How to pack for a two week trip to hawaii
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yes i'm just so excited you clicked on
this video because i know by the end of
this video you're gonna have learned so
much about hawaii that you are gonna
inevitably have a better
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trip hey i'm finn one of the co-founders
of trip travel gear which is the channel
that you are watching i am also over on
our tim and finn travel vlog channel
where we share all of our travels around
the world
but today we have just come home from
hawaii and so instead of a pack with me
i'm doing an unpack with me which is
what we like to do on this channel we
like to unpack because we learn a lot
along the way while we are traveling and
so instead of us guessing at the
beginning of the trip what we will need
we're going to tell you what we are
happy that we had at the end of the trip
not only am i going to help you pack for
your hawaiian vacation i'm also going to
share
tips for men women if you're traveling
with a family
and hopefully get you into some
carry-ons if you're going to stay in
multiple hotels or properties around
different islands and if you think
you're going to be in a larger checked
bag that's cool too this will give you a
good base and then you can build from
there packing the right way is all about
packing in segments you really have to
compartmentalize all the different
things that you plan to do on your trip
in order to pack the most efficiently
and that's the reason why we're both
able to pack in carry-ons for even a
three-week trip
with multiple activities in front of me
i have a standard carry-on suitcase this
one is just from target and through
using our six piece compression cube set
i have everything that i needed for
multiple hawaiian islands for three
weeks so what we're going to do is talk
about the different categories or
sections and how you can plan your stuff
accordingly based on your trip
okay let's get started so the first
section that you want to think about is
what you're gonna be wearing on the
plane i always like to start there for
every trip because it's the first thing
that you can remove out of the suitcase
or just not have to think about you
probably already know what type of
traveler you are if you like to be more
dressy on the plane or more comfortable
but the case is that everyone is flying
a very long distance to get to hawaii so
i'm assuming you're going to be a little
bit more comfortable for that long
flight what i like to wear on the plane
is on a longer flight is something that
feels like pajamas but maybe looks a
little bit nicer so pull that out of
your luggage or your outfit choices
first
the shoe choice that i would recommend
i've got shoes in here already
are my pair of water shoes if you're an
80s babies like me
a water shoes are cute now they look
like tennis shoes so this is just a
dirty and older pair now on amazon and i
have been using this just like slip on
sneakers that i
don't need socks with but i wear socks
on the plane um
this you'll want in hawaii because lots
of the different hawaiian islands of
course by volcanoes and volcanic rock is
really rough on your feet so while there
are beautiful white beaches in hawaii
you're also going to want to wear a pair
of water shoes so that you can you know
not miss out on the cliff jumping on
kanapali peach
all right so that's step number one if
you're packing with me for your trip go
ahead pull out your airplane outfit and
put aside your water shoes or add those
into your amazon cart
all right so that takes us to our
personal item on the plane
ladies this is the most convenient way
to use your beach bag as your personal
item um look for one that has a zipper
not only that is that going to help keep
sand out of your bag while you're on the
beach but having a zipper as your
personal item on the plane is just so
convenient you know your water bottle is
not like sliding all over the plane we
created
a compressible backpack basically for
this reason
if you're like me and you want both you
want like a purse thing as a personal
item on the plane and on the beach but
you are also you know an avid hiker or
going on day trips having a backpack is
so helpful for those situations so this
is a compressible backpack that opens up
into a full hiking backpack
so obviously this would be a great
personal item it's got a little laptop
or ipad sleeve for some entertainment on
the plane it's not super protected with
the intention of being light
weight so i wouldn't like use this on
work trips necessarily
but um this is just both a great
personal item and then to have on your
day trips
but again if you just prefer the beach
bag or purse look but still want the
backpack you can roll it up and put it
in the bag like i did here for my trip
okay now inside my personal item
