Travel Packing Checklist Generator

About the Travel Packing Checklist Generator

Build a packing list in seconds and tick it off as you pack. Choose the kind of trip — city, business, beach, trek, camping or snow — the nights away, the weather and how you travel, and say whether you are going abroad or travelling with a baby or children. The list fills itself in by category, from documents and clothes to electronics and baby things, with counts for clothes that follow the length of the trip and whether you can do laundry.

Add your own items (paste a whole list if you like), remove what you do not need, change any count and tick things off. The list is saved in this browser so you can come back to it, and you can print it, copy it, download it or share it. Flying? It includes the rules that catch people out: spare lithium batteries and power banks go in your cabin bag, never in checked baggage, and the limits for liquids in cabin bags differ from airport to airport.

Common uses

• Packing for a holiday, a business trip or a weekend away without forgetting the charger or the passport.
• Getting a family with a baby or young children out of the door with everything they need.
• Checking a trekking, camping or ski kit list before you leave.
• Printing a list to tick off by hand, or sharing it with the people you travel with.

How the list is made

Every trip gets the basics: documents and money, clothes, toiletries, medicines and electronics. Each trip type adds its own kit, the weather adds layers or sun protection, flying adds the battery, liquids and boarding-pass reminders, going abroad adds the passport, visa, insurance and plug-adapter items, and a baby or children add theirs.

Clothes are counted for the days away — the nights plus one — up to a week if you can do laundry, or two weeks if you cannot: one top a day, underwear and socks with a spare pair, one pair of trousers or skirt for every three days and swimwear for the beach. The counts are a starting point: change any of them, and they stay changed when you edit the trip.

Batteries and power banks on flights

Spare lithium batteries — power banks, phone charging cases and loose camera or laptop batteries — must travel in your cabin bag, never in checked baggage, and should come out of a cabin bag that is checked in at the gate. Keep their terminals covered (in the original packaging or taped). Batteries of up to 100 Wh are generally allowed, 100–160 Wh may be allowed with the airline’s approval (two spares at most per person), and larger ones are usually not allowed on passenger aircraft. IATA also advises keeping phones, laptops, cameras and other devices with lithium batteries in hand baggage, and e-cigarettes too, where airlines allow them, never used or charged on board. Many airlines set stricter limits, such as how many power banks you may bring, so check yours. Sources: IATA’s advice for travellers, FAA PackSafe and the TSA’s rule for batteries over 100 Wh.

Liquids in cabin bags

Limits for liquids, gels, aerosols and pastes in cabin bags are set by each country’s airport security and can differ between airports, so check the rules where your flight leaves from. In the US, the TSA allows containers of up to 3.4 oz (100 ml) in one quart-sized bag, with larger containers in checked baggage; formula, breast milk, toddler drinks and baby food may be more than that — tell the officer at the start of screening and take them out for a separate check (TSA: travelling with children).

Saving, printing and sharing

Your list — the trip, your own items, the ticks and the counts — is saved in this browser as you go, so it is still there when you come back on the same device. Print gives a clean checklist with tick boxes; Copy and Download give plain text you can paste into notes or a message; Share opens your device’s share menu where the browser supports it. New list clears the saved list.

Limitations

• It is a general list: airlines, airports and countries set their own rules for baggage, liquids, batteries, medicines and entry, so check them for your trip.
• It does not look up the weather or your destination; the list follows the choices you make.
• The list is saved only in this browser on this device: clearing the site’s data removes it, and it does not appear on your other devices.
• Clothes counts are a rough guide — the tool does not know your plans, your wardrobe or how often you can wash.

Privacy

The list, your trip choices and your own items are saved only in this browser (its local storage), so they are there when you come back. Nothing is uploaded; Share passes the list to your device’s share menu only when you press it.