Packing

Green Travel Tip: Don’t Take a Plastic Bag

a grey tote bag with a bear on it

In honor of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, all of my posts this week are going to focus on some aspect of traveling green. If you know of something I should write about, send me an email! RoadWarriorette@gmail.com One of the small ways I have changed my life at home is by refusing plastic…

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What To Pack for a Four Day Trip

a red suitcase with wheels

During the visit with my aunt and uncle last week, they told me how they are going to Portland in May to visit their grandson. My aunt lamented the additional cost they were going to incur by checking their bags on Continental. Immediately my packing instinct (which I definitely was not born with, see this…

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Travel Tip: Bring Comfortable Shoes To Wear In the Airport

a pair of red high heeled shoes

I love shoes. I mean, I LOVE shoes. In fact I bought three pairs last night. (Don’t tell Home Warrior.) But as someone who loves shoes, I am very aware that not all shoes are super comfortable. In fact, many shoes are downright terrible to wear. I try only to buy shoes that are comfortable,…

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Great Spring Travel Purses

a close-up of a purple purse

In case you haven’t noticed, I am super excited that spring is here. Shedding the dark colors and heavy fabrics of winter in favor of dresses and tops in breezy brights and pastels is a warm-weather treat. And of course, that extends to purses! Time to put away my dark brown bag and get out…

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Another Lesson Learned–About Pants This Time

As you all know, I have been in the middle of back to back business trips,with just weekends (if that) in between. This past weekend was my chance to catch up on about three weeks’ worth of laundry, including all of my travel clothes and clothes from my sister’s wedding. I had at least three…

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The Bundle Packing Method? Interesting…..

a suitcase with clothes and sandals

While searching for packing tips (you can never have too many, you know!) I came across a very interesting site called One Bag.  This site advocates traveling for any reason, to any destination, for any amount of time with only one bag. I think it’s a fascinating idea, although I don’t know that I could…

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What To Pack for a Winter Business Trip

a pair of black boots

I have been very busy lately with my blog, my real job, getting ready for my sister’s wedding….. I knew in my head that there is a trip scheduled for next week, but the reality of where I am going did not sink in until today when reading a post on Corporette, one of my…

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What does my purse look like?

a yellow leather bag with a bow

Because I have received questions about what my purse looks like, as a follow up to the post below I wanted to make a post about my specific purse. I love, love my purse! I had a purse similar to this one for two and a half years. As you can see, it is very…

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Long Flight Comfort

Tomorrow I leave for Manila. It takes 26 hours of travel time just to get there. So I leave Sunday morning and land (because of the time difference) on Monday night. Wow! That is a long, long time in the air.  I will be honest, I have never been on a plane or in transit…

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Quick Packing Tip

a woman wearing black pants

Last week I met a nice woman on the flight home from Nashville. It was her first business trip, and she was telling me about her day.  It had not gone as smoothly as one might hope, and she ended it with, “And I only got five hours of sleep  because the flight last night…

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