My travel-fu is strong: Here’s what to pack in a carry on bag

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Inspired by this post on Boing Boing, and recent travel plans, I thought I’d share with you what I take with me in my carry-on bag. Why? Because I consider myself an expert airplane traveler. With how often I go back and forth from LA to Maui, Seattle, and Texas to visit family and do work stuffs, I had to get my travel game strong. And my carry-on is where I draw most of my strength.

First, it’s all about the bag…

I inherited a Lululemon gym bag with LOTS of amazing pockets, but a good carry-on has these three essentials:
* A secured pocket on the outside for my cell phone, boarding pass, and ID. It’s all about the easy access — no digging around looking for the things you need while going through security.
* A separate laptop section inside the bag to make the whole laptop removal and packing-back-up process easy-peasy.
* A pocket on the outside for a water bottle.

Now let’s look inside:

  • iPhone with a wallet case — stored on the outside pocket for easy license access
  • Empty reusable water bottle — it gets filled at a soda fountain on the other side of the security line
  • Fully-charged laptop — so I can write/work/watch a movie on the plane
  • Laptop charger — in case of extended layovers
  • Kindle
  • Pouch that contains the iPhone and Kindle charger, plus a USB outlet adapter
  • Headphones — I always use the split earbud ones in case I want to listen to a movie at the same time with my seat partner.
  • Travel size tissues
  • Tampons
  • Inhaler (or any other necessary meds)
  • Lip balm
  • Sunglasses

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2 Comments

  1. Brian

    wow!! deep indeed! and unfortunatly very true!

  2. Katie Beth

    awww thats me!!!! im sooo excited i love you too megan

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