What's In My Carry On? | Travel Essentials + Packing ✈️

What's in my carry on bag? Sharing my travel essentials and how I pack my luggage + backpack for a short trip (4 days). Even for long trips, the method is still the same - just with more clothes!
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// more travel + packing videos
→ Travel packing tips | bit.ly/2iEZNSq
→ How I pack for Europe | bit.ly/2zxpvE4
→ Packing playlist for all my trips! | bit.ly/2ukQEFa
→ How to plan travel like a pro | bit.ly/2uqxw7G
→ Travel Cameras I Use | bit.ly/2zCskn6
→ Morning Pages Journaling | bit.ly/1LzaFwl
// items mentioned
→ AWAY bigger carry on suitcase in Cactus* | bit.ly/2uuI6uG
* I believe this color is discontinued! It was from the Rashida Jones limited edition line.
→ AWAY packing cubes* | bit.ly/2uppSdU
For AWAY - use code LAVENDAIRE for $20 off! This video isn't sponsored but the code was from an old collab we did together. Just checked & still works!
→ face wash: Neutrogena Naturals Fresh Cleanser | go.magik.ly/ml/dock/
→ face wash bottle: Daiso
→ Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask | go.magik.ly/ml/cgna/
→ SKII travel size gift set | go.magik.ly/ml/docl/
→ Neogen sunscreen | amzn.to/2J7Pnpp
(Do I need to list all my makeup? Lol comment below to ask!)
→ purse: Celine nano belt bag (color: storm) | bit.ly/2zBCcgR
→ sunglasses: YesStyle | bit.ly/2PV2aki
→ backpack: gift from doing CZcams Global Creator Camp in NYC
P.S. I only brought ONE pair of shoes, white sneakers, that I wore the entire trip! The most common comment on an old packing video of mine was "hey you forgot to pack shoes!" but like no... I wore my shoes onto the plane. 🙄
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Filmed & Edited by Aileen | @lavendaire
Transcription by Alicia Lalicon | [e-mail]
Music: Michael Mason - Comfort
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Outro music by Eventide | bit.ly/2wW9Xa8
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[@lavendaire]

Open the description for all the links! You can see more travel tips in this playlist: bit.ly/2iEZNSq
FAQ: You didn't pack shoes?
- I wrote this in the description but I'll share it again here: I only brought ONE pair of shoes, white sneakers, that I wore the entire trip! The most common comment I got on an old packing video of mine was "hey you forgot to pack shoes!" but like no... I wore my shoes onto the plane. 🙄Lol your girl can survive on one pair of shoes for a trip that lasts 1 week or less, or that doesn't require any special occasion shoes! See my IG for my outfits from this trip: instagram.com/lavendaire
And here's a playlist for ONLY PACKING VIDEOS (I now have 5 on my channel lol): bit.ly/2ukQEFa

[@natva89]

Hi Aileen! These are my favourite videos of yours. I have lost count of how many times I've re watched them. I'm curious about how you would pack a backpack, I mean the big ones as I don't use carry ons.
xoxo

[@Britneymphotography88]

just got new lap top for christmas last year and i love it but it havey to carry it all time....How much do you end up spennding on Essentials for your trip if you dont mind me of asking? I go down to Jersey shore for one month of every year from Arizona. what some things to do for 4 hour flight and 2 hour waiting? I usually do my shopping at walmart much cheaper for me to go for one mont

[@subscribersforreasont]

I'm really motivated to pack right now but I'm going nowhere 🤣

[@qwwerty370]

69,000 subscribers for reason’t lols hahahahaha

[@jennymuita4991]

Same

[@baishalideb6918]

😂even me

[@mahmednuredris2679]

Same

[@destinykia7]

😂😂😂

[@christinamariemoney]

I love these videos :) So great to see what people pack with them on vacation! Something about a well packed that is so satisfying to me! haha

[@lavendaire]

haha! me too!

[@zalehani]

I’ll never get bored of your packing videos! Its short and straight to the point! Love the cinematography too! I like to rewatch them before I go travelling just to get inspired!

[@d.h2900]

I love these types of videos and you make travel video goals. The video was so beautiful Aileen. Love it!

