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Packing your purse or briefcase for a long flight

a bag of toiletries and other items

A number of things could induce anxiety about a work trip to a far-flung locale. Will I fit into the different culture? What is the etiquette? Will I wear the right clothes? And how will I survive that 25 hours of travel time?? For some reason, the most stressful of these to me is the…

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Packing for business and fun on the same trip

a collage of different clothes

It’s getting to be vacation season. Hooray! Business travelers will often combine a fun trip and a business trip, to maximize time away and minimize travel time and costs. But for people who still want to carry-on, what kind of things can you pack that will do double duty? A packing challenge? I accept! Here…

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Top 5 Travel Gear: Packing light

a luggage bag and a laptop

Compressing all of the things you need for a trip into a suitcase isn’t easy. There are clothes, toiletries, accessories, not to mention work necessities. Since carrying-on your suitcase is a huge time saver at both the beginning and end of your flight, even though it’s tricky it’s important to do.There are certainly plenty of…

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Packing for 2 weeks: winter

a group of clothes and shoes

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader. I leave next Wednesday for my longest trip ever to Wisconsin for work. Its 10 days in Wisconsin! Thankfully I will be running from the hotel to the car and then the car to the warehouse. However, I can only bring one suitcase. Do…

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5 tips for packing light

a two bags on a bed

While perusing Pinterest I found a new great blog to read: Travel Fashion Girl. She carries on for all trips, often using only ten pieces of clothing or less. In a recent post, she showed how she was able to pack for five days and carry on, not in her suitcase, but in her Lo…

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Winter Packing Essentials

a group of leather gloves

It’s not winter yet. In fact, I wrote a post about what to pack for a summer business trip barely a month ago. But some events last week reminded me that winter will soon be upon much of the country, and I need to be prepared. See, last year I was traveling home from Raleigh…

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Help! I need a super small carryon!

a pink bag with a handle

What if you have pared down your packing list to your bare essentials, but your personal item still won’t fit under the seat in front of you? A couple of months ago I got an email from a reader about this exact scenario. I am a pretty well optimized business traveler – I’ve got the…

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Packing List for a Four Day Business Trip

a suitcase with shoes and bags

Last week I mentioned that I discovered a new blog called Outfit Posts, where the blogger takes pictures of her outfits every morning. I love everything she puts together! She travels for work a lot, and has a really great post about how to pack for 30 days in one suitcase. While I have gotten…

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Packing Tip: Put grooming items in the suitcase after you use them

a curling iron with a cord

There are a few things you take on every single trip, and most of them are grooming and toiletry items. I am a big advocate of having two sets of toiletries. One you keep at home, one you keep in your suitcase. This way you never have that “Dangit!” moment while driving to the airport…

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