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When do you pack?
We will be in Disney June 7th, but are leaving in 19 days!!! I want to start packing, but I know that my husband wil think that I am totally crazy!! Does anyone else feel the need to start packing early? When do you usually start?
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Re: When do you pack?
I leave Sept 11 and I'm already putting things in mu suitcase now. I know I'm nuts but I will never forget the time I forgot underware and socks and the taxi to CVS and back was well over $60 so yeah I start packing now.
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Re: When do you pack?
I'll make some lists & organize everything maybe 2 weeks before our trip but the actual physical packing I do maybe 2-4 days before we depart.
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Re: When do you pack?
The night before--Dana's list in hand.
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Re: When do you pack?
Night before, if leaving in the morning. Or the morning of, if leaving at night.
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Re: When do you pack?
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Mouse Meister
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Re: When do you pack?
For our first few trips we would start gathering stuff in the suitcase about 30 days out, but the more we go the more I'm comfortable packing closer to departure...the kids are usually packed 3-5 days before the trip, so is DH and I'm a couple of days out. I did forget allergy meds over our past Christmas trip and regretted it since there's not a big variety available on property and of course DS needed it this trip...poor kid didn't enjoy the trip as much as he could have, good thing we had 4 trips this year! Now I keep a bag of bathroom stuff on a shelf in the closet that's ready to go.
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Re: When do you pack?
About a week out seems sane to me, but that is just me, I fully understand those who take longer. It is soooo easy to get something. We are leaving 1 month from today (yay) and I am already clothe shopping and making sure I have what I need.
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Big Cheese
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Re: When do you pack?
I start setting out piles and organizing things in my living room (since we don't use that room much) a couple of weeks before. I get the suitcases out a week before and start packing them right after that!
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Re: When do you pack?
My DW will start packing a few days prior to leaving, but she is buying stuff for the trip already...
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Re: When do you pack?
I don't start packing until a few days before our trip. I hate having the mess around and if I pack too soon I just pack and unpack over and over because I forget what's already packed.
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Re: When do you pack?
I'm pretty much packed for a mid-July trip right now.
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Re: When do you pack?
I just started gathering ponchos and sunscreen this morning, but I won't really pack until the day before.
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Appalachian Girl
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Re: When do you pack?
I like to make my lists about a month before and go over and over them to make sure we're not missing anything and then begin packing about 10 days ahead of the trip and wrap up my packing by 1-2 days before leaving. We drive down, and I like for the car and everything to be ready to go the night before we leave.
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