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Vacation’s Over… Time to Evaluate the Checklist

I just returned from 2 months of summer fun traveling in the Midwest and the Northeast.  It was great fun and I don’t think I was quite ready to see it end, but then again, it’s always nice to be home. 
Unpacking is always so much easier than packing, but we’re hoping to make next year’s [...]

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Avoid This Vacation Packing Mistake

I’ve been traveling for over one month now and that has given me plenty of time to notice any packing mistakes that I made.  On a long trip like this, I need versatile clothes that are interchangeable so that I will have a variety of outfits.  It turns out that I packed several shirts that [...]

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Road Trip Checklist Must Include Healthy Snacks

Today is a 10 1/2 hour day in the car (mini-van).  There will be a number of long driving days throughout the next two months of our summer vacation road trip, not to mention many shorter travel days.  We call the food we eat while we travel “car food”.  One of the jokes is that [...]

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Checking the last item off our packing checklist!

It has taken several days, but finally we’re off.  We’ll be gone for two months, which is a shorter trip than usual for us during the summer, but that didn’t make the packing any easier.  In fact, we used the same old packing list that we’ve used for our longer trips and didn’t really need [...]

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Pack a Vacation Journal and a Camera

I’m over 40  now and much to my dismay, many of my childhood vacation memories have faded away.  I can remember the sense of happiness that I associate with different places that we went, but many of the details are buried deep or gone completely.  What’s really interesting is that the memories that I do [...]

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Top Vacation Packing Checklist posts from Jun

If you haven’t read them already, you may be interested in seeing what our most popular Vacation Packing Checklist posts were during the past month.

Vacation Packing Checklist News on June 16, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 in Travel Checklist – Comments: (0)
Families spending £1bn per year on forgotten holiday items – BountyJune 16, 2009- [...]

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Packing for a Long Road Trip

In less than two weeks, I’m leaving for a two-month road trip.  It’s mostly vacation, but of course I’ll be working too, so I’ll have to make sure I have all of my fun stuff for vacation and all of my computer equipment and client files.  Since I’ve been doing this for many years of my life [...]

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Vacation Packing Checklist News on June 16, 2009

Families spending £1bn per year on forgotten holiday items – Bounty
June 16, 2009
- I’m sure it is not only Brits who are spending money on forgotten vacation necessities. But you’re ahead of the game if you’re researching what to pack for vacation!
Simple Tips on Packing Bags for Travel – hitched
June 16, 2009
- Besides the sweetness [...]

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Summer Travel Checklist for Flying

Well, I’m on the plane on my way to visit my family for 10 days, so I’ll find out for sure how good this check list is. I’ll call it my Summer Travel Checklist for Flying – it’s just the basics for a trip to the Midwest in the summer months. The only [...]

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Top Vacation Packing Checklist posts from 1st May – 7th May

If you haven’t read them already, you may be interested in seeing what our most popular Vacation Packing Checklist posts were during the past month.

Why we’re creating My Vacation Packing Checklist…
Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 in Vacation Packing Checklist – Comments: (0)
It happens every day. Someone arrives at a vacation destination, ready to relax [...]

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