How to pack for a two week trip to ireland
Packing For Ireland | Two Week Travel Guide
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hey guys if you're headed to Ireland I
have got some great packing tips for you
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okay so packing for Ireland can be it
can be a little bit complicated because
the weather is so funny I mean it just
turns on a dime you're on an island and
you know you're on the middle of the
ocean so the weather can go from
sunshine to pouring rain to the sideways
rain to crazy winds in just seconds so
you really have to be prepared every
time that you go out or the changes in
the weather so let's dig into my checked
bag first so there's a couple things
that I like too that I'm gonna mention
that I use in every single time that I
pack and that's the packing cubes and
the vacuum sealed bags the packing cubes
I love they come in lots of different
sizes just go right on Amazon woke up
the packing cubes
we've got the they've got these it in
different packs so you can buy a pack of
you know three or five or you can just
buy them individually if you just want
one in particular or whatever but these
are great because I use them basically
it's like compartments or drawers to
keep certain items in and that helps me
to eat my packing make it more sensible
because we're on the road so much we
travel around this is a easy way for me
to remember and make it seem more like
normal when I'm moving around but these
are also great for everybody if you're
traveling because you can actually it
helps to compress your clothing but the
bags helps even more with compressing
the clothing these bags are vacuums like
said that can seal back what they do not
require the vacuum at all to use these
so you don't have to
or item with you at all times all I do
is I fold the items these are
short-sleeved shirts I fold them and
then I fold the bag and I usually set it
down and then I stress and then usually
I sit on it with my knees down and then
I taped a little clip and with my knees
still on the back slide it all the way
across and then that seals it in there
and it's airtight
it's fantastic so that's a good way to
do that I've got a couple of bags here
in this compartment and this cube is of
shirts I layer it up a lot so I have
several shirts because the weather was
going to be soaked I knew the weather
was gonna be so crazy and Ireland
I also brought extra because if you do
get like soaking wet you don't want to
be standing around and really went
closed for a long time so I always
brought some extra things as well when
we were out hiking and things like that
in case it rained then we have something
to change into this cube here I keep all
of my undergarments we were in Ireland
for about two weeks I had about 10 days
worth of undergarments with me of
underwear and socks and things like that
and so we did have washers in our air
via bees and so we were able to do
laundry so I only bought 10 days worth
of stuff but if you're going to be there
you know only for a week then maybe I
would say just do you know a week's
worth this is my toiletry bag here I
love this toiletry bag I've actually had
it for about 10 years which is crazy and
why are we even talking about a toiletry
bag because they are important ok this
is actually always is ready to go so if
you've sent to me hey we're going on a
trip tomorrow this is the first thing I
grab because it is already packed it
already has everything that I need in it
at all times I have the travel size of
everything in here another little travel
tip that I use now the great thing about
this bag that does have
lining so of anything leaks you can just
wipe it right up it dries easily it does
not soak into the cloth cloth outer part
of the back the trick that I use is if
you've got liquids like this what I do
is I take a piece of plastic and I plate
right onto the top after I've taken the
lid then take the lid and screw it over
the plastic and that's going to help
give you a better chance for it not to
leak okay
and then I just put my hair clip right
on there because that keeps it there and
it keeps it from breaking I've lost many
days so there's that let's take a look
at this I know I said Ireland has pretty
crazy weather right so we have to be
prepared for that so this actually was a
great thing for me is I layered up
several long sleep items and then I put
this down vest on on top of that yeah
you're going to look really poufy and
every single picture that you gave but
you're gonna be worn okay if your core
is warm then your body is going to be
warm so make sure that's the most
important part in Ireland and this is
also rain rain proof as the waterproof
as well so the rain just you know circle
right on off from there so that's really
nice because it's not gonna soak into
your clothing and you're not going to
get soaking wet all the way through so
make sure you've got something that's
going to protect you from the rain the
other thing that I can other jacket
option besides having that
layering up if I wanted to wear
something a little bit lighter I had you
saw out of this little bag is this a
little bit thinner but it's a down
jacket still warm
and you can still later in sight if you
wanted to but that was another option
and I brought it because it had the
sleeves and the foot on it so if the
weather look like tomorrow it's gonna
rain all day but we still have to go out
then this is a good option because it'll
keep you protected and you won't have in
a normal way one thing I do when I
travel is I never put my pajamas into
one of the bags or compartments because
like when we arrived in Ireland when we
went on our trip we got there really
late at night and by the time we got to
our Airbnb I was exhausted so I always
keep these out because I open the bag
and I'll have to look for or open
anything
I grab my pajamas and I'm ready to go so
I like to have those super handy so
those never go into a bag that's just my
own little thing with a little port in
