My Travel Essentials!

Hey everyone! What's up? You doing good? Good. So today's post is going to be about travelling. As I said in my summer blog post, I love to travel but I do get anxious about it so today's post I will talk about travel essentials and just general tips that are super helpful! I hope you enjoy reading this post!

Everyone is always travelling whether it's walking, running, flying, taking a train or even going on boat rides and travelling is a huge part of today's life and whenever you travel you will always have your essentials. Today I will go through what I normally keep on me as my carry on, in-flight travel essentials.

I love travelling on aeroplanes even though I get anxious about it. I'm not scared of aeroplanes or aeroplanes being in the sky, I'm just more anxious around travel so I always want my carry on with my travel essentials ready and packed so I don't get anxious or bored on the plane. So lets get started.

Before I begin, let me give you two tips. One tip is that; go on Pinterest, go on Youtube and type in travel essentials and trust me it's a life saver. It will help you so much that you won't even realise it and there are so many videos and pins that you can relate to and agree with that you can use.  A little bit of research can go a long way. From watching all these videos on Youtube, I have actually become a bit obsessed with watching travel essentials videos. I don't know what is is but it's one of my fave things to look at on Youtube and Pinterest. Plus it will give you things that you might not even have thought about. It will also  give you tips of how to save and make space in your suitcase. I won't be talking about packing my suitcase because I am scared it will make this blog post too long but if you are curious for tips and how I do it, just comment and I will do a post about packing. I am definitely recommending to do that bit of research. My second tip is to write a list whether if it is on your phone or on a piece of paper. This will help because you can tick things off and it shows you what you need to get and what you already have and if you have packed it or not. This tip is way more useful than you think.

Here are my travel essentials:

1. My Lululemon bag. It is a rucksack and I find rucksacks so much easier so you can have your hands free and easily access things especially if you are at an airport. I have the pack to reality backpack and it is really amazing, the pockets are huge and there are so many hidden pockets that are so useful and roomy. It is a bit more on the pricey side but trust me, it is an amazing investment. Go on their website and there is a Pinterest pin that really explains the bag way more than I ever could. It's super structured, doesn't hurt you and there are labels in the pockets to help you pack, so you know it's good.

Here is my Pinterest pin about it:

This backpack was designed with organisation in mind. It has a padded pocket for your laptop, an expandable side pocket for your water bottle, and mesh pockets to keep your shoes and sweaty gear quarantined. It also has many secret pockets and the pockets are labeled where is is ideal to put your stuff. Also, this bag doesn't hurt your shoulders one bit! Even though it's a bit on the pricey side, it's an amazing bag and a worth while investment! This is an amazing travel bag. It's structured, it's huge and hold a lot of stuff and it's very organised. I have it and I definitely recommend it. It also comes in many different colours. Check Lululemon out and their bags! You will thank me

2. Headphones. I bring two types of headphones with me. One type is my over head headphones and I use it for initial comfort but then I find them to hurt a bit after a while because it presses on my ears so then I use in ear headphones which I find way more comfortable if you want to go to sleep while listening to something or if you accidentally fall asleep while watching something also to give your ears a break from being pressed.

3. My laptop. I have an 11inch MacBook Air and I keep it in it's case and take it out of it's case when I want to use it. There is actually a separate pocket in the bag that I will be using so I will put it in there. I always bring my laptop over seas with me and I have to bring it to school with me. The only time I don't bring it with me is when I go on school trips. I use my laptop to play games and to catch up with watching my fave shows on it.

4. My phone. Kind of an obvious one. I have an iPhone 5c. I'm going to need to communicate with people and I play games and listen to music with it.

5. My iPad. I watch movies on it, play games and listen to music and I will read downloaded books on it.

6. A portable charger. Kind of an essential if your electronics die and you have no place to charge them. Plus it's good for on the go.

7. My camera to take pictures and videos to keep as memories plus to take some awesome pics for Instagram.

8. My chargers. I will bring all my chargers with me for each of my electronics that I will be bringing with and I will keep them in a big pouch which will be organised.

9. Power adapter just in case my charger plugs are not the same fit as the country I will be going to wall plugs.  Plus it has extra spaces on it for charging things. I was really bad at explaining that but hopefully you know what I mean.

10.  My wallet. You have to bring your wallet where ever you go to keep your money and any cards that you will need or have.

11. Candies, Snacks, Mints and Gum. You need all of these to survive on a flight and I'm sure you all agree with me.

12. Books and magazines to keep my self entertained.

13. A jacket or anything to wrap my self in because I always freeze on a flight! Also if you are feeling anxious, it is there for added comfort and added warmth.

14. Cozy socks. I always advise people to bring this because I can wake up from being asleep on a flight to having freezing feet so cozy socks- always a must.

15. Sunglasses and glasses cases. I have glasses and I hate wearing them on flights  because I'm scared I will  accidentally fall asleep on them and break them even though I find it hard to sleep on planes so I need a glasses case to put them in and my sunglasses because they are an essentials because where ever you go, it might be sunny.

16. My sanitary/ beauty pouch.  For your teeth, there are actually things called Wisp ( by Colagte). Basically they are tiny disposable toothbrushes that have mint essence on them. In my pouch I keep; hair ties, bobby pins or hair grips , lip balm. a tiny hairbrush , a small deodorant, hand sanitiser ( that has to be Bath and Body Works because I am obsessed!), tiny bottle of lotion, tissues and anything  like that and I think those are all essentials to keep you fresh and feel clean and hydrated on a flight.

17. Pens and paper/stationary. Normally I take a tiny notebook and a couple of pencils,pens and erasers with me in a pencil case and I have those if I need to sign any arrival cards or just to draw even though I am terrible at art.

18. A neck pillow because it gives my neck support especially when I'm sleeping and it is just there for added comfort.

19. The most important things, Passport , ID and any travel documents. You are not going to get very far  without those and you need them to get to different countries

Those are all my essentials and I don't really bring anything else unless I find a new product that I want to bring me but of course with a bit of your research and your routine, you can add more or less to that list.

Thank you guys so much for reading this post! Sorry it didn't come out sooner I have just been really busy. I hope you find this blogpost useful and make sure you use all the tips I have mentioned! They really do make life easier especially with a bit of research. What are your travel essentials that you guys bring with you? Comment them down below. My next blog post is going to be about travel anxiety to make sure to look out for that! See you guys soon!

xoxo It's Just That Girl