A checklist of things you must carry while travelling 🎒🏔️🏖️

Toothbrush is the top most thing to forget while travelling. There’s so much to plan before any trip that sometimes we tend to forget essentials. Here’s a checklist that you may refer to while packing your bags. At the bottom of the guide, I have given my recommendations to some of the things mentioned in this guide. 💁🏻 I hope this guide takes away your packing woes!

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📜First aid kit

📜Chargers (phone, watch, laptop)

📜Power bank (and its charger too)

📜Handy soap

📜A hand towel

📜Sanitizer

📜Wet wipes

📜Sunscreen

📜Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, bodywash, facewash, shampoo, moisturiser, lip balm, hairbrush, etc.)

📜Laundry bag and an extra pouch

📜Eye mask (so that you can doze off calmly)

📜Bidet (if you prefer water over toilet paper)

📜Identity cards (passport and booking documents too if travelling international)

🎒As a backpacker

📜Insect repellent

📜Sleeping bag

📜Portable stove and gas

📜Portable bowl and cutlery set

📜Protein bars and snacks

📜Water bottle

📜Laundry washer

📜Pee bag: CIRCE CARE Bolsa Circe Disposable Urine Gel Bags, 9 Count, with Super Absorbent Pad and Ziplock, Portable Urinal, Camping Pee Bags, Vomit and Emergency Bag During Traffic Jam and Travel. https://amzn.eu/d/cCJDkx2

👵🏻🧓🏻With elderly people

📜Any particular medicines + prescription

📜Adult diapers (for emergency)

📜Heating pad

👶🏻With infants

📜Diapers (lots of them)

📜Extra clothing (more is less!)

📜Extra formula powder

📜Swaddles

📜At least 1 blanket (even if you think you wouldn’t need it)

📜Extra bottles

📜Bottle sterilizer

📜Baby’s first aid kit

📜Baby toy

📜Soother (especially if travelling by air)

☝️As a solo traveller

📜Extra cash

📜Pepper spray

📜Tripod (otherwise who will be your clicking partner!)

📜Snacks and energy bars

📜Extra phone (optional)

🏔️

📜Hiking gear

📜Wind cheater

📜Proper winter gear (it can get cold anytime)

📜Self-heating pouches: Warmee Body Warmer Heat Pouch Air Activated Heat Warmers - Up to 8+ Hours of Self Heating Warmer, Long Lasting Safe Natural Odorless (Pack of 10) https://amzn.eu/d/4bCllhu

📜A thick moisturizer, sunscreen, and lip balm (the air is dry up there)

📜A cap or hat (the sun is too harsh and can leave you tanned easily)

📜Ear plugs (as it can get super windy)

📜Anti-motion sickness pills

📜Portable oxygen cylinder

🏖️

📜A beach bag with all essentials in it (bathing towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm)

📜Straw hat (https://www.amazon.in/Futurekart-Womens-Straw-Coffee-57x14x10/dp/B085M5S7CJ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3L5ZQOVVN5G6V&keywords=beach%2Bhat%2Bfor%2Bwomen&qid=1700200338&sprefix=beach%2Bhat%2Caps%2C212&sr=8-5&th=1&psc=1)

📜At least 2 pairs of swim suit

📜Picnic mat

📜Sarong

📜An extra pouch for sandy clothes and footwear

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I'm a 29-year old woman who loves to read and travel and explore new cultures. And wants to do it for the rest of my life! Since I'm lucky to be living in a huge country like India, I have been fortunate enough to visit numerous places and meet people from different cultures, speaking different languages. I have travelled solo, with a group of friends, and with family. I would love to invite you to my country and extend any sort of help to give you sweet memories for your lifetime! Locations covered till now: 💎Kashmir 💎Mcleodganj 💎Goa 💎Dharamsala 💎Shimla 💎Chitkul 💎Kinnaur 💎Shangarh 💎Jaipur 💎Ranthambore 💎New Delhi 💎Agra 💎Rishikesh 💎Dehradun 💎Mussoorie 💎Landour 💎Nainital 💎Jim Corbett 💎Banaras 💎Lucknow 💎New Delhi 💎Shillong 💎Cherrapunji 💎Koh Lanta 💎Koh Samui 💎Koh Phi Phi 💎Bangkok 💎Phuket

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