Ireland you basically just need some
sneakers just know that your feet are
gonna get wet so another thing is to
bring an extra pair of socks with you
when you go out so that if it does rain
which is very likely every single time
that you go out make sure that you have
that extra pair of socks so that you can
swap them out and at least your feet
won't be so cold all the time and wet
from all of the rain and then we had
also some thermals with us and some more
long-sleeve shirts gloves and a knit hat
now my knit hat is lying on the inside
the reason why this is important is that
if you're wearing a knit hat you've put
it in town before the wind is gonna
break right through and there's a lot of
wind in Ireland okay again you're on an
island so it's just swirling around if
you've got a knit hat with a lining
that's going to protect you so your
heads not going to
this one was perfect I got this one on
Amazon for just a few dollars it was
fantastic and then the gloves also Lions
gloves those are going to keep your
hands warm if you're out somewhere
you're not really gonna need gloves
during the daytime but just have them
with you when you're out and about if
you're gonna be out late because your
hands aren't going to be cold
it does get very cool then eat these
okay but the knit cap you're probably
gonna want that during the day because
it's very windy so you're gonna want to
protect them across several types of
pants
starting with jeans which I put if we
were gonna be out late at night which we
weren't very often in Ireland I would
layer those with the thermal pants but
otherwise you should just wear jeans and
be perfectly comfortable and then I also
have a couple different types of that
leaves your type pants from Athleta and
Lululemon which works perfect
they were nice and thick but again if I
felt like it was gonna be a little bit
too thin for like if it was very windy
or something I would layer it with my
thermal pants and then it would
and then the last thing that I have is
basically just my makeup bag I don't
wear a ton of makeup and in Ireland
again you're gonna be out in the wind
and rain all the time so there's really
no sense in trying to put a bunch of
makeup on and wasting time doing that
because you're not so now that you know
what's in my check bag let's go ahead
and go through my carry-on and my
personal item okay so you get one
carry-on item and one personal item this
is what I use as my purse when we travel
and I love this bag because you can fold
it this way you can use it as a shoulder
bag and it also becomes a backpack so
this is a perfect bag for traveling it's
absolutely my favorite this is what I
usually eat with me in the seat I put it
right under the seat in front of me on
the plane and this one usually goes in
the overhead bin I take this off and
this and put it in here and I'm ready to
go so let's go over real quick
besides this being my purse I've got my
wallet and all that kind of personal
type stuff inside but a couple other
things I throw inside here obviously my
phone and then headphones are very
important obviously when you're doing a
long-haul flight like you went to
Ireland from the United States
I love these bose noise-canceling
headphones they last about 8 hours on a
full charge I usually fly with 3
different sets of headsets or headphones
because I don't want to run out of ways
to listen to what I want to listen to so
those are really good I love those and
then I also have a tablet I use this for
reading books and I also have quite a
few movies and TV shows and things like
that on there so I use that a lot and
then of course I have
snacks in here and like I said I usually
put this scarf which I use sometimes as
a wrap
I use this wrap as well and keep that in
there and this scarf and then I usually
take my bottle of water so we'll start
with that on my backpack is I always
have a bottle that I can refill with
water you can do that right at the
airport and while you're waiting I
always think it's important especially
on a long-haul flight to go ahead and
hydrate so I drink a couple of these
before we get on the plane and before
I'm going to so but you go right when I
get up to the plane so that's good in
most airports you can find some place
very easily where you can refill it so
that's always good to have the other
thing that's important on long-haul
place is compression sighs okay so I I
do get a lot of swelling especially on
these longer flights like I said and so
I use the compression sucks I keep those
in the side pocket of this bag so that I
can access them easily and then in this
front pocket I keep my food so I have
some lower bars and power wires and
things like that in here but I also have
some suckers and candy I use those
mostly on takeoff and landing because of
my ears and then sometimes I get a
little bit nauseous when we're taking
off so I like to have a piece of candy
and then I like to have essential oil
and down to my last little boat here I
guess I got a good week built but I love
essential oils because
a little bit empty sometimes let's say
basically all times so it's nice to have
a little something I don't want to like
buy the whole plane with my essential
oils because I am sensitive to those
around me but I do like to have a little
something like just near me a couple of
drops I don't the whole plate with it
also I have some hand sanitizer because
airplane you're underground everybody's
terms and you want to clean your hands
before you eat you don't have to get up
and go to the bathroom to wash your
hands it's easy just clean them right
there and see and you've got them you
should get something sticky on you or
whatever and the other thing that I keep
in that front pocket is makeup light
makeup removers wipes and I also have
lip balm and moisturizer after I wash my
face let me go to the place so after a
couple hours before planning on sleeping
I go ahead and wash my face and a little
moisturizer on and then if we're landing
at a time where we're going to be up for
