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Remembering the sun screen is one of the biggest challenges when packing for a warm weather destination.
Sun Hat
Belt
Scarf
Wrap
Pajamas
Suit and tie
Underwear
Socks (include comfortable cushiony socks)
Pants
Shorts
Dresses or skirts
Dress shirts or tops
Casual shirts or tops
Swim suit and cover up
Jacket/fleece/sweatshirt
Raincoat or plastic poncho
Bathrobe
Shoes
Comfortable walking shoes
Dress shoes
Sneakers
Sandals
Water shoes
Rain boots
Slippers
Flip flops
Cindy Richards is a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist who serves as the Editor-in-Chief of TravelingMom.com and TravelingDad.com. She also is the mom of two now grown kids who have traveled with her since that first, fateful plane ride when one preschooler discovered a barf bag in his seat pocket and his sister, finding none in hers, demanded, "I want a barf bag too!" She has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, an editor at Chicago Parent and Catalyst Chicago and an instructor in the graduate school at Northwestern's prestigious Medill School of Journalism.
Packing List for Cold Weather