☘️ Make Your Next Journey More Enjoyable By Cutting This Clutter • What To Declutter In August 2022

[@lorrainethomas8797]

Oh, the Kate Winslet impersonation really took this video to the next level.(It is a very charming hat.)

[@HowToGYST]

Slightly ruined by my crazed stare. 🤣

[@fabienneroure9995]

❤ I have to say it looked really nice on you!🤗

[@HowToGYST]

@@fabienneroure9995 Thanks!

[@xylindria9077]

I hope I return before my canned food expires! 😂 Great tip to check the food. :) And take out the trash!

[@HowToGYST]

Your canned food will always be there to greet you upon your return. 😂

[@livingdivanized]

My weakness for travel and just day to day life in general is pouches, cases, cubes, etc. I hate having to dig, whether it's in my purse, carry on, personal bag or suitcase. Plus, I love all the different colors, sizes, shapes, and features they have. Not to mention that I seem to perpetually be on the hunt for that "perfect" toiletry bag or pouch for this or that. And with all the portable electronic devices and their cords and accessories there's yet another reason for "collecting" all the pouches, cases, cubes, etc. I can and/or that I fall in lust with. I am trying to pare down but it's a struggle. Love your videos and am so happy to one of your videos in my feed.

[@flodnak]

About the souvenirs and trinkets... guilty, I actually have a shelf we fondly call The Shelf of Kitsch with figurines and bobbleheads from vacations past. But I've found some tricks to keep that down to ONE shelf and yet still satisfy my fondness for kitschy things. If you decorate a Christmas tree, most of those little tourist shops have ornaments that can remind you of your trip, and they only come out once a year! And for kids - my parents used to let us pick out school supplies, which again those little tourist places have lots of. Pencils with their favorite theme park characters, a ruler from the children's museum, that sort of thing.

[@greendodgy]

For souvenirs I try to go for things that I use anyway. I have a beautiful leather bag from one travel, a stamp for scrapbooking from another place, etc.

[@HowToGYST]

Wonderful idea. 💖

[@myaccount9498]

Thankyou Laura! You always inspire me to get more crap (clutter) out of my home 🏡 🍀

[@HowToGYST]

Yay! Here’s to keep only the special stuff.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

That's a great idea about the travel documents, you can also plug the expiration dates into your Outlook or whatever planner you use to let you know when things will expire. I usually set the notice about six months prior to the expiration to give myself plenty of time in case there are delays for some reason. Besides passports and drivers license, I have work documents that have to be maintained also and if they lapse, I can't work, simple as that. I do the same thing for my vehicle documents also by putting everything in one business-size or larger envelope. I've looked around for pretty glovebox wallets for this but nobody makes anything I'm looking for and are far to generic for my needs. The envelope works just fine for holding your registration, inspection certificate (some states have a certificate in addition to the sticker), insurance card and copy of insurance policy. I just label the envelope "vehicle documents" so it doesn't get confused with anything else and it helps if it stands out by being a different color than normal envelopes. Great video as always and looking forward to your next one. 👍✨🔥💥

[@HowToGYST]

Amazing tips, John. Thanks for sharing!

[@DazzleDust32]

Hi Laura, nice to see you again. It's not exactly travel-related, but my weakness used to be those cotton reusable shopping bags. I had about 30 at its worst, but I've managed to donate most of them. We have hidden our suitcases in the loft, where we don't need to think about them for the time being! Downstairs sorting first!! 😳😳😳

[@HowToGYST]

Oh yeah, reusable shopping bags can really pile up!

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

Where can you donate cotton reusable bags? My favorite charity won’t take them.

[@MrsTigerbalm]

@@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 I’m surprised as my local charity shops are desperate for any kind of bags to wrap things in now that free plastic bags are phased out (UK)! I also use them to put gifts in. Instead of wrapping paper, a bit of coloured tissue paper, then into the bag, tied with a ribbon or raffia bow. It works well as my gifts these days are often consumables: nice bottles of wine, fizz or unusual cordials or interesting nibbles, chocks, biscuits etc.

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

@@MrsTigerbalm these bags aren’t really pretty

[@carolchirolas7603]

Pilot friend of mine describes turbulence as akin to bumps in the road. That helped one part of my flight fears.

[@HowToGYST]

That's what I try to tell myself but it rarely works for me, unfortunately.

[@josephdaly2015]

Some great tips and advice as always. I keep documents in pocket folder too and it make it so easy at the airport. Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 👏👍💪🙏💐🐕‍🦺

[@HowToGYST]

So handy to have them all safely together.

[@luna7453]

ahaha the blue sky event 😅 i am from Brittany in France, sincerely it is quite similar (apart this weird climate change this year) but before blue sky was wouahhh an event too 😅 i totally understand it, as i still feel this when seeing one too 😊☀

[@MissVasques]

A added tip about currency, if you keep it check yearly that the currency is not changing. Here in Sweden over the last few years well before covid we removed some coins completely and switched out coins and bills. The year they were switched you get your value back at Banks but after… Yeah a few years back working in tourism we had a guest who have saved lots of coins included the 0.50 SEK we no longer have and were now useless, not even banks might switch them in. So, even though it Might not happen that often especially with things Like Euro that work in several countries… Still might be good to at least do a anual check and potentially transfer it back to your own currency while you Can.

[@HowToGYST]

Good point!

[@barbaravoneitzen7729]

Not sure if you mentioned this but I always (needed) to clear off photos from my phone,before the trip, so there’s room for new. But you can bring a external hard drive, but attach to to something, so it’s not forgotten. I ask me how I know.

[@HowToGYST]

Yes! Excellent tip!

[@ber1779]

You can also upgrade to cloud storage so you don’t have to bring anything

[@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654]

LOVE THE HAT!

[@HowToGYST]

Thanks. 😁

[@jenniferbarney4220]

Really good advice. Love the thumbnail too!

[@HowToGYST]

Thanks so much. 🥰

[@myraaitken8954]

Love your hat! It's always tricky finding a hat that suits those of us with short hair! Great video, just holidaying in Scotland so midge repellent for husband is essential! He's a midge magnet! Me, they avoid, thank goodness.

[@HowToGYST]

Used to be the same with me and my husband but lately the midges have taken a shine to me too. I'm not happy about it. 😂

[@myraaitken8954]

@@HowToGYST Oh no! I hope that doesn't happen to me! 😬😂

[@jeanerdman143]

Glad you look well.

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you!

[@Ripplesinthewaters]

I hate hate hate flying! I want to go back to Ireland and the UK (and maybe Italy, where my grandmother was from). I’d like to take my kids. But first, tranquilizers! I’m only half kidding. I’m a basket case in an airplane.

[@HowToGYST]

I finally went to the doctor to get medication. Fingers crossed it works for my next flight. 🤞

[@Yggdrasilincarnate]

For me it’s plug adaptors… I always end up grabbing one just before a trip and they really do pile up!

[@HowToGYST]

Ooh yeah, that's a good one. I use a master packing list so I always remember to bring mine.

[@JohnNathanShopper]

💛

[@HowToGYST]

🙋🏼

[@nedf8668]

I want to go places but I HATE traveling!

[@HowToGYST]

I hear ya! It's a pain.

[@eprohoda]

Salut- so super . have a good day-Ho~w 🙂

[@HowToGYST]

Merci!