When you pack your carry-on, the obvious items are easy to remember. But what are the carry-on essentials people tend to forget? Here are are small, practical extras that can make a big difference once you are on the road or in the air.
Carry-on Essentials
- Pack a small “first night” pouch with pajamas, skincare, medication.
- One full outfit in case luggage is delayed, or something spills on you. Choose light weight, wrinkle resitant items in neutral colours.
- Pack a Tide To Go pen to handle emergency spills and stop stains from setting.
- Bring a reusable water bottle to fill after security and to use throughout your trip. Our go to is the 9oz S’Well, it’s compact size tucks easly into bags without adding weight.
- Pack a scarf or wrap that can double as a layer or blanket. It can also come in handy if you need to cover your cover your shoulders at a religious site.
- Put together a freshen up kit with wipes, lip balm, and a toothbrush. We love the travel pouches from Cuyana to hold these items.
- Keep your chargers, cables and a portable power bank in your carry-on and make sure the power bank is already charged. If you are travelling overseas, include you adaptor.
- Earphones, ideally noise-cancelling ones.
- Pack all your tech items in a tech pouch like these from Poppy and Peonies or these from Cuyana, so you can easily grab them before stowing your bag for the flight.
- Bring a foldable pill case with commonly needed medications such as vitamins, antihistamine, and Tylenol/Advil. This is also useful for day trips. Always keep any perscrition medication in your carry-on.
Pro Traveller tip
Check your airline app to establish what enterainment will be avaible on the flight, if any. Not every flight has seat-back screens, and some only offer streaming via their app. Depending on the length of your flight is you might want to pre-load a tablet with content.
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