Alex Gladwin Blog

Packing for a holiday used to be something that really stressed me out, I never knew where to start and I always felt like it took me forever to do. But the more we go away, the more I feel like I'm starting to feel like I know what I'm doing with it and am learning how best to be efficient. 

Despite my Husband being somewhat more organised than I am, packing for holidays has always come down to me. It's probably due to the fact that I like to pick the outfits for the boys and my Husband would have absolutely no clue about what sorts of things to get out for me to wear. His outfit choices are 100 times simpler and include usually a t-shirt and a pair of jeans/pair of shorts, so it's easy for me to get that out for him or for him to do it himself in about 10-15 minutes max. Because of this, Adam can somewhat get away with preparing for our holidays at the very last minute. But for me as the main holiday prep person/packer, I've had to become super organised and have learnt to prepare way in advance. Below are some of the things I like to do in advance to make packing and preparing for our holidays as stress-free as possible.