What you need to do before heading to europe!
What to Pack?!
FIRST OFF REMEMBER YOU'RE TRYING TO PACK LIGHT!
Here's a list of what I suggest and Rick suggest you pack for your adventure!
Here's a list of what I suggest and Rick suggest you pack for your adventure!
1. Clothing:
2. Documents, Money and Travel Info:
3. Toiletries and Personal Items:
4. Electronics
5. Miscellaneous bring-alongs
- 5 short sleeved/long sleeved shirts or blouses
- 2 pair of pants, 2 pairs of shorts (you never know what weather you'll get in Ireland: rain or sun)
- Sweater or lightweight fleece
- Jacket!!! (Can't stress this one enough, my lightweight North Face rain jacket saved my life on this trip!)
- Tie or Scarf (I recommend the scarf for sure)
- Underwear and socks (a weeks worth will probably do it, you do laundry along the way!)
- Sleepwear/loungewear
- Shoes (closed toed sneakers for sure! Also a pair of flip-flops because it may be warm outside, I wore boots a lot on my trip)
2. Documents, Money and Travel Info:
- Money belt (while this isn't as crucial in Ireland, it's highly recommended for big cities)
- Small day pack
- Money (mix of credit cards, debit cards, emergency stash of US cash)
- Documents (passport (photocopies of this as well), airline tickets, train tickets, reservations, drivers license, car-rental vouchers, any other useful cards)
- Travel information (guidebook, maps, etc.)
- Address list (to send letters to loved ones back home)
- Small notepad, journal and pen (to write down memories of your days!)
3. Toiletries and Personal Items:
- Toiletries kit
- Medicine and vitamins
- First-aid kit
- Glasses/contacts/sunglasses
- Sealable plastic baggies
- Laundry soap
- Small towel/washcloth
- Sewing kit
- Small packet of tissues
- Hairdryer
- Travel alarm/wristwatch
- Earplugs
4. Electronics
- Mobile phones/smartphones (be careful to keep an eye on your phone in big cities, especially if it is an iPhone)
- Other mobile devices
- Digital cameras
- Laptop
- USD flash drive
- Headphones/earbuds (bring these for the bus rides!)
- Chargers and batteries
5. Miscellaneous bring-alongs
- Waterbottle
- Inflatable pillow
- Tiny lock
- Good book