☀️ Travelicious Packing List for a Sunny Holiday
What should you absolutely not forget when heading off on a sunny vacation? Whether you’re going on a road trip with the kids, flying to a tropical island, or exploring a European city — being well prepared can make all the difference.
That’s why we at Travelicious have created the ultimate checklist for sunny family adventures. Print it out, tick off what you’ve packed, and travel stress-free!
🧳 Essentials
- A solid suitcase with a luggage tag (helpful in case your luggage gets lost)
- Only traveling with hand luggage? Use a trolley or a Mark Ryden backpack with smart compartments — perfect carry-on size!
- Packing cubes: keep your suitcase tidy and save space — ideal for souvenirs
- A laundry bag for dirty clothes
- A travel wallet to keep passports, tickets, and essentials together
- One or more canvas bags — great for the beach or day trips
- A small handbag for the evening
- Some cash in local currency
- Emergency contacts written down
- Travel guide or tips from the Travelicious blog 😉
- Travel and cancellation insurance
- Sunglasses
- Waterproof phone pouch for beach or snorkeling trips
📄 Documents & Cards
- Medical passport and health insurance card
- Passport in a passport holder + copies
- Driver’s license
- Bank card (make sure worldwide coverage is activated)
- Credit card — we use American Express and love the travel points!
- Flight tickets and boarding passes (save offline just in case)
- Download a VPN app before you go for safe Wi-Fi use
✈️ Flight & Travel Comfort
- Neck pillow (inflatable or soft travel pillow)
- Sleep mask (handy if your room is too bright)
- Earplugs — we always pack Alpine SleepSoft and wouldn’t go without them
- Chewing gum for take-off and landing
- Noise-cancelling earbuds or headphones
- Empty water bottle or LifeStraw (fill after security)
- Snacks for the flight or road trip
🧼 Toiletries
- A large toiletry bag with a hook or a compact travel version
- Toothbrush + toothpaste
- Toothpicks and mouthwash
- Insect repellent
- Mini deodorant or natural solid deodorant (perfect for hand luggage)
- Vaseline
- Silicone travel bottles filled with shampoo, conditioner, shower gel
Prefer solids? Use a shampoo bar, conditioner bar, and body bar in an organizer — liquid-free, sustainable, and easy to hang! - Reusable cotton pads + face bar (great as make-up remover)
- Sunscreen + after sun
- Contact lens kit / glasses
- Small bottle of hand sanitizer
- Nail scissors or manicure kit
- Make-up bag
- Tampons/pads
- Condoms
- Brush or comb
- Hair products (wax, gel, spray)
- Razor + shaving foam or shaving soap bar
- Refillable perfume atomizer with your favorite scent
🏥 Medical Care
- Enough prescription medication for your whole trip
- Birth control
- Paracetamol (acetaminophen)
- Anti-diarrhea tablets
- Travel sickness pills
- Blister plasters
📸 Electronics
- (System) camera + enough SD cards
- GoPro + selfie stick
- Drone (check local regulations!)
- E-reader or a good book
- Tablet
- Cable organizer (XL or compact) for electronics and chargers
- World plug or PowerCube
- USB hub
- Micro SD card reader
- Mini speaker (like JBL Clip or JBL Go)
- Power bank
👗 Clothing
- Underwear
- Long + short socks
- Light jacket or sweater for cool evenings
- Shorts
- Long pants (wear them on the plane)
- Long and short dresses
- Beach dress or sarong
- T-shirts
- Tops
- Sportswear (shorts + shirts)
- Sun hat or cap
- Flip-flops or sandals
- Swimwear (bikini/swimsuit or trunks)
- Bras (enough for the trip)
- Microfiber towel or hammam towel
- Sneakers
- Belt
🔧 Handy Extras
- LifeStraw water filter bottle or Mini Sawyer
- Watch
- Pen and notebook
- Travel games (Skip-Bo, mini card games, Yahtzee, etc.)
- Snorkel mask or snorkel set — saves money at beach destinations
- Travel diary
- Magazine or novel
- Small bottle of detergent or laundry strips
- Stretchable travel clothesline + universal sink plug
🎒 Bonus Travelicious Tip:
Give each family member their own packing cube with a name tag — it keeps everything organized and avoids mix-ups at your destination. Especially handy for family travel days!
Have questions about family travel, smart packing or what gear is really worth it? Send us a message on Instagram or drop us a note via the website.
Wishing you the sunniest and smoothest holiday yet! 🌴☀️
With love,
The Travelicious Team