What do you never travel without & what do you tend to forget to pack?  

Oh right I forgot about contacts too, solution and an extra pair of glasses, and you can never go wrong with money. :)

I never take a camcorder but will take my camera, film, etc. You're so right about the socks!!! I usually wind up buying socks in some little open air market.

I sometimes forget to pack that so I just steal the husband's figuring let him think that he forgot it on his own. :)

Yeah, I guess that could be a problem if you don't have pants. ;) Oh that's another one I usually pack along-cell phone charger even though not every cell phone works in every destination unfortunately...

If I go to the villages, often do not have a suitable charger.

Well I don't really think about even bringing my cell phone or charger around if I'm just going to be in some remote village in the middle of nowhere. I figure who would phone me?

Hey Akuler,

You know there are times when I travel that I don't even bother to bring my cell phone or even charger for that matter, because I admit I am one of those people who are really terrible about calling other people back. I always miss phone calls, or misplace my phone. If I were going to be "impractical" I'd say the solution for me would be to have an extra cell phone that I keep in a suitcase for when I travel. Not! ha!

Yeah that is really annoying traveling without a toothbrush-hate the feeling of unclean teeth...And I've traveled without those hair scrunchie things before to tie back hair. I just thought of another thing: those ziploc bags that you use to store little items in-they're great for travel.

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Oh you're definitely one of those organized people when you travel. Good for you! I also make one of those lists before a trip because I'm mortally afraid that I'm going to forget something really important and thus ruin my trip. I think I do all of the things you've mentioned above, plus I always carry those zip lock bags, also double bag things like hairsprays, creams, makeup since cabin pressure can cause things to explode-has happened to me several times in fact. Though I always pack a good book too I never really manage to read it because I'm too engrossed trying see all the sights. :)

I guess you are a typical guy if you're fairly low maintenance when you're packing. :)I should try to think the way you do, that is if you forget something you can always but it in your destination. I've tried thinking that way but I inevitably think that well, my new destination might not have what I'm looking for so I have the tendency to overpack. I really paid for it on my last trip though, I paid something like 5x more in levies. :( I will never overpack again...

I once forgot to pack my contact lenses, well actually I had an extended stay somewhere and ran out of lenses. I tried to get them shipped over however the time difference would be too long. I went into various optometrist places in the new destination and even though I gave them my prescription that I had written down, they wouldn't accept it because it was missing some number that we don't recognize in Canada. Well, I tried to call my old Optometrist's office in Canada to get them to revise my prescription over the phone, but the assistant kept saying that was fraud and she wouldn't do it for me. I finally had to go for an eye exam in my destination in order to buy contacts. Next time I'd definitely buy extra contacts because you never know...

I've forgotten to take soaps along too which can be a nuisance I find. Well, if you're staying in a hotel, they tend to have certain generic soaps there that I don't find very interesting, so I get really annoyed if I forget soap, just like perfume or other personal items. I always make a check list too but I still forget things or misplace things in my suitcase never to be seen again.