Beach holiday packing list
A week somewhere hot, with a pool or a beach ten minutes away. Copy it, cut what you do not need, and share it so everyone packs their own bag for once.
50 items
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
The items
- Documents and money
- Passports, and check the expiry datesSome countries want 6 months.
- Boarding passes and booking confirmations
- Travel insurance details
- Health card
- Cards, and a little local cash
- Driving licence, if hiring a car
- Sun kit
- Sun cream, high factor, more than one bottle
- After-sun or aloe
- Sun hats
- Sunglasses
- Insect repellent
- Bite cream
- Beach bag
- Swimwear×2Two, so one is always dry.
- Beach towels
- Flip-flops or water shoes
- Cover-up or shirt
- Dry bag for phones
- Book
- Bat and ball, or a snorkel
- Refillable water bottle
- Clothes
- T-shirts and tops×5
- Shorts or skirts×3
- One outfit for a nicer dinner
- Light layer for the eveningSea breeze after dark is cooler than you think.
- Underwear and socks
- Trainers, for the one walk you will do
- Something to sleep in
- Washbag
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste
- Shampoo and shower gel, in small bottles
- Deodorant
- Razor
- Hairbrush and hair ties
- Contact lenses and solution
- MedicinesIn hand luggage, in the original box, with the prescription if there is one.
- Prescriptions, enough for the whole trip plus three days
- Painkillers
- Something for an upset stomach
- Rehydration sachets
- Plasters
- Travel sickness tablets
- Tech
- Chargers and a plug adapter
- Power bank
- Headphones
- Offline maps downloaded
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
Questions people ask
- How much should I pack for a week in the sun?
- Four or five outfits, not seven. You will wear the same two things and there is almost certainly a washing machine or a sink.
- What is worth buying there instead of packing?
- Water, sun cream if you are flying with hand luggage only, and anything inflatable. What is never worth buying there is your own medication.
- What goes in hand luggage rather than the case?
- Medicines, documents, chargers, one change of clothes and swimwear. If the case is late, that is a holiday day saved.