What I Pack: The Travel Essentials I Won’t Fly Without
Packing used to take me two days. Now it takes an hour, and the difference is entirely down to owning the right containers.
The Von Dutch Vision Board carry-on is currently 62 percent off, down to $93.99 from $249, and it’s rated 4.9 out of 5. Hard shell, expandable, spinner wheels, and 41 liters of capacity in a 22 by 14 by 9 frame, which fits standard carry-on limits. The print is bold and that’s the whole point, you will spot it on a carousel from across the terminal, which is more than I can say for the eleven identical black suitcases beside it.
The Mark and Graham Graham weekender in canvas and leather is what I’d take for anything under four days. It gets better with age rather than worse, which is the argument for canvas and leather over nylon. They monogram it too, which makes it an easy gift.
Beis packing cubes in black are the thing that actually changed how I pack. Not because they save space, though they do, but because you unpack in thirty seconds instead of living out of a pile.
The Etoile Collective duo vanity case in espresso croc holds makeup and skincare in two separate compartments, so your foundation isn’t sitting next to your toothbrush. It also looks like something rather than a plastic zip bag.
Jewelry is where I used to lose things. The Beis jewelry organizer in beige has slots for rings and hooks for necklaces so nothing arrives in a knot.
Two small things that matter more than they should. The Port and Polish AM/PM pill box keeps supplements sorted by day, and the Slip silk sleep mask is the difference between sleeping on a plane and pretending to. Silk instead of cotton because it doesn’t pull at your skin overnight.
Start with the packing cubes if you’re only buying one thing. Twenty dollars, and they fix the part of packing everyone hates.