i've got some things like my sunglasses
and my wallet i feel like i'm like being
consumed by all these things back here
but then of course i also have our
travel pouch
this handy dandy little thing
is really the perfect size for your
personal items
and for us as youtubers it's so helpful
to have all of my things like cords and
sd cards for the cameras tucked away in
here but my favorite item to put inside
here are noise-canceling headphones so
especially for a long flight like this
these are um the bose these these are
like
life
life changing on flights so those fit
right in here and then what i like to do
because this has a zipper i slide that
under the seat i've got this on my lap
everything that i need right here and
then i'm just like
perfectly comfortable if you know i'm
stuck over on the window seat everything
is with me and i don't need to like
crawl under the seat to get anything
all right so that's a little tip for the
personal item on the plane now i know
that
we are packing but i like to think
through all of this chronologicals like
how you're going through the trip so we
are at the airport
if you are tsa pre doesn't necessarily
matter as much but if you do not have
pre-check and you are still pulling out
all of your liquids
our toiletry bag kit
set
has this little hook right here
so that you can pull out all of your
liquids
attach it to let's say like the outside
of your rolling bag everything's ready
to go you don't have to like
once you get out of the car clip it to
your bag
you're set to go once you get through
security then you can plop it back
inside your bag and you're not just kind
of like
getting all disorganized as you go
through security
clutch also you have all of your items
with you that you need here so that's
why i had that out separate as a
reminder that you can attach it to the
outside of your bag this also works
really well to hang on the towel rack at
your hotel since we are talking about
toiletries
we're ready to dive into the bag
and
this is another one of my travel
tips or hacks but i think that just
because we travel so much it's just
become a
necessity or a packing routine of ours
at least mine
is i start
by packing my toiletries in the suitcase
first
why is that
honestly because even though we
you know take 12 international trips a
year packing is always a challenge
and
toiletries are non-negotiable they're
coming
so if i start with the toiletries
and i put them in the bag
and i put my hiking backpack in the bag
and shoes all of a sudden i realized i
really only have half of a suitcase for
clothes
and if i start there by knowing that i
feel like i end up in a better place
than starting with clothes
and then realizing i have to pack
toiletries
so
take take that with you
into and go into the future
all right so that same 3-1-1 liquids bag
it comes in a set actually with
this
hanging toiletry bag i just love how
this
in our line feels
and then this too
has a hook
i use this more as my makeup bag and the
other one as my liquid and skin care
i like it for all of those little things
like nail clippers and q-tips um
i love
to bring perfume samples because they're
so small and they fit really nicely in a
carry-on and then i put jewelry in this
little pouch but other than that i keep
makeup and then you know like my
toothbrush and stuff in here
so it's nice and
wide so that it can fit your toothbrush
and then
if you are a more minimalist traveler
and this is just an excessive amount of
toiletry space for you you could leave
out the liquids 3-1-1 bag and then use
this as your liquids bag this is a
detachable little piece here so if you
needed to add security you could take
this out to be your liquids bag but this
one
of course works for anybody
i've got the teal and tim uses this in
gray
but of course you know that's like an
eighth of this side of the bag so it's
just it's nice to go in there first the
third
um piece in that toiletry bag set is our
tube cube
and i love the tube cube for all of my
hair accessories
this is the kristin
s
curling iron which i feel like is like
on the big side of curling irons that
all fits in there and that way the core
is not getting all disheveled
when i have to open my bag
and i got a big brush in there
so i just like
to keep that
all sorted
and even in the bathroom then i have to
do is slide this in the bathroom and i'm
not making a huge mess when you're
sharing a small hotel bathroom with
somebody okay we're almost to close
the next piece that i have on this side
are shoes
so we're wearing water shoes
as i recommend on the plane or like a
lightweight tennis shoe in hawaii and
i'm using hawaii as a general term if
you're going to kauai maui
the big island wherever you're going
please do yourself a favor and bring
yourself
waterproof shoes okay now we talked
about water shoes
those are water loving they will get wet
and stay wet they're for swimming
