Any time I am gone for more than 3-4 days I agonize over my packing list. I want to have everything I need but definitely don’t want to pack too much. That is certainly true for my recent trip to India! I left on a Saturday and got home on Friday, so I was gone a full 7 days with five work days.
I needed to have four work outfits with pants (women don’t really wear dresses to work there), casual clothes for non-work times, and two travel outfits. To be honest, I had more downtime this trip than I expected and probably could have used another t-shirt. Besides that I was pretty happy with what I packed. Everything fit in my Travelpro Crew 11 21” Spinner Carryon and Lo & Sons O.G.
Here is my packing list for a 7-day business trip to India:
Generic version:
- 2 pairs of work pants
- Jeans
- 4 work shirts
- 1 tee shirt
- 2 pairs of work shoes
- sneakers/travel shoes
- 2 sets of travel clothes
- PJs (which double as lounging clothes)
- Undergarments
- Jewelry
- Toiletries, makeup, hair tools
Full version:
3 pairs of pants:
- Black pants
- Blue pants
- Jeans
5 shirts:
- Sea foam shirt
- Dot blouse
- Black shirt with two buttons
- Black and white blouse
- Green tee
3 pairs of shoes:
- Sneakers
- Nude flats
- Leopard flats
Travel clothes:
- 2 pairs leggings
- 2 Travel tunics
- Compression socks
- Travel cardigan
Other items:
- Socks
- Slippers
- Jammies
- Undergarments
- Toiletries
- Makeup
- Brush
- Curling iron
Medicine
- Nose moisturizing spray
- Chewable pepto
- Antibiotic
- Tylenol PM
- Ibuprofen
- DayQuil/NyQuil
Other toiletries
- Body wash
- Face wash
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Razor
- Micellar wipes
- Face serum
- Moisturizer
- Eye cream
- Tissues
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Hand sanitizer
- Deodorant
Purse
Comfort bag:
- Medicine
- Face wipes
- Chapstick
- Lotion
- Nose spray
- Disposable toothbrushes
- Serum
- Moisturizer
- Chocolate
- Bars
- Emergen-c
- Deodorant
Other items:
- Passport
- Power bank
- Chargers
- Pillow
- Pashmina
- Plug converter
- Kindle
- Book
- Phone charger
- Wallet
- Notepad and pen
- Earbuds
Readers, would you have added anything?
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Another shirt, definitely. I have a few that can be dressed up or down, so I like to bring those on a work trip. Melatonin? Or at least Benadryl, which does a decent job of making me sleepy. I always bring allergy pills because I never know when something will trigger my pollen/mold allergies in a new environment.
So funny you wrote this! I was looking on the blog for something like this for my trip to India in November. I agree on the extra t-shirt. Also–bring more tissues than you normally would, since some places don’t have toilet paper in their bathrooms. (TBH, I do the same thing in rural South America…) I’m not sure you had the same experience I did–but I also wished I would have packed a pair of light sneakers. My last day we did the Elephanta caves, and I regretted not having anything more than flats!
@Sara that is a GREAT POINT. Not only because of the TP issue, but also because for some reason when I travel to India I tend to have nosebleeds out of nowhere (sorry for TMI). I was completely taken by surprise my first time there two years ago, so this time I made sure to have tissues with me at ALL TIMES. Unfortunately it came in handy 😐
I am Indian. I would ditch the jeans, take more leggings for casual, an extra shawl, and maybe 1 long sleeved item that does not require layering. With leggings, tunic, and shawl you can create a good version of a salwar kameez, which can be useful for both work, as that is the Indian woman’s work uniform, and tourism. Also something with a pretty print, since this is where Indian fabrics leave everything else in the dust. I get so tired of wearing nothing but neutrals……
How do you bring citamins? Will a am/pm container work, or does it have to be in original containers?
@Gina Burken I would definitely recommend original containers when flying internationally.