The week before vacation: start pulling clothes from the closet and the clothes basket. This can be a chair or an open suitcase.
- Travel Day
- Sightseeing Day
- Pool/ or Beach Day
I don't know about you but my husband says several times before the trip, "I don't want to overpack this trip".
This is understandable because he is the one to carry, wheel, pack the car, unpack the car, wheel the suitcases into the hotel, airport, etc. So I try very hard to not overpack.
Pre Trip NIGHT: Thursday; Daughter's house (After work and stopping by church) - Sleep Clothes
DAY 1: Friday; TRAVEL DAY - Clothes to ride in {Tooth brush, tooth paste, vitamins, make up, make up remover, deodorant, small bottle of polish remover, clear polish, SUNSCREEN, head bands, hair clamps, hat, whatever you use to put your hair up in the sun or wind, etc. THESE ARE FOR EACH DAY}
NIGHT 1: Friday night; HOTEL - Take in TRAVEL BAG - Sleep clothes (Clothes for hotels before and after cruise)
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| folding and stacking clothes to use from suitcase |
Leave the travel bag in the vehicle and take the VACATION BAGS - Clothes for the cruise
NIGHT 2: Saturday; Dinner clothes for the Dining Room (Dressy)
DAY 3: Sunday: ALL DAY AT SEA - Bathing Suit, Cover up, Skort and Blouse, undies
NIGHT 3: Sunday: Dinner on the Cruise Ship (Dress Up Night) Back long dress, heels, jewelry 
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| using pants hanger for 5 outfits |
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| attaching store hangers to one another |
DAY 4: Skort and Blouse, undies, bathing suit
NIGHT 4: Monday: Dinner on the Cruise Ship (I like to dress up, no jeans) It is my opinion, if you don't want to dress up maybe eat somewhere besides the Dining room. Let's face it, it's getting harder and harder to go out to eat a nice dinner like on a date without someone sitting next to you in jeans. I know you have the right to wear jeans but why make everything in life that's affordable casual. Why can't some things that are affordable stay special. Not everyone can afford to go to $100.00 dinners. End of my rant.
NIGHT 4: Monday: Dinner on the Cruise Ship (I like to dress up, no jeans) It is my opinion, if you don't want to dress up maybe eat somewhere besides the Dining room. Let's face it, it's getting harder and harder to go out to eat a nice dinner like on a date without someone sitting next to you in jeans. I know you have the right to wear jeans but why make everything in life that's affordable casual. Why can't some things that are affordable stay special. Not everyone can afford to go to $100.00 dinners. End of my rant.
DAY 5: EXCURSION DAY: Skort and tank top., undies, ( You may have noticed I don't wear shorts very often. I've noticed on me one side rides up and that makes me self conscience.)
We don't always take excursions but Kev found one in a glass bottom submarine. The brochure said approximately 2 hours.
NIGHT 5: Dinner on the Cruise Ship- Cotton long dress, sandles, jewelry
DAY 6: DAY AT PORT: Skort and TankTop SUNSCREEN!, Bathing suit and cover up, on the ship after going to shore for alittle shopping.
NIGHT 6: Dinner on Cruise Ship- Cotton long dress, jewelry
DAY 7: DAY AT SEA: Bathing suit and cover up, Skort and blouse, undies, if raining or no sun
Pack up suit cases to put in the hall for pick up. Save clothes to wear tomorrow to get off the ship and travel.
Last time we caught a plane home so we chose to have our suitcases taken from the ship to the airport. We filled out the necessary form. We sat our suitcases outside our room and the next time we saw them was at the Richmond airport. That was cool!
DAY 8: TRAVEL DAY- Skort and Tank Top, undies - Pack up toiletries and anything else that wasn't put in the bags last night. (we ended up buying a cheap beach bag to carry on shore and to carry souvenirs to car.)
NIGHT 8: HOTEL - Bathing suit, clothes for dinner, slacks and a pink blouse and pink and white long sleeve blouse, Sleep clothes, jewelry
DAY 9: HOTEL - Reuse Skort with clean red, white and blue plaid blouse, bathing suit
NIGHT 9: Grey pants, teal blouse, sleep clothes
DAY 10: TRAVEL DAY: Skort and tank top, undies
HOME SWEET HOME: As good as Vacation is it's always good to get home!
A FEW LAST MINUTE TIPS:
1.) During your trip, if you will empty one suitcase into the drawers, use that suitcase for dirty clothes. This way when you get home that suitcase goes to the laundry room. I use most all my clothes at least once so the ones that don't stink or have a stain on them stay in the clean pile until I get home.
2) When we go to the beach for a few days or a week we will stay in a house with a washing machine. I take the laundry sheets or pods and wash them before I leave.
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