How early do you pack your suitcase?

[Nicnicnic.nic]

I'm 27 days away from our trip and I kind of want to start now but that seems way too early....I'm worried packing early might increase wrinkliness of clothes....anyway how early does everyone here pack?

 

[fla4fun]

I'm 27 days away from our trip and I kind of want to start now but that seems way too early....I'm worried packing early might increase wrinkliness of clothes....anyway how early does everyone here pack?

There are some things that are always packed. They get laundered at the end of a trip and go right back in the suitcase. I keep my suitcases in the guest room, and about a week out, I start folding items and laying them on the guest bed. Everything is packed by the day before so the suitcases can be loaded in the car. I keep one small bag for last minute items that goes in the car day of.

Most of the clothing I pack is not prone to heavy wrinkling. Usually hanging it in the bathroom while taking my shower gets rid of any small wrinkles.

It’s not too early to create a packing list, so you can make sure you don’t forget anything. I started doing that after the trip where I forgot to pack any socks, even though they were on the bed with the other items for the trip. Now I just check things off the list as I pack and then I know at a glance when I am finished.

 

[Girl of the South]

My next cruise in in November. I have already started a little pile . . Part of the fun! You can take photos of outfits and put them in a file on your phone to remind you - rather than actually packing them.

One of the items already in the pile is a travel sized bottle of Downy Wrinkle Release spray.

 

[Kit Jackson]

I pack clothing the day/night before I leave for a trip. Things other than clothing I pack a few days to a week before.

 

[LeiaOfAlderaan]

I am also 27 days out! I am planning outfits and buying any clothes I need (unfortunately some of my vacation clothing is not fitting right now--how did that happen lol). I don't actually start packing until 2-3 days before we leave. If we had more room for an open suitcase to lie around I would probably start earlier. I also have an extensive packing list so I don't forget anything.