How do u keep your hotel room organized?

[sashagiselle]

I am admittedly very disorganized and tend to spend alot of time looking for things I've misplaced. I would like to decrease the stress of that on our trip, any suggestions for keeping the room organized and somewhat neat??

 

[parkers*momma]

Over the door shoe bags for EVERYTHING other than clothing! I used one of the 24 pouch ones and a small 9 pocket one and had everything in them. I hung one on the door and the small one on the clothes rack. Worked perfectly!

Another thing was those small 3 drawer caddies from Dollar General. Kept many of the smaller items (jewelry, makeup, meds, etc) in those and sit it on the counter.

Ziplock bags with a complete outfit in each one. A designated drawer in the dresser with only one persons clothes in it.

All shoes went in a bottom drawer the minute they took them off...not under bed monster eatting shoes while we were there.

An empty suitcase for all the dirty laundry the minute they took it off it went in the suitcase in the bottom of the closet.

 

[sashagiselle]

Thanks for the great tips!! I will definitely use them

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

I am admittedly very disorganized and tend to spend alot of time looking for things I've misplaced. I would like to decrease the stress of that on our trip, any suggestions for keeping the room organized and somewhat neat??

when we stayed at port orleans and the beds had bed posts at the head of the bed....... I took a tote bag for each child and had them hang it on their headboard post. Whatever was their fun stuff during the week with the exception of clothes and shoes etc. (books, crayons, stuffed animal etc) they had to keep in that bag when they were not using it.

It helped A TON.

We always use the over the door shoe bag and I label the pockets before we leave for our trip.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Throw one of those POP UP hampers (like $4 at walmart) into an outside pocket in your luggage. Any dirty stuff goes right in.
IF you have the time night before check out, throw the laundry in at the laundry mat in resort, throw the kids in pool and WA LA, no coming home to VACATION dirty clothes.
Machines both takes quarters, detergent is $1 at Target in a box, cheap and convenient. If you use the dryer CLEAN the screen or you'll sit for HOURS!!


I also use those over the door shoe compartment things and each person gets A drawer! Our toiletries are separated by Gallon Ziplocs marked with our names and toothbrushes are tossed along with anythng else I can dump before leaving.
Have a great trip.

 

[tanyaandallie]

We are pretty messy too. We bring the pop up hamper that someone else suggested. It is so helpful. Dirty clothes go right in there. We unpack the kids clothes and put them in the drawers and leave ours in the suitcases. Not the best plan but works for us.

 

[squirrel]

I bought a zippered laundry bag and put all the dirty socks and underware inside and then just tossed the whole thing in the washer+dryer. That way no socks went missing.

I also did the ziplock bags. So easy to grab in the morning.

 

[NHdisneylover]

We always designate one drawer just for EVERYONE'S swimsuits and coverups. It seems like everyone is always in an excited rush to find suits and that is when the contents of a drawer are most likely to go flying about--seperating the suits from everything else keeps other clothes from being unfolded or flung about as everyone rushes to get ready for the pool. I usually throw the sunscreen in that drawer also.
Other than that our "secret" (room stewards comment on how neat we always are ) is we just don't leave the room if it is messy. Even when the kids were very little they quickly learned that it was worth putting things away to get out of the room and into the parks/pool/dinner.

 

[ChristusG]

We tidy up every time we leave the hotel room, no exceptions. That way everything is clean when we return.

I stick a pop up hamper in my suitcase and we throw dirty clothes in there. I bring a box for food/snacks/paper goods.....all of that always sits in there, not scattered all over the table.

I just bought one of those over the door shoe organizers, so I will be using that on this trip. Kids toys go in one suitcase, so when they are done playing, they go back in there.

For some reason, I'm a stickler for having an organized hotel room.

 

[tinkerlisa]

Toiletry bags work wonders in the bathroom!!! The kind that hang on a hanger. I find that the bathroom always seem cluttered when i travel and on our last trip, i bought a toiletry bag. It was fantastic!!! Also, so I am not running around scatterbrained the next day, each night, I situate my bag for the next day. That way we just get dressed, eat and go!
In the rooms dresser, everyone has their own drawer and we try to fit all their stuff in that drawer(with the exception of shoes). In the nightstand drawers we put in our chargers for the electronics. That way we know where they are and we aren't hunting for them. And dirty clothes go right back in the biggest suitcase.

 

[jkeenan]

We unpack the night we arrive into the drawers with a drawer per person. We put the shows under the closet hangers and fill our big suitcase with dirty luggage. Also we bring something to decorate the window "disney" to feel at home.

 

[tripplanner]

There are a few things that our family of four does to keep the room organized.

1. We unpack and hang up everything (except for our meds) when we get to the room.

2. We take a wash cloth and spread it open in a corner by the sink where my makeup and our toothbrushes get placed.

3. In the mornings, the kids make sure their stuff (stuffed animals, hats, lanyards, and any toys they have) are moved off their beds and off the floor to the table and chairs in the room.

4. We also designate one suitcase for dirty clothes and leave it in the closet with the top unzipped (it' one of those tall roller kinds) where we can all easily place our dirty clothes.

