Thread: Poll of The Day 9/2/05 - How Soon Do You Pack?

How soon do you pack for a Cruise?

You don't have a choice for me!! Surprise!! When I get back from a cruise, I wash and dry clean the dressy stuff and put it back in the suitcase. Through the year, I find or buy something I want for the cruise, in it goes. The last week, everything goes in the 1-2 gallon ziplocks, and the night before all neccessities are ready to be packed in the carryon, the morning of!!

I'm lucky. Bonnie packs for me! Usually she packs everything the night before the cruise.

With the packing lists we have, packing is a breeze. . . Plus all the little stuff is all together in the closet in our 'over the door shoe hanger'.
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Originally Posted by sue miller

You don't have a choice for me!! Surprise!! When I get back from a cruise, I wash and dry clean the dressy stuff and put it back in the suitcase. Through the year, I find or buy something I want for the cruise, in it goes. The last week, everything goes in the 1-2 gallon ziplocks, and the night before all neccessities are ready to be packed in the carryon, the morning of!!

Sue, actually, that was the intent of the last choice. I wasn't thinking that people would leave dirty clothes in the suitcases . I figured they either had everything cleaned and packed by thier butler before they left the ship, or washed and repacked immediately upon their return and put the suitcases back in the closet ready to go!

Last minute - especially if it is leaving out of Port Canaveral.
We cruise on Monday ... this is Friday, and I haven't really started thinking about it yet.

I pack the night before. My mom has to start packing a few days before because she never feels she can get it done in one night .

Okay,I have another question to add.Do you all pack shampoos from your home or do you buy travel size?

I put down 1 week before BUT almost put keep packed bags in the closet ready to go/ never unpack after a cruise.

If I don't start packing soon, I know I will feel unprepared and will forget stuff. I have to have extensive lists and check over and over again. I love being the organizing freak that I am (kinda like Monica on Friends..I get excited thinking about making lists and packing!).