I am learning to keep certain bathroom items put together so all I have to do is put them in the suitcase. I also use a shoe organizer to hang and put all the toiletrie items, pens, sunglasses, cords and what ever else handy.
It's never that kind of stuff I end up packing at the last minute. It's all the stuff that Fran thinks of at the last minute that we really don't need but she just has to have me pack it.