How soon does everyone start packing?

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

We are leaving 4/30 (26 more days!) and I've just started putting some things into suitcases. Am I nuts for starting so early or nuts for starting so late??

 

[megal0331]

I am going to be there on the 28th and I already set aside a bag for stuff we'll need...like sunscreen, swim diapers, and quarters/pennies for the pressed pennies machine!!! LOL.

Honestly, I would probably be packed and ready to go tomorrow if it weren't for my dh thinking I was nuts!

 

[gibsontrio]

I'm down to 30 days and although I havent starting putting things in a suitcase yet , I've been slowly buying things for the trip. I think I'll start tomorrow collecting change to press pennies and maybe start packing my snack bag. My mom has already packed though and she doesnt have to pack for kids!!

 

[TheDizMom]

I usually have my ping pong table piled high with stuff for each person by about 3 weeks before the trip. If you have one it's a great way to get organized as each person gets a section on the table (course it only works well if you have a family of 4 ). I have it all set aside and ready to go but usually don't start packing the suitcases until the week of the trip. I like to put the socks and underwear at the bottom of the suitcase to fill in the spots around the wheels and handles, so I can't start until closer to the day unless I don't want to have enough undies for the time leading up to the big day.

 

[karemore]

We leave on tuesday, I started putting things in a suitcase last night (thurs) Mainly I need to know how much room I'll have for snacks!

We went to Disney last year, and two years before that. Both those trips I had everything ready weeks ahead of time, but not in the suitcases until about a week before. I'm mellowing the more we go.

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

We leave on tuesday, I started putting things in a suitcase last night (thurs) Mainly I need to know how much room I'll have for snacks!

We went to Disney last year, and two years before that. Both those trips I had everything ready weeks ahead of time, but not in the suitcases until about a week before. I'm mellowing the more we go.

Do you mean snacks for the plane?? Our plane ride is only about 2 hours so I don't think we'll be packing a lot of snacks. Maybe some cookies and pretzels.

 

[wlwilliams9]

I'm a procrastinator! I usually pack the night before we leave! I do make a list a couple of days beforehand though!

 

[disneymiss]

Okay, I am the nutty one, I have my bags repacked as soon as I get home from my current trip

I have speical clothes that stay packed and I only have to replace things that I use up on my last trip...

do you think I need help...LOL

 

[PADISFAM]

Okay, I am the nutty one, I have my bags repacked as soon as I get home from my current trip

I have speical clothes that stay packed and I only have to replace things that I use up on my last trip...

do you think I need help...LOL

heck, we're going in OCT & I already have our outfits picked out

 

[ColleenG]

We are going in October too. Last time we went in January and I started packing in the fall. I needed to clear out space in the kid's closets and drawers so rather than packing away their summer stuff I started putting it in suit cases. DH did not get this at all and couldn't understand why he had to keep tripping over the suit case in our room in early Oct when we weren't leaving for 3 months. We went right after new years, so I didn't want to worry about all the holiday things and having to pack. As soon as we decide to go I start making lists of things we should bring.

Maybe magical faries will surprise me and take me away earlier, so I should be packed and ready to go

 

[Snow Shoe]

We usually pack the day before leaving. However we will several months before make a listing of things we must take, and then purchases them, it spreads the cost out you know. Things that we put on our list usually includes things like zip-lock bags, gum, plastic clothes hangers, fresh batteries, and trial size tolietries. We also pack a first aid kit that usually needs restocking after being used all year by the family. Blister/mole skins, bandaids, neosporian, tape, the usual first aid stuff.

 

[scrapquitler]

I will usually throw some things near the suitcases about 4 or 5 days ahead of time, but do the bulk of the packing the night before.

I've learned that if I start packing too early, I just keep adding more and more and more stuff to the bags.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

Ummm, I set the alarm clock for early the morning we're leaving and pack in the last hour before we leave.

Then again we travel pretty light -- generally we bring clothes for me, bathing suit, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a hairbrush, plus ID, credit cards and a couple of good books. For DS I pack pencil and paper to amuse him on the airplane, a couple of books, and maybe his DS, a bunch a bathing suits and Tshirts to wear in the parks and a couple of nicer outfits (defined as shorts that are unstained without holes, and some solid colored Tshirts) for nicer restaurants, goggles, toothbrush, toothpaste and his inhaler. Except for the books there's nothing on the list I could pack in advance because he's usually wearing it.

 

[mommy2aprincess4]

we're going in June and I'm itching to start packing, but I'm restraining myself! Although, I do have a few things set aside on the bed in my office so I won't forget to pack them (travel lysol and disinfectant, and some other things I can't remember right now) - but they aren't packed ... YET!!!

 

[thegrimdwarf]

We go in October. I'll probably start packing once the weather turns from Summer to Fall here in New Hampshire - no point in putting away the summer clothes to just pull them out again. So it'll just go right into the suitcases. I'll probably wash them again a few days before we leave, so things are fresh.

 

[momof3girls6712]

We leave in 35 days. I have a storage area with a few things I have purchased, but I won't pack till the night before. I haven't even taken the suitcase down.

 

[Avonlady1001]

I start packing the night before we leave, and usually just finish when the alarm goes off to wake up the fam to leave for the airport! But that's just me. Wish I could pack early, just don't have it in me.

My sister starts packing the day she books her trip! LOL Just puts a few last minute things in the day before. I don't own enough clothes to do that!

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

We are going in October too. Last time we went in January and I started packing in the fall. I needed to clear out space in the kid's closets and drawers so rather than packing away their summer stuff I started putting it in suit cases. DH did not get this at all and couldn't understand why he had to keep tripping over the suit case in our room in early Oct when we weren't leaving for 3 months. We went right after new years, so I didn't want to worry about all the holiday things and having to pack. As soon as we decide to go I start making lists of things we should bring.

Maybe magical faries will surprise me and take me away earlier, so I should be packed and ready to go

Hey, wishful thinking never hurt anyone!

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

We are going in October too. Last time we went in January and I started packing in the fall. I needed to clear out space in the kid's closets and drawers so rather than packing away their summer stuff I started putting it in suit cases. DH did not get this at all and couldn't understand why he had to keep tripping over the suit case in our room in early Oct when we weren't leaving for 3 months. We went right after new years, so I didn't want to worry about all the holiday things and having to pack. As soon as we decide to go I start making lists of things we should bring.

Maybe magical faries will surprise me and take me away earlier, so I should be packed and ready to go

I start packing the night before we leave, and usually just finish when the alarm goes off to wake up the fam to leave for the airport! But that's just me. Wish I could pack early, just don't have it in me.

My sister starts packing the day she books her trip! LOL Just puts a few last minute things in the day before. I don't own enough clothes to do that!

I hear ya! I like to start packing a bit before our trip so that I can see who needs what. I don't like to be surprised the night before we leave and realize the kids don't have enough shirts or shorts. I do not do laundry in Disney - there's just something eerily wrong with that

 

[megthewonderful]

We're driving down to Disney leaving on the 23rd and I haven't even started to think about packing! Maybe I'm the one who is nuts! I figured I would pack the weekend before. It will probably take most of the weekend, but I have so many other things going on right now that I can't even think about packing.