11 Travel Organization Hacks for your Personal Item Bag for a Flight

Learn travel hacks to organize your personal item bags for a flight. Backpack organization, tote bag order and these travel tips will help you for your next trip. #travelorganization #travelhacks #traveltips #travelorganizer #pouches #travelbackpack #totebag #foldie #founditonamazon

My personal item bags I carry on to the airplane:

Beach pouch: old Amazon
Tri-fold Apple charger: Apple

Hook for car seat: 8 yrs old

Chapters:
00:00 Travel hacks for organized personal bags
:25 Organize pockets with pouches
2:02 Pack valuables inner pocket
4:41 Check airline bag size requirement
5:43 Organize bag for screening
7:10 Organized no theft in airport
8:54 Organize technology cables
11:23 Travel hack for medicine
12:32 Use a pouch for airplane seat
15:46 Pack clothes in personal item bag
16:14 Build up to organize bag
21:01 Long flight organization

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Beach pouch: old Amazon
Tri-fold Apple charger: Apple

Hook for car seat: 8 yrs old

[jgheart]

at your recommendation, I bought the airplane tray cover with pockets as you showed in this video, and I actually pack the essentials I will be using on the plane ride right into those pockets and as soon as I get on the plane, I slip it right over the tray and then fold the tray back up until we are in the air...ezpz! No need to dig through my bag once I sit down in my seat to get this stuff all ready for my flight!

[kschmate]

“Squeezed tight like a mammogram” is the best thing I have heard this year

[islandgirl]

Use clear freezer baggies that come in all sizes. They are cheap and clear and the freezer ones are a bit thicker. I take extra baggies to use while on vacation. They always come in handy for a million purposes.

[kbs]

My all time favorite analogy of an airplane seat, as tight as a mammogram!

[empressnetta]

Thank you Laurie for your time to put these videos together; they're SO helpful.
✋😆I am a bag-a-holic (pouches included.) You just helped me explain to my husband why my different variations are necessary. All bags & trips are not created equal.

[chelsabrinkman]

When you say it is less stressful to not have your personal item bag stuffed full, that is so true. There is so little room in the airplane and wrestling with a full bag gets really difficult and frustrating, even at the gate.

[CorinnaL-qwti]

I took a smallish carabiner on a recent trip to the UK, only travelling by trains/bus/taxi. During the flights, I packed my down jacket into its pocket and used the carabiner to attach it to my (rather full) personal item bag -- as I check a bag and only take a small backpack on the plane. Then in the UK, on a rainy day I used it to hang my very wet umbrella off my handbag when it wasn't raining or I was indoors. You can also use it to hang a toiletry bag off a hook. I think they are so handy!

[lysruiz]

Like a mammogram!?! Ain’t nothin getting between that 😂 Thanks for the chuckle. Awesome video!

[debbiemeyer]

Like a mammogram…best description ever! 😂

[LouiseMegargee]

Can’t stress enough taking a change of clothes! We checked luggage last year and they were delayed by about 18 hours. We were wearing clothes for a cooler overnight flight and landing in a hot humid city. We were able to change into shorts and enjoy our day even without the suitcases. As well I had a small version of toiletries/my essentials pouch so I could brush hair etc. Laurie your videos and tips are essential and everyone can use them. Thanks!

[vickygentry]

For a makeup brush bag I use an old umbrella case. My umbrella had broken and I was going to throw it away. I looked at that small drawstring bag that holds the umbrella and thought about my makeup brushes. I turned it inside out, cut off the extra length from the bag and had a drawstring bag for my brushes. It has worked great!

[lauranieto]

I'm one of those who does not like a lot of pockets in my personal item bag. It stresses me out to try to remember where I put things. I must have, though, an outside pocket to put my ID and ticket so I can access them easily in TSA and have a place to put them back to not lose them. Thanks for more great tips.

[stephb]

I really liked what you said about the sanity check when you are organizing a personal bag. I am the person who doubles, triples, and at times quadruple checks my personal bag before I leave for the airport. I’m always so freaked out I’m going to forget something. In my brain, I map out where in my bag the most logical place I will be grabbing my Kindle or my wallet or my phone from. That helps me to remember to put that item in. Great tips.

[marylewis]

Love your videos, Laurie! I used several tips on my recent trip to Italy. Regarding packing a personal item bag, I like to have pouches that have different textures. This helps me locate what I need in a darkened plane with minimal space to yank out my backpack and root around.

[patticulver]

Squeezed tight, like a mammogram. Love you Laurie! ❤️

[nonuora]

“…squeezed tight like a mammogram…” LOL 😂😂😂

[jenharvey]

Just an idea, if you have one T shirt in that small cube in your personal item bag, you could take it out and fit a solid colour tank/shell and 3 or 4 translucent scarf-like tops that layer over the same tank into the same amount of space. A lot more clothing options in the same footprint, as long as you wash the tank out each night. The microfiber ones that Chicos sells have a lovely silky texture and will absolutely be dry by morning.

[jessiejbenn]

I love my lovevook personal item bag BECAUSE of all the pockets. A logical pocket for each essential travel item makes it easier to remember where everything is. Your packing tips have made the CATSA line much less stressful for me when i travel. Thank you, Laurie ❤

[ameliaclark]

Like a mammogram 😂😂😂 These are great tips thank you. I like matching the pouch to the shape of the pocket in the bag!