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February 21, 2025

Remember these packing essentials before traveling

By GAVIN DOYLE
Wealth of Geeks

The U.S. Travel Association predicts healthy growth in travel for 2025. According to its latest report, it forecasts a 3.9% bump in domestic leisure travel for the year ahead. As more families add travel plans to their calendars, those less familiar with packing quickly learn how easily the essentials get left behind.

Vacations create great excitement and stress for families, resulting in commonly forgotten items that do not make it into a suitcase. Depending on the final destination, the ease of replacing an item left at home ranges from convenient to near impossible. Travel to a large city, and a family will find corner markets on every street selling essentials. However, traveling to a more remote destination or secluded resort makes finding a toothbrush feel like a new installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise.


 
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