waterproof shoes
are made a lot of the time with gore-tex
these right here
are adidas with gore-tex and so they
become
waterproof gore-tex is just like the
best waterproof material you can get out
there you can see it in a raincoat that
we'll talk about later
so there are waterproof tennis shoes and
there are also
waterproof
hiking boots
i've got some around here
i don't know how or why but this is one
of our most frequently asked questions
on our uh hiking videos in hawaii all
the time it's like what are those boots
these are limbs look at how flexible
they are they're incredibly lightweight
for hiking boots and that's why we love
them for travel and then these are
waterproof this exact style come in men
and women's and tim and i laugh that
we are twins because we like wear these
on the same hikes a lot
um just to be super annoying yeah um but
these are these are both great whatever
style you prefer
look for waterproof shoes you're going
to the jungle
you might think it's a beach vacation
but don't forget you are going to a
rainforest jungle ah and i forgot to
mention that the packing hack for your
dirty hiking boots is to slide them into
the laundry bag of the six piece set
those will keep your used shoes
on your journey there nice and separated
and then it'll also give you a place to
store them after you've used them on the
trip laundry bag
all right in the same category we have
some more rain gear
and another pair of shoes that
i
crammed
into our tube cube here this is really
the same cube that comes in the toiletry
bag set you also get one in the
six piece set and you get it in our
extra large seven piece set as well
in here i have stuffed
a women's size 11 a men's size nine pair
of nice sandals let me talk about those
in a second but since we're talking
about rain i've got my whole rain jacket
in here
high quality gore-tex rain jacket will
keep you the driest so you will see that
those are priced higher but that's just
the the highest quality so if you're
looking at rain gear
again you're going to the rain forest
depending on the activities that you
plan on doing on any of the hawaiian
islands
this is just one of those really nice
things
to have
if you are coming from a cold climate
already
then maybe you can
yeah i want to talk about this here if
you're coming from a cold climate
your packing hack can be
to
wear a warmer sweatshirt on the plane
cover it with your raincoat and then
that's going to be like your outerwear
gear
now in
hawaii
where it is
warm close to the equator you might not
need both at all times
you maybe never will need the rain
jacket you maybe never will need the
sweatshirt but
there are some cases where you will need
everything like for example at 10 000
feet on the top of maui if you're waking
up early for sunrise at haleakala it
snows up there same with over on the big
island
you will be very surprised with how cold
it really is so if you can dupe some
winter gear by having
a
warm sweatshirt layered under your rain
jacket for some wind protection then you
can kind of dupe your way into some
warmer weather without having to pack
heavy
for high altitude in hawaii
all right the last thing that was in
that tube cube are my last pair of shoes
so the third and final pair that i would
bring and that is
a
casual but nice pair of sandals that
is so specific because you can casually
wear it to the beach but then you could
dress it up at a restaurant ladies
gentlemen nicer shoes for a restaurant
is a little bit more of a challenge for
you sometimes it leaves a whole
additional pair of shoes so in that case
i would maybe recommend wearing those
nicer shoes on the airplane and then you
could pack your water shoes
in with your luggage because that's
probably the lightest weight okay here
we are halfway through the video we can
finally talk about clothes that brings
us to the sections that we had mentioned
at the beginning of the video and
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compression cubes make sections so easy
to think about because i always
compartmentalize a style of clothing
into each cube i have a flat little
clutch purse here too that i also
brought that i didn't really need hawaii
is pretty casual
and but if you want something like that
anything small and flat is a great
addition into your
the bags that you're bringing on the
trip
okay we can stay on this side and dive
into this first packing cube so
if you are new to compression cubes or
packing cubes in general
not only does this help
organize your luggage when you are
packing it also helps you stay organized
in your hotel room because you can you
know put things away like that raincoat
that you're not going to need until the
one day that you will
and
then the compression piece helps you
pack more in your luggage because this
is layered with two zippers and we're
using the second to squeeze all of our