a little bit then I usually have makeup
in here to this so I usually keep the
mascara and some powder just something
real simple and then I always have
lotion just so I can I like to smell
them so that's kind of important to me
then and this back part is all of my
electronics so here is my computer and
then I have this little kind of it's a
selfie stick but it's really I use it as
a tripod most of the time so it goes out
just like that and I put my phone right
here and it actually comes a little
remote trigger too so I can set it off
and I use that for what I record time
lapses on my thumb so this is a great
little tool again this is something you
can very easily find on Amazon and then
in here this is a reusable resealable
bag and these you can use not just for
things like cords and snacks and stuff
but you can use these also you can put
food directly into these bags and I also
saw in their ad that you can do liquids
as well I have not tried that so I
wouldn't try that at home but I eat in
my Ford's in a separate bag makes it
super easy when I'm trying to think oh I
got to recharge my this my tablet or my
phone or whatever then I've got all the
courts here are super easy to access and
then let's see what else we have here
I do have always an extra pair of
glasses with me I have a unwired fear of
not being able to see so I always have
an extra pair with me and then another
thing that I count in here is my
wide-angle lens for my phone that's a
fun accessory that I have I don't use it
it's fun but it is something that's nice
to have this is my info that I use to
stabilize my phone which is clearly I'm
not using right now but um I keep that
in my backpack with me to the core
stuffs any expensive item always keep
the umbrella with me because when we
land places especially for someplace
like Ireland there's a very good chance
that it's gonna be raining when you get
there so you've got your umbrella right
away and then for a long haul flights in
this little bag is your lifesaver all
right so um this is a portable battery
charger alright and this one actually
charges two items at once they can
charge it can hold up 13 hours of
battery charge so you can charge like
two iPhones or an iPhone at the tablet
at the same time on this battery pack
and it's fantastic as save my tiny a
couple of times you get on the plane
sometimes and the charger and the scene
in front of you is not working this guy
is going to see
all right because it here I'm trying to
run out of battery you're gonna be bored
to death on that long flight so that's
basically what's in my backpack let's
take a look at what is in my husband's
checked bag all right so it's always a
lot easier to pack for a guy right so
it's a lot simpler to to pack for rob
for Ireland so let's go over that here
for just a second so we've got the
packing cube here for him and he uses
this one in particular for he doesn't
use he doesn't like to have as many of
them as I do I'm a little bit more OCD
than he is so I like to keep my stuff
really compartmentalize he's got his
underwear and socks in here and again we
eat about 10 days worth with us at all
times
same thing with him on the toiletry bag
is make sure that it's that vinyl kind
of material that you can just white you
don't want to have something that's just
a cloth material or just like that
backpack material you want something
that you can wipe down because you're
going to get seepage from different
liquids and things like that that you
have in your toiletry bag when we travel
we always have an emergency we call it
our emergency pharmacy and so it's like
an emergency medicine cabinet
essentially so in here we keep like our
backup EpiPen backup and Taylor we keep
some
you'll see some amoxil and so of some I
dropped some ear drops all kind of stuff
that we keep in there just a case
because especially in Ireland you're
driving around you'll drive you do drive
through a lot of towns the problem is
you're not always gonna find a pharmacy
that's open so just have the stuff you
know things that you eat you'll need in
a pinch with you like antibiotics epi
pens and the inhalers and things like
that you can buy them in the stores
there in the in the pharmacies there
that's not the problem the problem is
trying to find one that's open when you
have the emergency immediate so we
always keep these things with us and as
soon as we use one we try to replace it
so that we don't go without it so that's
important in Ireland if you have any
medical issues or if you have any
medical needs and make sure that you
have the things that you need with you
as you're traveling around so that you
don't get caught without because we
won't be able to just find it whenever
and wherever in this bags here this is
again one of those vacuum-sealed bags
and so in this one here and basically
all of the shirts that around brought
with him to Ireland and he brought
mostly just t-shirts because well we
weren't really doing anything dressy
there and you don't have to dress up for
any of the restaurants so not that you
would wear whatever but you don't have
to learn you can't be clothes or
anything like that so he does have two
collar shirts that he travels with
anyway
and there were a couple of drives at
certain than the rest of them are
basically just t-shirts so that's all of
the skirts right there
it's not about week's worth of t-shirts
right there but we did have like I
mentioned earlier a washer in our Airbnb
so we were able to do laundry but it's
good to have options
again if you're laboring and then the
other option is make sure you have
enough so that if you have to change out
you know wet clothes or dry clothes so
that's why it's important to have enough
stuff with you again a knit hat is super
important to have and make sure it's got
that lining on it so that you can keep
your head nice and warm and then Rob
also has the same type of jacket that I
had that nice thinned down jacket and it
folds up he didn't have to use his white
as much when we were in Ireland he was
able to just layer up or wear like his
