When Do You Start Packing...

[AKL_Megs]

...For a vacation?

We leave in 10 days. I'm itching to bring my suitcase upstairs and to get this show on the road.

I know many people frantically start packing the night before, some even the morning of departure! That's not for me...

 

[Tink888]

I always pack the night before, nothing frantic about it. Just can't stand the thought of my clothes all bunched up and crammed into the suitcase for days at a time.

Pack away if you're in the mood. It'll be done and you can relax until it's time to leave.

 

[Wish Upon A Star]

DH and I travel by ourselves mostly, so we pack the night before. But I'm the one with OCD so I check, recheck, and triple check the morning we leave.

 

[Desnik]

10 days? I would have been packed a month ago!
I am the type that has a toiletry bag packed and ready to go just in case DH and I can take a quick weekend getaway without the kids! For our Disney trips I start really early, like months before setting aside certain things I know we will need. But the bulk of the packing starts a month before. My mom always packs the night before and is always frantically throwing stuff in and ends up always over packing.

 

[CurlyGirl]

I am leaving for Paris in 10 days and am mentally packed. I won't pack until the day I leave because I'm not leaving until late afternoon!

 

[Brit17]

I usually start packing about 5 - 7 days before leaving ... then, I usually decide to change or add something, and end up repacking 1 -2 days before ... my DH usually packs the night before or the morning of ... I wish I could be more like him ...

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

I pack either the evening before or the morning of depending on what time our flight is.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I don't know how you all do it!

The funny thing is, I used to LIVE out of a suitcase when I was a flight attendant; it was always packed!

That weekly chaos must have made me an "early packer"!

 

[Adipoo]

If the flight is before 8 AM, the night before. If the flight is later than that, then that morning.

 

[Tikitoi]

...For a vacation?

We leave in 10 days. I'm itching to bring my suitcase upstairs and to get this show on the road.

I know many people frantically start packing the night before, some even the morning of departure! That's not for me...

I'm packing now for our September trip. Actually, in my mind.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Depends on the trip. Some trips I wait until a day or so before, others I start weeks before.

In that case it is usually stuff I come across that I am not going to need before hand that I throw in the suitcase.

 

[Pakey]

For WDW, Hawaii and other domestic vacations, we pack the morning of our flight.

For international vacations, we pack the night before our flight.

Our packing has never been frantic. It just doesn't take very long.

 

[momrek06]

I do not pack for a long trip (week or more) until a week before. BUT I start a list probably easily several weeks before, just as things pop into my head from like stopping mail and newspapers to remembering my phone charger.

Weekend trips, I pack the night before I leave.

Have fun on your pending trip, OP!!!

 

[JessicaR]

Just like you I'm itching to pack asap! Unfortunately I am a procrastinator and pack the night before - getting NO sleep!

 

[cassiez76]

i've mentally packed for our trip this july to baltimore since oh, last november! s-i-l's wedding and i have to figure out what i'm going to wear

but i can't really pack since i have a 2 year old and who knows if he's going to have a growth spurt, so i'll wait until the week before we leave.

i'm also already mentally packed for our short notice trip to WDW in nov.

also, i bought a few years ago for our wedding, "make-up" bags. those small little square zippered bags...we use the slightly bigger one that holds normal sized bottles (we never fly). that's always packed and ready to go. only things that get thrown in at last minute are med's.

have fun on your trip!

 

[Plannin'Shannon]

Night-before/morning-of packer here. It isn't frantic at all; I just hate packing and put it off until the last minute.

 

[Crankyshank]

I leave on vacation Friday morning and I'm going to pack tonight. It's actually early for me to pack but I have so much to do in order to get the house and dogs ready for my cousin to house sit plus it's finals - tonight is the best night for me to pack.

 

[hulagirl87]

I'm an early packer. I love it! My next trip isn't until January, but if I could pack now I probably would I'm already thinking in my head of what I want to bring. I couldn't imagine waiting until the morning of my trip. I think I would be more likely to forget something. But in all honesty, I usually pack a week in advance. OP, have a great trip!!!!!

 

[minniebeth]

The sooner, the better.... I guess I usually start packing about a week before any trip, large or small. Everything is done and ready to go a least the day before. I guess I'm OCD, because just reading the threads where people pack the night before or even *gasp*...the morning of...gives me anxiety!

I am not a spur of the moment person...however...if someone sprung a Disney trip on me quickly, I could be packed lickety split if I had to be!

 

[crazelion]

Bus trip - a week in advance
Weekend - night before
Week long trip by car the night before. If I forget something there is always a Wal-mart in town.

Make sure I tip the maid extra each day because the room looks like a hurricane. Did I mention in our family we can't share at all and everyone must have there indidual snacks.