Packing a Backpack for a Weekend Trip

If you’re like me, you don’t mind living on a budget to save some money. I took a trip to London from Ireland in January and flew Ryanair. Although Ryanair's flights are relatively cheap, they do not allow a carry on, at least for free, only a personal item (i.e purse, backpack, etc.) So my roommate had the brilliant idea of backpacking for our weekend in London. Here’s some tips and tricks to pack for a weekend in a backpack.

Tips:

• Pack lighter clothes.

• Pack up your essentials.

• Pack more versatile clothes.

• Plan out every outfit.

• Roll up your clothes to pack

• Wear your heaviest clothes (I wore a sweatshirt and leather jacket on the flight to save room in my bag.)

• Wear leggings or light joggers you can wear on the flight there and back

• Wear hat scarf, and gloves if you need to. (I did on the plane since I was going to London in January)

• Be aware of liquid count ( usually 3 oz bottle of whatever liquid, gel, or paste you have) and Airport Rules- (The Stansted Airport from London has a rule that all your liquids must fit in a 20cm x 20cm clear bag that they provide, I lost my foundation because I was not aware of this. So I suggest you do a little research.)

I went from Late Thursday night until early Sunday morning so I packed 2 day outfits, a set of PJs, going out clothes, and two pairs of shoes. Of course, this is exactly what I packed as I planned for my own weekend, but hopefully it can give you an idea of what to pack for your own trip. Here was my game plan for the plane, going in for two full days as well as what exactly was in my bag:

Thursday night/ Sunday morning

Flights:

• Leggings

• Vans

• Sweatshirt

• Leather jacket

• Hat, gloves, scarf

Friday

Day:

• 1 Shirt

• 1 overall dress

• 1 pair of Black Tights

• 1 pair of booties

• 1 Leather Jacket

Night:

• 1 Pleather skirt

• 1 going out shirt

• Same tights, shoes, and jacket from the day

Saturday

Day:

• 1 bodysuit

• 1 pair of pants

• 1 Pair of socks

• 1 pair of vans

• Leather Jacket and raincoat

Night:

• Change of pants

• Booties

• Same leather jacket

In my bag:

clothes

• 1 pair of pjs (shorts and a tee shirt worn on plane)

• Booties

• 1 pair of opaque tights

• 1 going out skirt

• 1 going out shirt

• 1 body suit

• 2 pairs of pants

• 2 day shirts

• 1 overall dress

• 1 raincoat

• 2 bras (strapless and regular)

• 4 pairs of underwear

• 3 socks

Toiletries/ cosmetics

• Eyebrow pencil

• Small eyeshadow palette

• highlight/ contour palette

• Concealer

• Foundation

• 1 setting spray or powder

• 4 brushes (2 eyeshadow, contour and highlight)

• Beauty blender

• Chapstick, lipstick, lip gloss

• Travel size shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, and moisturizer

• Throw away razor

• Travel toothbrush/ toothpaste

• 1 brush

• 1 small perfume or body mist

• Solid Deodorant