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Holiday Travel Packing List for Families: Away, Béis & Gift-Safe Organizers
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items If the trunk is full and the airport is next, this holiday travel packing list for families keeps it simple. Away and Béis luggage, packing cubes and cosmetic cases come with gift-safe organizers, and kid options like the Stokke JetKids ride-on and S...
This is the suitcase that comes out once a year for the big trip home for Christmas, since the sea green shell holds a full week of outfits for my son plus the pie carrier I somehow always end up packing. The compression system buys me the extra inch...
Away The Large (Sea Green)
When we're only staying two nights at grandma's for Thanksgiving, this maple weekender is what actually gets used instead of dragging out the big suitcase for the whole family. It slides right over my roller's handle through the airport, and the colo...
Béis The Weekender (Maple)
Flying home for Christmas with my son used to mean a meltdown somewhere over the flyover states, and this ride-on suitcase turning into an actual leg-rest bed on the plane has genuinely fixed our worst travel days. My son tows it through the airport ...
Stokke JetKids BedBox Ride-On Suitcase
Packing for a holiday trip means somehow fitting matching pajamas, church clothes, and the ugly sweater for the family photo into one suitcase, and these cubes are how I actually manage it without anyone's outfit getting crushed. The mesh tops let me...
Away Packing Cubes, Set of 4 (Sea Green)
For the years we drive instead of fly, this is the roller that holds everyone's stuff for a full week at grandma's, and the olive color means it never gets mixed up with my husband's black one at the door. The wheels roll smoothly enough over her gra...
Béis The Large Check-In Roller (Olive)
My whole skincare and makeup routine for a week of holiday visiting fits in this case without leaking onto the clothes packed next to it, and it stands up on its own on grandma's tiny guest bathroom counter instead of tipping into the sink. The beige...
Béis The Cosmetic Case (Beige)
I added this dark cherry suitcase as my husband's dedicated bag the year our old set finally gave out on a Christmas trip, and the vertical ribbed shell has held up through baggage handlers tossing it around at three different airports since. The col...
Calpak Ambeur Large Luggage (Dark Cherry)
My son needs his own bag for the trip to grandma's, and this rolling luggage gets him actually excited to pack instead of dumping everything into my suitcase at the last minute. He tows his own stuffed animals and pajamas through the airport, and the...
Skip Hop Zoo Kids Rolling Luggage
These maple cubes are what I use specifically for the holiday gifts we're bringing along, since keeping them in their own cube means nobody's wrapped present gets flattened under a stack of sweaters. Unpacking at grandma's is just lifting cubes strai...
Béis The Packing Cube Set, 4-Piece (Maple)
Between three people's toothbrushes, my husband's razor, and everyone's holiday-specific hair product, this is the one toiletry bag big enough to actually hold it all in one place instead of spreading across grandma's bathroom counter. The clamshell ...
Away Extra Large Toiletry Bag (Jet Black)
Whatever nice outfit I'm wearing to Christmas Eve dinner rides in this garment duffle instead of getting folded into a cube, and the built-in hook means it goes straight from the car to grandma's closet without a single new wrinkle. It still holds my...
Béis The Garment Duffle Bag (Black)
This five-piece set is what I hand my son for his own suitcase now, since the different sizes actually match how a kid packs, a big cube for clothes, a small one for chargers, a tiny one for whatever treasure he's smuggling home from grandma's. It's ...
Calpak Packing Cubes, 5-Piece Set
My husband's suit for the family Christmas photo and any nicer dinner reservation travels in this duffle so it comes out ready to wear instead of needing an emergency iron at grandma's. The shoe pockets on the ends also mean his dress shoes aren't ra...
Away Garment Duffle (Jet Black)
For holiday parties and the one nicer dinner every trip home seems to include, this jewelry case keeps my necklaces from turning into a knot at the bottom of my suitcase the way they used to. The five hooks and little mirror mean I can actually get r...
Away Keepsake Jewelry Case (Black Tie)
Every family holiday trip somehow turns into a tangle of phone chargers, a tablet for my son on the plane, and my husband's laptop cord, and this organizer is what finally keeps all of it sorted in one spot. I'm not the one holding up the security li...
Calpak Tech Organizer
For the simpler days at grandma's, just earrings and my wedding ring, I skip the fancier case and toss this smaller beige one into my everyday bag instead. It snaps into the base of my cosmetic case so it's not taking up any extra room, which matters...
Béis The Jewelry Case (Beige)
Grandma's house always runs drier heat than mine, and my hair gets frizzy and flat by day two of a holiday visit without this oil smoothed through the ends before I do anything else. A little goes a long way, so the travel-friendly size actually last...
OUAI Lightweight Hair Oil
These two minis are what I toss into my toiletry case for a holiday trip instead of hauling the full-size jars, and the scent is festive enough that it feels like part of getting ready for a party instead of just another skincare step. They're also s...
Sol de Janeiro Mini Body Cream Duo
A family holiday trip means checking at least one bag full of gifts, and these locks are the cheap insurance that keeps curious hands out of it between our house and grandma's. I keep all four on the same code so I'm not standing at baggage claim try...
TSA Approved Luggage Locks, 4-Pack
My actual skincare routine gets thrown off the second we leave for grandma's, so this set lets me stick with real products instead of whatever's sitting in her guest bathroom. Every bottle is TSA-friendly on its own, and having the full six-step rout...
Drunk Elephant The Littles Travel Skincare Set
Overpacking for the holidays with gifts and extra layers is basically guaranteed, and weighing our bags at home with this scale before we leave has saved us from an overweight fee at the airport counter more than once. It's small enough to toss in a ...
Travel Inspira Digital Luggage Scale