lighter jacket but this is a nice jacket
to have and it's real inexpensive like I
said we got those on Amazon and they
were actually on a flash sale so it was
in this bag here holes
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and then we put his we carry his his
size tripod with us as well and so this
is pretty heavy to carry on with you
you'll see all the stuff he carries on
anyways but um this is really heavy so
we kept it in his back there's plenty of
room in here anyways and no one's ever
stolen it so it's kind of these things
will steal anyways if they were going to
take it out of the bag I mean this is
just the head and the ball head of the
tripod so it's kind of a big bulky thing
and then I don't have enough room in my
bag from home for my hair dryer so I
keep it in his bag I'm not sure if it's
in there but I use this one that I
bought in Thailand because it's already
a 220 plug and so that way it makes it
easy for me I always keep this one
whenever I travel I already know it's
220 easy breezy and you can plug it in
anywhere when you're overseas and the
other thing in reference to that is we
each carry one of these the universal
adapters and this is an adapter not a
converter so an adapter you're going to
be able to take your plug from home plug
it right in here and then this turns
into a plug from whatever country you're
going to all you have to do is change
the little side buttons and then that
changes what you're able to stick out
back here in the back to be able to plug
right into the outlet or whatever
country to
so that's pretty cool we each carry one
of those in our backs when we travel
because it makes our lives a lot easier
make sure that the stuff that you bring
is - is converts to 220 or is already
220 like my hairdryer because you're
going to short out the surface wherever
you are if you don't have something so
if you're not sure don't bring it
because you don't want to be that person
that you know will it's the circuit for
your floor or your room or whatever but
let's take a look at Rob's carry-on
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okay so before we go let me show you
real quick what is in the backpack and
when I say real quick it's gonna even it
because I don't know how he gets hold
this into this backpack but somehow he
magically does so let's talk real quick
about that so that's the backpack he
carries always has his computer with him
and then the iPad he uses for
entertainment on the plane and then we
also use it in conjunction with the
Google chromecast when we travel we use
that to our entertainment at night
TV or whatever Netflix that's how we
need cast as we cast from the iPad and
then we've got a gaming system we're
using the Nintendo switch right now
we've been for the last year we had
traveled with the Sony Playstation the
problem is is just so bulky and so heavy
and you can already see there's so much
here to carry that we've we've decided
to go with the Nintendo switch instead
because it's smaller
yeah the options aren't the same but
nonetheless it gives them something to
do at night when you just want to you
know relax and do something then let's
take a look at his camera he's
professional photographer as many of you
know and he uses the nikon d 500 when we
travel to shoot and because we are
limited on space he's only been
traveling with the two lenses he's
gotten some incredible shots with just
those two lenses so that's pretty
amazing and then as a backup camera
instead of using another DSLR again
because of the space then using the Sony
rx100 five and this camera is actually
really great it's got some great
functions to it but one of the great
things that we actually use it on a
regular basis is to do some time lapses
make sure you guys check out our
time-lapse videos because um this is
great for the time lapses we throw this
on the gorillapod while he's doing his
regular shots and I'm doing videos so
that's really nice to have and then he's
got his headphones a headlamp is really
good too
we use this a lot when we were like in
Iceland doing the Northern Lights late
at night but this is also helpful in
Ireland if you're out
being around somewhere like we were at
you know that lucky lighthouse after
sunset so this was helpful and kind of
see where you're going but it also helps
you when you're doing photos at night
you can see the controls on the camera
as well and then we've got some nd
filters here we actually purchased this
when we were in Romania that's a great
fun a little souvenir to remember you
use a Studio Headphones he prefers those
ears and then we've got pull these wires
sometimes it can be a challenge going
through security because they see all
these electronics that I think they get
frustrated sometimes but really I mean
you know it's hard because sometimes
they take all of it out sometimes they
only take a little bit of it out but
really when we come out on the good a
good day we probably only end up with
like three trades worth of stuff but on
a bad day they take literally everything
on the back the other thing is Rob uses
this as his personal carry on item and
this is the drum back so the drum is in
here
it's the egi Matic pro 2 and we actually
haven't had any problem whatsoever of
traveling with this thrown we basically
go out when he sets it up there they
just want it in a separate bin so that's
no big deal they ask them what's in it
he says it's a drone and then they just
leave it alone
so that's actually pretty amazing it's
just the drone the battery and
controls are in here so there's not a
lot in there probably because they can
see we're easily what's inside the
background so that's basically all of
this stuff is what rob carries onto the
plane and you know with obviously good
reason because it's all really expensive
equipment and you don't want that that
kind of stuff into your checked bags so
I hope that this was very helpful for
you as you're planning out your packing
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