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Hi Aileen wow that's what I call being a minimalist you got a lot in that suitcase I also like the way you packed your clothes thanks for sharing

[@eggiene]

i LOVE these types of videos so much. i literally love watching these videos because i like seeing what other people need with them it interests me so much.

[@aubreywilliams7164]

You have such clean and minimal videos! You give me inspiration for my own life! Thank you!

[@mishykwaffa9748]

Could NOT have come at a better time. Thank you so much, so excited to watch 💞

[@KafkaShore]

Your videos are so relaxing! Love the colour of the suitcase!

[@aquagamer1212]

Just a heads up, you “technically put everything in the opposite side you’re supposed to. The right side is for clothes so you can use the “divider” to compress everything down. The left side is for shoes and toiletries.

[@cerulean1602]

This is the kind of content that I love getting from you!!!

[@ap3008]

Nice tips and it looks so organised. I like that you use different pouches and cubes to organise things.

[@NaturalBeautyGlow]

Quick and easy packing! That’s how it should be.

[@vrushie]

Loved it! I love how you don’t carry extra shoes or extra sunglasses or handbags for different occasions! I have started a new rule of only three products each for make up, skin care and hair care and that has changed my life big time and also SAVES ME LOADSA PACKING SPACE which I can then use to shop local things that spark joy! As always, love your videos! ❤️

[@lavendaire]

yes! i've learned to be minimal and only bring extra depending if I'll really use it on the trip

[@samanthag3529]

Loved this video! Very clean and very helpful

[@rayoflight7416]

I love your editing so much

[@claraportillo4626]

YAY !!!!!!! My queen posted a video!!!!!!!!!! You are so organized and neat!!!!

[@oums.kaewsiwawong2031]

I always enjoy watching your packing luggage videos. I like your luggage in this video; it’s so cute!!

[@carolinarnquist9531]

Your videos are so helpful, inspirational, and aesthetically pleasing 💙

[@TotallyMH729TsMH]

Your travel videos got me to subscribe! I'm just loving your content :D ♥

[@fayahnissimo]

Hi Aileen! Whenever I am travelling abroad, I still use your packing list as my guide, I just customized it a little 😉 thank you! 💓

[@lavendaire]

yay!

[@trinigiglio7575]

This was so nice to watch :)

[@harmanpadda7511]

omg i loved this, and i love you! thank you for the amazing content (especially life and travel videos!!) xoxo

[@SweetAngelPinay06]

I love the mini tripod!

[@lulukent4254]

Thank you so much for the tips! I'm definitely clicking on that list!I can't wait to watch more of your videos !

[@smilexrawr]

I love these videos and never get bored of them!

[@katiethomas5889]

Im from CT and going to RI for the week, and I did pack similar to what you suggested. It helped me fit things into one suitcase and I will also bring my purse and maybe a backpack or tote. Thanks for the helpful suggestions.

[@inokas1709]

Perfect timing! I’m traveling today 💕

[@wang_xian]

Thank you for this video, Aileen! The timing is perfect, as I have to pack tonight for a travel too.

[@nicolemarie0001]

I love how you filmed this!! 😍

[@d.h2900]

Nicole Marie yes true

[@lavendaire]

thank you!! 😍

[@DrBiohack]

TOTALLY X

[@RachelSLee]

This is lovely! Being in the Online Marketing industry my time slips away that easily. Traveling is a great way to escape, relax and restore your energy from all the hard work. From then on, I try to travel and reward myself it really pays off.

[@excellerosenavarez3287]

I found from your recent video that you were in Hawaii Rachel when you hit 1000 subscribers. I would love to start my marketing channel , watching your videos really helped.

[@isabellefuentes8770]

absolutely! traveling is a great way to escape from the norms and regain your strength back. just what I needed since I am also a starter in online marketing.

[@michaelanthonymeneses1334]

Yea. I agree! I usually travel to nearby countries for vacation but I also end up working there. HAHAHA! One benefit of being a freelancer is I can work almost anywhere. :D

[@rachaellim6900]

I never knew that you could fit your lil daily bag in a luggage like that. Thanks for sharing!

