Packing cubes make so much sense, and I learned on our "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" trip that all those smaller bags (even if they are clear zipped bags) are easy to lose in a larger bag. Every time I put something in a logical space, it defied logic when I went to pull it out. 🤷🏽♀️
You’re clearly an expert! I’m definitely still a learner. This trip of mine a big fail - packed far too much, mostly the wrong things. Tricky trip - two very different parts (hiking; normal life), and wide potential weather range. Next time there will be more cubes and less stuff 🤞🏼🤞🏼
I am like you: NOT a math person, however my menfolk who supposedly score highly in spacial reasoning tasks are absolutely out of their depth in packing refrigerators, freezers, cars and suitcases. Drew will look at the items to go into a vehicle (lots of experience recently with packing cars for long haul excursions and cross country moves) and will shake his head "No, won't fit". I saw "Watch!" I love packing cubes (and you have had a massive influence on me) On our Covid Europe trip I particularly loved the skinny narrow "cubes" (which were actually rectangular) as I discovered that they were labeled 1,2,3, and 4 and I could squeeze all of our combined clothing for a day into each one so that 4 days of outfits were easy to grab- very handy on a trip with lots of stops. I am fascinated by this lesson. I have several adventures coming up for which I'll be able to use this information!
My packing cubes haven’t traveled much lately, since we’d been tied down for years with an old dog and small business. I finally get to use them for an upcoming trip to Norway and should do a practice packing session because I’ve been doing it in my head for weeks. Our business is almost sold now and we are so excited to finally plan a trip to Portugal too!
I love cubes. I do use large and medium and group items to make unpacking simple.
You are a pro Jen! The only cube I use is for toiletries and I love it. I do plan on buying some and experimenting.
Packing cubes make so much sense, and I learned on our "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" trip that all those smaller bags (even if they are clear zipped bags) are easy to lose in a larger bag. Every time I put something in a logical space, it defied logic when I went to pull it out. 🤷🏽♀️
You’re clearly an expert! I’m definitely still a learner. This trip of mine a big fail - packed far too much, mostly the wrong things. Tricky trip - two very different parts (hiking; normal life), and wide potential weather range. Next time there will be more cubes and less stuff 🤞🏼🤞🏼
I relate to your organizational "math" ability! I am not alone!
I am like you: NOT a math person, however my menfolk who supposedly score highly in spacial reasoning tasks are absolutely out of their depth in packing refrigerators, freezers, cars and suitcases. Drew will look at the items to go into a vehicle (lots of experience recently with packing cars for long haul excursions and cross country moves) and will shake his head "No, won't fit". I saw "Watch!" I love packing cubes (and you have had a massive influence on me) On our Covid Europe trip I particularly loved the skinny narrow "cubes" (which were actually rectangular) as I discovered that they were labeled 1,2,3, and 4 and I could squeeze all of our combined clothing for a day into each one so that 4 days of outfits were easy to grab- very handy on a trip with lots of stops. I am fascinated by this lesson. I have several adventures coming up for which I'll be able to use this information!
My packing cubes haven’t traveled much lately, since we’d been tied down for years with an old dog and small business. I finally get to use them for an upcoming trip to Norway and should do a practice packing session because I’ve been doing it in my head for weeks. Our business is almost sold now and we are so excited to finally plan a trip to Portugal too!
I adore a practice packing session. I hope yours goes well.