Ladies: any tips for outfit packing for this trip? I know there are some great threads on the main boards, but I am facing packing planning chaos here with 3.5 weeks planned in Europe. Specifically, I'm wondering how many on-shore/touring outfits, evening (non semi-formal/formal), and dressy outfits you're bringing for YOU (I can cope with the kids and DH!)
Hey there,
Well, I don't have my outfits specifically planned out necessarily, but I do know for most of my port days, I will be wearing either skorts or shorts, a tank top and depending on what we have planned, I may bring a light jacket (if we go into air conditioned buildings...I get cold super easily especially if the A/C is really cold).
I also am bringing about 4 or 5 sundresses with me that will work for both days (at port, if the sundress is appropriate attire for what we have planned), and they will work well for dinners (both cruise casual and semi-formal).
As for formal night & Palo, this might change as we get closer, but for me, I'll probably bring (if I feel I have space) one strappy black cocktail type dress... it's light weight and doesn't take up much space.
I plan to wear things over again for sure. We actually will be gone for 5 weeks in Europe! So, we have a lot of planning to do in terms of clothes (we'll be in Italy, then the cruise, and then England), so my plan is to bring clothes for 7 days and just keep doing laundry.
As for sea days, I will probably just wear pool attire (swim suit/cover-up), for during the day, or a skort and a tank top if I'm not on the top deck enjoying the sun.
As for shoes, I'm bringing two pairs of good walking sandals that work for both sundresses and skirts/skorts as well as shorts, then a couple pairs of flip-flops (one casual pair to wear on the top decks when I'm in my swim suit/cover-up), and then I have a nice/dressier pair of black velour flip-flops with rhinestones on the top part that goes across my foot. I don't know if flip-flops really can even go in the "dressy" category, but I make it work. They actually look cute with my black strappy cocktail dresses (with nicely painted toenails, of course).
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I'm bringing one pair of capri's to wear in Rome for so I can go into the Vatican, and then some sort of light covering to put over my shoulders for the Vatican, but will probably just wear a tank top in Rome when we aren't in the Vatican.
I'm also bringing workout clothes and my running shoes, so I can workout.
I will probably bring mostly tank tops or light t-shirts for tops (probably will be 5 tank tops and 2 or 3 t-shirts), shorts/skorts/skirts for bottoms (probably 3 skorts, 2 skirts and 2 pairs of shorts), though. And, I'm bringing a pair of long pants (like khaki type pants, so they look nicer, but keep me warm on a cool night or on the ship where there is A/C, or I may bring a nice pair of jeans instead... regardless, I will have one pair of long pants or jeans) and then probably 2-3 long sleeved shirts, too, for cooler evenings, or in-doors (because of the A/C), and then a comfortable track suit (or whatever people call those velour or terry cloth pants and zip up hooded jacket) sets that are casual, but look nice for casual to wear in the evenings or if we do have any cooler days on our trip (which might happen in England).
The velour or terry cloth pants/zip up jacket is what I wear on the plane, actually... GREAT for travel because they are so comfortable and look nice, so I always have that set with me when we travel... just comfortable lounge type clothes, basically).
Overall, I'm not bringing a lot of clothes, and I plan on bringing clothes I can wear a few different ways (mix and match), and like I said, I plan on wearing the same things over again (just doing laundry). Also, a lot of the clothes I have are really light weight material so they won't be too bulky or heavy to pack.
