AirTag your bags, even carry ons because sometimes overhead bins are full and they force you to gate check. Looking for a lost bag sucks.

Don’t schedule 100% of your time, leave some free time to do whatever appeals to you.

Don’t always go for the touristy places/activities, try what the locals like.

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Bring a small flashlight on trips and inspect the mattress seama before you get into any strange bed, you’ll be very grateful to never get bedbugs. It can happen to anyone anywhere and it’s a horror show.

Save money: be dynamic, have deal alert set and just go when the right deal comes.

How to pack: have a backpack ready to go, filled with your clothes for a week, any electronics you need, just throw in your laptop. Don’t worry about anything you can buy on arrival. Things you can get at 7-Eleven. Don’t bother packing those things. Ideally everything in your bag should have multiple uses: swim trunks can be used to shorts when you’re short on laundry. Try to get all of your devices to use the same charging cord USBC. Get a gallium arsenic charger. Get 2 m chords.

If you have trouble packing everything into a single backpack, you’re probably bringing too much for a spontaneous trip. Figure out what you can leave. Maybe you can do laundry more often, use the hotel laundry. Maybe you don’t need multiple pairs of shoes. You can rewear clothes multiple days.

Things to do: go out and meet people, talk to people, be friendly, ask questions, and genuinely listen to the answers. You can meet people on Facebook, or hello talk, or tinder. And just have those people show you the area. It’s a fun activity to meet people and do things.

Things you must bring: two phones, with all your important apps on both phones, Make sure you have a translator app on both phones. Arlo or Google fi for data sim cards. A lockable bag you can put important documents in. a satchel or purse or man purse. When you’re traveling in a new place it’s very helpful to be able to just store things in a satchel, including water sunscreen a hat, sunglasses.

Off the top of my head:

• If possible, travel with a carry on, no checked bags. Saves a lot of time in airports and less likely losing it.
• Roll your clothes in your bag to maximize space.
• Bring a small bag/pouch for your passport, phone, keys, and wallet so you don’t have to dig through your carry on whenever you need them. You can also take it with you to the plane restroom so you don’t need to worry about someone stealing them while you’re gone.
• Save an offline map (google maps can do this, other apps can probably do too) so you dont have to worry about getting lost if you lose signal/data.
• Put your bag in front of you while sightseeing in tourist areas, in case of pickpockets.
• Always check the next day’s weather forecast to prepare accordingly.

• Choose train over plane whenever possible, especially in Europe
• If you have to take the plane, avoid luggage if you can, you’ll save a bunch of time (and money on some airlines too)
• https://rome2rio.com is a great website to find itineraries
• Bring an extra pair of socks and underwear
• Leave some free time and allow yourself to get lost in a city you’re visiting, it’s a great way to find new places off the beaten path
• Always have your water bottle handy