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When do you pack if you are about to travel?

Posted on October 1, 2011

 

 Lands End Light House Luggage
Packing is a Chore!

The bags are not yet fully packed but I am off to Andaman soon. I used to have this Lighthouse Lands’ End Luggage before but it got spoiled, it was a gift to me by the company. They had assured me that if it ever got spoiled they would replace it. And good to their words they did. I have unpacked the bag now. I like it quite a lot. It is the first journey of this bag and it goes to Andaman with me. But I had another one like it before and it traveled with me to a lot of places!

If traveling in India I am not worried about the documents so I pack pretty last minute. If I am traveling abroad I usually pack a night before because I am scared about not packing an important document and then facing hassle at immigration!

When do you start packing if you have to travel?

7 thoughts on “When do you pack if you are about to travel?”

  1. Abhilash says:
    October 1, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    I pack two to three hours before I have to start the journey from the home 🙂

    For long journeys I pack in advance.

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  2. Ruchi says:
    October 1, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Didi, Depends in advance with whom I’m travelling. With little one I need to start packing couple of days in advance. I’m so happy to read all you blogs seems like I’m travelling arcoss everywhere.

    cheers!!
    Ruchi

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    1. Ruchi says:
      October 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm

      Also, very happy journey in advance !!

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  3. chitra says:
    October 2, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    I also pack well in advance . happy journey Mridula.

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  4. Appu says:
    October 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    Just one hour or one and a half hour before I start packing before I leave for tour

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  5. Atul says:
    October 5, 2011 at 12:01 am

    Based on my past travel experiences I have created an exhaustive checklist of things to pack and things that I need to do before leaving home. For international travels, I pack one day before my departure. I am a light traveler – this means a light backpack as my cabin luggage and one small suitcase as check-in baggage.

    You must email a detailed itinerary of your travel to your close friends and family members before you leave home.

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  6. Anu says:
    October 9, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    i start packing mentally at least a week in advance, start randomly putting things in as and when i remember, and then a day or so before i leave, start packing properly….have a tendency to overpack…. carry lots of stuff i dont really use…every time, i try to cut down on things, but seem to need only the things i leave behind 🙂

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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