Post your best organizational, space saving and trip making secrets here!!

[aroyer]

I have one somewhat small suitcase full of all the suggestions found on this thread! Thanks for all the great ideas!

 

[dreamalittledream]

Help! What kind of Over door organizer did everyone find at the $1 store? I only found one with 12 pockets that has a string at the top which is meant to go on a hook, not over the door.

 

[Mickey-4-Me]

Help! What kind of Over door organizer did everyone find at the $1 store? I only found one with 12 pockets that has a string at the top which is meant to go on a hook, not over the door.

Yeah, where did you find those? Did you find them at a Dollar Store (a store with $1.00, $2.00, $3.00+ items) or did you find them at an "Everything is a $1.00" store? I found one similar to this that I bought at the Dollar Tree. It is a burgundy color with 12 pockets and it's made of some type of plastic. I haven't taken it out of its packaging yet, but the photo shows it hanging on a hanger. I looked around at several places before I bought this one. I found several expensive canvas one, but the cheapest plastic one was $6.43 at Wal-mart. I'm hoping that I can just hang it in the closet. When we check-out we'll just throw it out because I wouldn't have any use for it at home.

 

[CherylLionKing]

Doing first Disney trip in less then 3 months. Have been reading posts for the pasts two months. THANKS EVERYONE!!!

I did not have any idea about collapsible laundry hampers, over the door shoe organizers for bathroom supplies,etc. Is there room in bathroom for hooks to hang nightwear?

 

[sconnell]

Doing first Disney trip in less then 3 months. Have been reading posts for the pasts two months. THANKS EVERYONE!!!

I did not have any idea about collapsible laundry hampers, over the door shoe organizers for bathroom supplies,etc. Is there room in bathroom for hooks to hang nightwear?

Awe! A newbie! I love first posts!
Where are you staying? Usually there would be room to hang nightwear with the other hang up stuff. But you could bring some over the door hooks (I found some at Dollar General) to hang them or other stuff.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

the closests dollar store here stinks
no glow stuff
no shoe rack
its making me mad

 

[MommyPoppins]

I don't remember reading this tip on this thread, so here goes...

Last night I had what is probably the best idea known to womankind. Why pack 40 million pairs of pajamas for my boys? After baths, I'll throw their ziplocked clothes for the next day at them. In the morning, get up, brush teeth, go to the bathroom, and we're outta there! Plus that's A LOT less packing for me and less laundry!

 

[disyady]

I don't remember reading this tip on this thread, so here goes...

Last night I had what is probably the best idea known to womankind. Why pack 40 million pairs of pajamas for my boys? After baths, I'll throw their ziplocked clothes for the next day at them. In the morning, get up, brush teeth, go to the bathroom, and we're outta there! Plus that's A LOT less packing for me and less laundry!

OMG - you are a genius!!

 

[sconnell]

I don't remember reading this tip on this thread, so here goes...

Last night I had what is probably the best idea known to womankind. Why pack 40 million pairs of pajamas for my boys? After baths, I'll throw their ziplocked clothes for the next day at them. In the morning, get up, brush teeth, go to the bathroom, and we're outta there! Plus that's A LOT less packing for me and less laundry!

I have a friend who does this everyday!
I actually don't put on a fresh pair of pj's every night. I mean, they just got out of the bath and they only slept in them.
My kids wouldn't be comfortable in their clothes. The are picky. They have to wear their pj's snug or they end up around their neck!
Wiggle-worms! They take their side of the bed in all four corners.

 

[lovesdumbo]

*Pack a permanent marker - one important use of such is to put contact info on the photo pass card.

Loved all your ideas....

On the photopass card I would also suggest that if you have your own Digital Camera to take a photo of the back of the card with its number. I had a problem when a photopass photographer gave my card to the wrong person. I immediately went to a photo store and they eventually found my photos but it did a while. They gave me a new card and transfered all the photos from the old card to the new one but if I had had the number of the old card it would have only taken a minute not nearly an hour of my precious park time.

 

[DreamDelta]

bumpity, bump, bump!

 

[RangerPooh]

Help! What kind of Over door organizer did everyone find at the $1 store? I only found one with 12 pockets that has a string at the top which is meant to go on a hook, not over the door.

I found one today at the Dollar Tree that has a velcro hanger that you wrap around the clothes rod. It has 6 slots for shoes, but seems much roomier than the alternative that they had that fit 12 and just looked tiny. Although for a $1 I'm not complaining.

 

[BeadyLady]

Just finished packing...finally!!
Anyway, one thing I have always done is put one of my address labels on my camera. I just bought a brand new camera for this trip and remembered at the last minute to stick one on in case it gets lost.

May I suggest an address label on the battery on a digital camera, in case it gets lost - or taken - they might not know your secret label. of course, this depends on finding the camera again.

 

[welovedisney7778]

Instead of having one suitcase for me, one for DH, and one for the baby, we put a mixture of everyone's clothes into each suitcase. That way if the airline loses one, we'll all still have stuff to wear. I make sure each suitcase has a few outfits, socks, undies, PJ's, etc for each of us so that no one loses everything. It helps put my mind at ease when I turn over my luggage at the airport. You never know when or if you'll see it again.

 

[sconnell]

bump!

 

[disneymac]

Excellent ideas!!

 

[julsmom]

Instead of having one suitcase for me, one for DH, and one for the baby, we put a mixture of everyone's clothes into each suitcase. That way if the airline loses one, we'll all still have stuff to wear. I make sure each suitcase has a few outfits, socks, undies, PJ's, etc for each of us so that no one loses everything. It helps put my mind at ease when I turn over my luggage at the airport. You never know when or if you'll see it again.

Really good plan!
DD 6

 

[sully7]

Bump!

We just got back and all the ideas I got here made the trip so much more fun for me!

Thanks to you all!!!

 

[ndgqmiller]

I think this board has pretty much died, but it had a lot of great ideas. Just thought I would try to revive. One thing I forgot on my trip that this board helped me get ready for was an extra memory card for my digital camera. The memory cards at Disney were way over priced and so were the cds. We ended up buying cds at 12.99 a piece and at Walmart they were only 2.99. Big difference. Hope this old board can help some of you with your upcoming trips. Lots of great ideas!

 

[lchadwick]

and rolling your clothes when packing eliminates a lot of wrinkles.