[@daryllemaenoel4149]

This is the perfect vlog I have been looking in CZcams for a rookie traveller like me :) Thank you

[@sundaysociety1881]

Just in time for my weekend trip to Scotland in a week! Can't wait to go and am definitely only bringing a carry-on. Thanks for sharing!

[@greenabsinthe8471]

I love your channel, Aileen!
I am subscribed to a few people because I can't find too many who ,,fit” in my tastes but you are really good in what you're doing and you work professionally and I appreciate this.
I'm going to Spain next week, I think and I'm going to watch ,,How to plan your next travel like a pro” and I hope that will help.
thx again, love from Europe :)

[@naniah3784]

Thank you. I really need this. I will have a seminar next week, and I was always bring my things overload for traveling before this. I gonna try this. ❤

[@kaiye855]

I always looove your packing videos! 💗

[@shretasathe6409]

You are so well organized!!

[@RiannaNicole]

I like this playing around stage you're doing! And this will be added to my travel packing Playlist for when I do my traveling/wanderlust adventures because I want to do more on the lighter packing side/shorter trips (like weekenders to 4 day trips) and carry on luggage makes things so convenient.

[@lavendaire]

Thanks Rianna!!

[@axleblaze9791]

You are so good in organising things☺

[@oliviagarrity1791]

This video is amazing! I love watching these videos before I go away to see what everyone else takes with them on holiday. I commented on one of your previous videos about my journey through depression, and I was filled with joy to see that you had seen my comment. It really does show that you do care for what your viewers have to say and it makes you much easier to see as someone who actually lives when not in front of a screen and I felt like I was in extend just a little bit to you. Thank you agin :) xoxoxoxoxoxo

[@lavendaire]

aww hope you're doing better 💕💕

[@martamaboo]

This was so helpful! I am going on a trip soon but a new how to and what to pack but I figured ‘oh let me watch the video anyways‘ and omg thank god I did because it weirdly enough took the stress level down and I am now super excited to pack! Also: having everything in pouches is a life saver!! Thank you SO much 😍😍😍💙💙💕💕

[@sagarikaransingh6]

I always enjoy your videos.😊😘

[@emilytorres5094]

Yaaaay. I’m traveling sooon for the first time and needed this 💗

[@katiedavies474]

Love that you packed your morning pages notebook. I've been doing meditation and morning pages for my 'mindful morning routine' for a couple of months now, but any time I go away it goes right out of the window. Maybe could you do a video on how you incorporate your morning routine while you are on holiday / away from home?

[@Star-xy2zp]

awesome as usual✨Love to see back to basics its been long tym ❤️Love u aileen✨

[@AnjolaoluwaAwe]

Perfect timing babe! I’m off to China tomorrow and packing right now 💖

[@dotsoo1]

About to leave for a trip! This is so helpful!

[@426fatty]

Thanks for this video! Loved the narrative style with all the storytelling of your journey at the end 💖 I was wondering, what make/model is your tripod? Looks really convenient!

[@lavendaire]

:) thank you! the tripod is a Manfrotto Pixi

[@DrBiohack]

me too, editing makes all the difference!!

[@kirake2202]

i really love the cactus bed sheets :)

[@aimorio]

Oh I liked very much the editing on this one!
Always very helpful this type of videos !

[@lavendaire]

thank you :)

[@DrBiohack]

love this!!! ... my packing is NEVER this streamlined. The pouch for everything, even socks is a great idea! :)

[@clarabarreiros446]

Love videos like this one! 💙

[@mishykwaffa9748]

Loved how you flimed this!

[@vickichan5264]

I really love your travel packing video❤️

[@sufiakhanam3724]

I am on vacation right now and will be leaving to homeland in a few this is really really helpful ,so organized
Thanks a lot 🌸

[@muthushanika4594]

hey lovely! just curious ... i noticed many of your “liquid” items are across multiple pouches. How does this work when going through security? So you take all the pouches out to scan? I thought all liquids had to be in one clear case bag so just curious for my next travel adventure soon!! thanxx xo

[@TranscendingNobody]

I’m lovin it girl!!! This was super helpful lol

[@bhavana.n.sbhavana.n.s4988]

You are so organised aileen. Even I am also like you. It's fantastic being organised. Nice video. I love these kinds of videos by u.😊

[@IvyThaQueen]

I literally paused the video to read the description box so I could get the backpack 😞 love the video & I definitely need some of those packing cubes!!!

