Workout gear can double as sleepwear

So long as you aren't sweating buckets each day working out, you can at least use your tank top or t-shirt for sleeping. We like to air ours out in the bathroom for good measure.

Speak softly and carry a large hand bag

Your carry-on luggage should either be a large handbag or a backpack. I always see women bring a small suitcase, a laptop bag, a medium sized purse, and an assortment of plastic bags holding various post-security sundries. Are you joking? Who wants to be walking around a terminal for hours looking like a bell hop?

She’s got a lot of baggage

I won’t go through packing tips for checked bags, but the golden rule of packing is this; your carry on is NOT the place for items that will not fit in your checked luggage. Never, ever, ever. You don’t need your blow dryer or those cute tops you decided to bring at the last minute cluttering up your bag and annoying everyone in the security line.

Think ahead

Take partial tubes of toothpaste, hair products and other sundries. At end of the trip, whatever's left, leave behind; more space in your luggage for souvenirs!

And yet another scam

You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get to your room and settle in. Someone calls the front desk and asked for (example) Room 620 (which happens to be your room). Your phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other end says the following, "This is the front desk. When checking in, we came across a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card." Not thinking anything, you might give this person your information since the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information. Sounding so professional that you think you are talking to the front desk. If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that you will be down at the front desk to clear up any problems. Then, go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none, inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your credit card information acting like a front desk employee. This was sent by someone who has been duped .... and is still clearing up the mess