5. We also make a point of not leaving the room without throwing away any drinks/newspapers/etc.

 

[mjkacmom]

Toiletry bags work wonders in the bathroom!!! The kind that hang on a hanger. I find that the bathroom always seem cluttered when i travel and on our last trip, i bought a toiletry bag. It was fantastic!!! Also, so I am not running around scatterbrained the next day, each night, I situate my bag for the next day. That way we just get dressed, eat and go!
In the rooms dresser, everyone has their own drawer and we try to fit all their stuff in that drawer(with the exception of shoes). In the nightstand drawers we put in our chargers for the electronics. That way we know where they are and we aren't hunting for them. And dirty clothes go right back in the biggest suitcase.

I LOVE mine. Plus, when we're going away, it's always packed! If I run out of something, I replace it as soon as we get back from vacation, so it's always ready to go. And I always bring pop-up hampers.

 

[princesspwrhr]

We bring a toothbrush holder to put on the counter for toothbrushes (we also put the covers on the bristles)

a suction cup basket for the shower since there never seems to be enough room for the various things 2 people need in the shower let alone 5.

the 3 girls and I use the same shampoo, conditioner and soap on vacation so we don't have as many bottles

we put 2 of the LARGE command hooks near the door for lanyards - and the lanyards have our KTTW cards in them also.

Pop Up hampers - 4 of them, one for whites, one for jeans 2 for darks (girls and ours) OR I'll just use the various empty suitcases, it depends on the storage space for the suitcases, the hampers take up less space then the suitcases do.

One suitcase is always for shoes.

plastic pouch type folder to put the days paper goodies in - park maps, resort info, etc. reciepts go in the Passporter.

a surge protector. (or 2) Keeps all of our various plug in things in one location - cell phone chargers, camera chargers, game boy chargers, laptops....

each kid has a bag for their stuff, we usually hang them on hangers in the closet, but I like the idea to hang them from the bed posts if there are posts. That would make it easier for the smaller kids.

My oldest & I use a tolietry bag when we travel alone, but the over the door shoe holder is great when it's all of us.

suction hooks for hanging swimsuits in the tub if we travel during weather that we can tolerate swimming in.

I bag all the girls outfits by day in a gallon ziploc and include hair accessories and any jewelry. for Dh and I I fold our outfits together, under garmets and socks get folded inside the shirt which is folded around the pants/skirt. then each person has a drawer - or shelf- of their own.

I like the small drawer idea though for accessories. my oldests clothes, particularly in winter are getting a bit much for a gallon bag.

 

[andymattmom]

Everyone get their own drawer.

Shoes in an empty suitcase...only pair out is the pair worn that day. If we are in the room for a short time shoes are lined up in front of the dresser.

Chargers, etc. in safe unless phones plugged in being charged.

For dirty clothes I take a kitchen size trash bag for each day we are there...dirty clothes go into a bag each night after everyone showers (4 full outfits in each bag since we are a family of 4). Then that trash bag gets packed into a suitcase each night. There is little packing to do before we leave...about 2 days before we leave I pack the clothes I know we won't use so then there is even less at the last minute.

Taking 5 minutes to pick up seems to help. We had snacks and the refrig in our room at the Poly...also ate breakfast in the room daily with a toaster bought for under $7 at Walmart. We kept things in the cabinet or one of the closets. I also bought the cheap hangers so that all the clothes were hung...my issue is always too few hangers at any hotel.

have a fun trip...I also learned some interesting things here! I never do laundry...not at Disney!!!

 

[sunnyday123]

wow.... I wish this stuff had been posted about a month ago!!! Our hotel room was a mess, mainly because I was afraid to put my clothes in the drawers. (never know what's lurking in there!) I straightened stuff up about three days in, but we just kept most of our stuff on the other bed. When we left, I had DD sit on the suitcases to close them-I would have been mortified if anyone ever opened them! I did bring large ziplock baggies for stuff and that helped a little, but other than that a plastic bags for our dirty laundry....we apparently were very disorganized!!!

 

[nettii]

Hello
, as far as the drawers being dirty take lysol wipes and give them a good once over before putting your stuff in, I always wipe down the hotel room when we arrive, especially the remote!
I also bring the pop up hamper works great!
we hang wet suits in shower then move them to the closet.
I always bring those fold up fabric baskets for misc stuff, crushed pennies lil trinkets they have collected, cell phones ect.
For the bath I LOVE the idea of the small 3 drawer thing, Im going to have to get one! We bring tooth brush holder and a small plastic basket for the bath.Happy organizing Disers!

 

[marlynnp]

We have a fold flat storage cube that we take with us when we travel. We keep it near the door and all packs, cameras, sunglaszses, hats, etc go into it whenever we return to our hotel and then they are right where we need them when we leave each day.

 

[andymattmom]

I bought lysol spray at walmart and sprayed the drawers, remote, phone, door handles, any service I could. I didn't want to pack it so I bought a cheapie can and it did the job...left it in the room for the next person!

 

[andymattmom]

I bought lysol spray at walmart and sprayed the drawers, remote, phone, door handles, any service I could. I didn't want to pack it so I bought a cheapie can and it did the job...left it in the room for the next person!