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The Texas Traveler's Packing Guide

Congratulations on your upcoming Texas trip! Whether it’s your first trip to the Lone Star State or a weekend getaway from your Texas hometown, packing is the foundation that can make your Texas trip a success.

We've written The Texas Traveler's Packing Guide, a 15-page ebook that's available for immediate free download.

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We wrote this packing guide from personal experience. A husband-wife team, we’ve hauled our suitcases from Brownsville to Amarillo, El Paso to Jefferson. We’ve made crazy packing mistakes. We’ve carried a few items we never needed. But we’ve also been overjoyed to find a Band-aid in our first aid kit at the first sign of that blister on a Bandera horseback trip or a fold-up extra bag to bring home those must-have items from the border mercados.

When it comes to packing, there's no doubt that less is more. (Hey, they don’t call it luggage for nothing!) A common rule of thumb is to lay out everything you plan to pack then put half of it back.

Throughout this guide, you’ll find checkboxes alongside every item, making it easy for you to check off an item as you pack it.

We’ve also provided a list of items *not* to carry on your Texas getaway. Many of these are prohibited for airline travelers; others just don’t travel well like glass containers.

On the subject of air travel, we’ve also indicated items that air passengers need to put in their checked, rather than their carry-on, bags. A little pre-trip planning makes your airport check-in much easier.

Please feel free to forward this guide to any friends who might be planning a trip!