Travel is one of those things that consumes me. I love it so much, I think about it all the time, and I’ve been fortunate enough to do a whole lot of traveling in the last 2 years.

That travel has given me the time I needed to refine my approach and gear, and this feels like a good place to document where I am in my approach to travel gear- specifically, what I consider essential.

This list is broken into 5 categories: Bags and Organizers, Health and Toiletries, Small Items, Technology, and Other. This is intended to be consumed in tandem with my Making Travel Easier piece.

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I was poking around in my Snapchat settings last month (go to Settings, Additional Services, Manage, then Lifestyle & Interests if you’re curious) and I noticed they’d placed me in 2 categories: Frequent Travelers and Travel Enthusiasts.

I love to travel. I think I’ve spent more time traveling in the last 2 years than I have in my entire life. One of the reasons why I love to travel so much is because of everything it teaches. There’s no better way to determine whether your gear and your technique actually work than to use them, make changes based on what you learn, and then use them again.

In that spirit, I’d like to pass on some of what I’ve learned so far. This is intended to be consumed in tandem with my Essential Travel Gear piece.

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