Packlight
ABOUT

A packing list that starts from your trip.

Packlight is a free browser tool and a small library of packing guides. It helps you build a checklist from the length of your trip, the weather and the kind of travel you are doing, and explains the rules and habits that make packing easier.

What the tool does

You choose how many days you will be away, the expected weather and a trip style such as a city break, a beach holiday, day hikes or a work trip. The tool builds a checklist with suggested quantities, which you can tick off and export as plain text. Clothing quantities assume a wash at least every seven days on longer trips. Everything runs in your browser; your list is not sent to a server and is cleared when you reload the page.

The suggested quantities are starting points. The tool does not know your airline's baggage allowance, the rules at your airport, your destination's entry requirements or your medical needs. The guides explain where to check those things.

How the guides are written

Each guide is written for this site and focuses on one practical question. Rules about liquids, batteries, documents and health are taken from official sources such as GOV.UK, the US Transportation Security Administration, the US Federal Aviation Administration, the European Commission, the NHS, the CDC and the US National Park Service. Each guide lists the sources it relies on and the date they were checked. Rules change, so the guides always point you back to the official source before you travel.

The guides do not include paid placements, product reviews or affiliate recommendations.

Advertising

The site is free to use and is supported by ads served by Google AdSense. The privacy page explains what that means for your data.

Contact

This site does not offer a contact address or contact form.

Photo credits

Photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons, resized for the web.

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