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For years, I packed for holidays that existed mostly in my imagination. A five-day break somehow needed enough clothes for ten different versions of myself. Then there was the tech! Laptop, iPad, Kindle, phone, Meta sunglasses and enough charging accessories to make my suitcase feel like a portable office. The funny part is that I barely used half of it. My biggest packing problem was never the suitcase. It was the amount of overthinking that happened before I even opened it. I would look at travel photos online, imagine all the places I might visit, plan my days down to the last detail and then pack for every possible version of that holiday. So I have finally changed the way I approach packing. I plan the holiday first and the suitcase second. My rule now is simple. It is not a scientific formula, but it works surprisingly well for me. Travel content has made packing more complicated than it needs to be. You see beautiful photographs of people changing outfits at breakfast, by the pool, at lunch, during sightseeing and again at dinner, and somewhere along the way it becomes easy to assume that your own holiday needs the same wardrobe. If I am staying at a five-star hotel, I also ask myself what I really need to bring. I would rather take the few personal products I genuinely use, such as my hair serum. Here’s what to know about the Grand Train Tour
The number of travel days by 1.5 to get the total number of outfits I am willing to pack. For me, that now means planning the holiday first, keeping my total outfits to roughly 1.5 times the number of travel days, repeating clothes without guilt, choosing footwear that can work across several occasions and being far more selective about tech. Destination Buzz: Planning a Switzerland train holiday in 2026?
Because i might want to change, a beach holiday meant three swimsuits. Because they are part of my normal bathroom routine at home, i do not need to carry an extra shampoo, conditioner and body wash simply.
