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My 5 favorite vacation must haves

Since we talked about top spots for spring travel last week, it’s probably a good time to talk about all the best things to take on those in-the-works vacations—some for style and some for savviness. Here are my newfound travel must haves, things that will add easy organization to your lives and others that are just going to be fun to have on these hopefully upcoming spring and summer trips.

5 things I won’t travel without

I’m not exactly sure what it is about travel products that make me the kind of excited that comes with Christmas, but I could test, try and talk about adventure paraphernalia all day long. But let’s face it, everything can’t make it on every trip or I’d be going completely against my endless advocacy for packing light. There are however, a handful of things that I always pack for a trip—my version of the essentials.

4 tips for packing lighter

I’m really into good travel products. So much so that I write packing guides based on the gear I love the most. Here’s the latest one I wrote for Mariner magazine, Holland America Cruise’ Line’s private print publication. It’s my first piece in a glossy travel mag and I’m excited!