clothes together push all the air out
and just be smaller in size to put more
in the suitcase
as i uncompress this
you can
see now it opens up a couple inches and
let's see what's inside
this is our large compression cube size
in the six piece set you get two of this
size and two
small cubes in addition to the tube and
the laundry bag we saw earlier
if you are going checked bag a little
bit larger for your trip to hawaii then
um we have this color as well and other
color options in our xl compression cube
set
and then you would get one of these
larges but you would also get two extra
larges so if you
have large clothes or if you are in the
future going to some cold weather
destination where you need just bigger
pieces like sweaters and big heavy jeans
the xl cubes are a great option for that
behind door number one we have
swimwear what else is in here oh and all
of my athletic wear
guys girls kids
who else
pets compartmentalizing all of the
different
styles of clothing or activities that
you're doing is an easy way to not over
pack so when i call one cube my active
swimwear then i try to put as much as i
can in that one and don't spill over so
here's what i have in here um
two different bathing suits
one that's more casual for laying around
a pool and then one that's more athletic
for
kayaking or cliff jumping so that's how
i think through bathing suits as a woman
and then tim kind of does the same he
has his
nice one that he uses at the pool then
he's got like the old ratty one to sit
on a kayak seat with
swimwear
and then i've got all my athletic wear i
essentially
go for
one of each where i'll do something for
if it's a little bit cooler and
something for if it's a little bit
warmer so two total outfits
like long
and long
and
short
and
short
so that is
you know six outfits in the one large
cube
okay so if we have one cube for
activewear we're going on a hike we're
going on a kayak trip we're going on a
beach trip then over here
the other large cube i have all of our
street wear we're walking around lahaina
for the day
we're heading out for
some
shrimp skewers in kona
whatever floats our boat for the day i
have a button down just like show you
what fits in a cube i've got a long
sleeve button down shirt
here are
two
women's mediums t-shirts
i've got a sweater tank top
and a pair of jean shorts
so those fit in the large cube and then
a
hair accessory a little scarf so
that
we um say that in a large you can fit
like two to three outfits two to three
days worth of clothes
i've seen some other
packing cubes say like 20 shirts and i'm
like no who needs 20 shirts on any trip
so i like to think of it as like how
many days you can put so that's usually
like two or three days just in one
we're in the final stretch and we have
two small packing cubes here
one i've got
some nicer clothes like we're going to
the luau and i have um thrown some
dresses in here gentlemen the small cube
of course won't work for you most of the
time for your nicer clothes like a pair
of slacks and a button-down shirt so i
would probably
you would be maybe swapping the small
and the large for
how your clothing styles work
differently i'll show you what's in here
ladies
the outfits
from all of our hawaii videos that
you've seen if you watch our channel i
get the most questions on these they're
um all from mahji which i've been really
liking that brand and finding it on
nordstrom rack so you can see like this
is a
long dress and really long pants and
that's all
in the small cube
to be honest i have no idea what's in
here
oh yes of course
the essentials um jammies and socks and
underwear and the other small cube so
whatever you want or need in that
department
there's the final cube for that
which again also another perk of packing
cubes if this is all tucked away and you
do need to open your suitcase as
security it's kind of nice that all of
your things aren't just kind of falling
out all over the place
you are almost ready for your trip and
i'm so excited for you but if you are
still in the planning process i have
some other helpful videos for you we
have filmed our series thousand verse
100 on both maui and kauai and that will
help you choose between
all of the amazing activities that you
can do on the different hawaiian islands
yes hawaii is an ex
it's so expensive there but that's why
we made those videos to help you make
the decision on how to spend your budget
on the different islands so check those
out we also have just the vlogs of us
doing all these really incredible
activities on the islands i want you to
see those as well and if you are
interested in purchasing any of the
products that you see here or learning
any more of the items that i packed you
can check all that out in the
description below again i'm finn and
thanks again for shopping trip travel
gear
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