Get Outta Town!

By Sandra Bolan

You’re cruising the grocery aisles, filling your cart with all of your guilty pleasures – potato chips, ice cream, cookies and old-school Kraft mac and cheese – because your weekend plans consist of binge-watching Netflix.

But then you get a text from your BFF, saying she just broke up with her boyfriend and desperately needs a girls’ weekend away. You abandon the grocery cart and dash home to pack because you’re leaving for the airport in two hours.

Packing for a last-minute trip, whether it's for pleasure or work, typically goes two ways: you either pack everything in your closet or forget half of what you need.

To pack quickly and appropriately for the destination, the first thing you need to do is make a list. It may sound counterintuitive and a waste of time, but it’s the most efficient way to pack what you need and nothing more.

A packing list can be made two ways –either by day or activity. Before you make that list, check the weather so you don’t pack four