1.5 hours in a while so a little anxious about a longer flight (BNA-PHX-HNL)

Happy anniversary! Sorry to hear about your dad, but that was such a beautiful idea with the necklace. This bag does a lot. I'm someone I pack differently anytime I go somewhere. It just happens that way. LOL

The brightly colored peanut lid has been a game changer. I have been using this hack since watching one of your videos a few years ago.

I recently discovered CALPAK luggage. They have a hard shell suitcase with an outside pocket!!! Love their stuff. Thanks for all the tips!

I love tim & fin from tripped!

Stopped by to see what's new. I so appreciate your tip about the size variable of liquid bags.

Great ideas as usual.

Thank you Lauri, so many great tips! Found you a couple months ago, we like to travel often so I love all of your hacks and recommendations….Ugh, I get so frustrated every time I pack, more often than not I think I would prefer a trip to the dentist 🤣

Interesting video, nice sharing.🥰😍🙏👍👌💖