[@courtneycaitlin8943]

Yes, I love your travel videos! I hope you do more and more of them!

[@jasminealiareads]

Omg you uploaded this at the perf time! I really need to start packing🙊😂

[@clarabarreiros446]

I looove packing videos so much

[@kevinliu6011]

i am packing my luggage right now lol . those pouches seem so convenient I'm gonna buy one

[@ArtoniqueNelsonTV]

awesome editing i love your channel!

[@thespiderweb666]

Thx for including a PDF of the list I usually have to copy by hand onto a notebook. And btw nice vid super helpful

[@kekekeke4837]

hi aileen, i really love your videos they are very helpful😍

[@advikathanu301]

I love your dream life series please make more of those

[@dineshwagadare]

I loved this video very much

[@homoabsurdus9758]

Really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks 😘

[@claraberger2368]

Beautiful video 💕 oh my... So well done 😀 I will be travelling to Seoul in like two and a half weeks 😊 and to Bregenz in Austria in one week ❤️

[@SteveJanYouTubeChannel]

Great tip ! Thank you for sharing

[@Br0wnEyedQueen]

I really love your backpack! :D

[@cgl23_]

Your video came just in time! Tomorrow I'm going on a trip and then to another trip.Your video came just in time and so handy! Oh and thanks for that download thingy,it will come really handy!!
Love,
Tigerlist

[@lavendaire]

yay! enjoy your trip!

[@cgl23_]

Thx Aileen!!!! I love you!!

[@nutrimission4266]

Just in time! I have to pack my carryon today :)

[@chrysastam]

Thank U for this video & the checklist! ♥️💎👌 It's vacation time now in Greece!

[@shizunsbingpup3276]

Love thissssssss ❤

[@maicajapanmoments]

You are so organised! wow. I also plan to buy all those wallet or pouches to categorise things...

[@diamon1312]

Loved it ❤.

[@puravidashister9465]

Thanks so much for this video! I have yet to fly and this April I’m going to Miami and have been very confused as to what to bring and what counts as a carry on bag!

[@marimm2400]

You may won't believe me but I leave monday for Edinburgh, this video was really helpful, thank you so so much!!!

[@lavendaire]

have fun :D

[@Star-xy2zp]

omg this is awesome ❤️

[@haramzahid3443]

Thank you for the pdf I really need it. 😘

[@sofillain]

i travel today soooo this help me sooooo much i love you !!!!!!!!

[@MellowMathi]

Cute Hand bag and backpack 😊❤💕💕

[@Britneymphotography88]

Love the color of suite case it will match my bedroom color

[@AmberTan]

new subbie. been addicted to your videos lately

[@Ste14fanie18]

I love your backpack !!

[@NehaSharma-ob8pr]

While watching i was thinking how good it would be if you would provide check list as well... and by the end it was there... 😃
❤❤

[@lningja]

Maybe it's just me but you sound exactly like Michelle Phan! Love your editing style btw

[@samantharussell7671]

Love the video! Could you list the face makeup you brought with you?

[@catherinecalunod1866]

We have the same luggage! 💕

[@raniamouhadi2608]

I love this video 💕❤💋

[@bellywhitford]

Hey, Aileen! Great video. It'll be super helpful for my next trip, thanks a lot! :-)

[@MAUVE5]

Love the way you pack, not over stuffing it. Where is your white with black grid tshirt from? I've been looking for something like it a while now

[@nurrachmahakim3468]

Love it

[@karlacapetillo3892]

What kind of backpack is that? Love your video. I always overthink and bring too much and forget stuff 😖

[@Kathleenbasan]

IM EARLY OMG I LOVE U

[@lavendaire]

love youu!

[@lallynor326]

You are the queen bb Aileen ..... thank you

[@lavendaire]

😘