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Vacation is a time for relaxing, forgetting your worries, and leaving your stresses behind. Unfortunately, pre-vacation ends up being a time of high-stress and last-minute panic attacks. You have to go to the bank, stop by the bookstore, buy a new swim suit, print out your boarding passes, and then go back to the store because you forgot to buy sunscreen. Oh, and then there’s packing. We can’t help with your errands, but we can help you pack.

Try these packing tips for travel to lighten your load and hopefully lessen your stress.

• First and foremost, start packing a few days before your trip. Rush packing lends itself to the overstuffing of unnecessary items.
• Check the weather so you’re not tempted to bring your whole closet “just in case” it gets hot or cold.
• Call the hotel to see if they provide towels, blow dryers, and other toiletries. No need to double up.
• Find out if the resort has a laundry room on site. If they do, put half of your outfits back in their drawers.
• Choose a comfortable outfit to travel in that you can wear again during your trip.
• Roll your clothes, don’t fold them.
• Bring a multi-purpose electronic. No need to bring your iPod, laptop, and your Kindle if you have a device that serves all three purposes.
• Color coordinate. If your tops and bottoms are in the same color family or they at least complement each other, you can mix and match your way through your vacation.
• Wear your walking shoes and pack your flip flops. Flats and sandals take up less room in your bag.
• Use your beach bag as a carry on.
• And don’t forget to leave room for souvenirs!

Best Vacations Ever! by Preferred Guest Resorts wants you to have the best vacation ever, and part of that includes giving you all of the information you need to make the best of it.  These packing tips for travel are meant to do just that.

Affordable family vacations… an oxymoron? Not according to Best Vacations Ever! by Preferred Guest Resorts.

Turns out, the secret behind affordable family vacations is private-branded resorts. Choose to stay at private-branded resorts, like those offered by Preferred Guest Resorts’ Best Vacations Ever!, and it’s possible for you, your family, and your friends to enjoy an affordable vacation that is free from stress, worry, and inflated costs due to marketing.

When you choose to stay at major hotel brands, you are not just paying for food and shelter; you are paying for their brand recognition. What if you could get the quality and the comfort without the high costs? Major hotel brands pump up their prices because they know they can, and you pay them because you don’t know there is an alternative.

Most vacation membership clubs cater to major names which have a lot to offer, but they tend to be commercial and formulaic. The small, private-label hotels and resorts, like Orlando’s Calypso Cay Resort and Bahama Bay Resort are hidden gems. They offer sincere service, unique features and better prices.

Best Vacations Ever! by Preferred Guest Resorts delivers memorable vacation experiences to all of its guests by offering:

• A simplistic approach
• Flexibility
• Endless possibilities
• Creative freedom

To give travel-lovers a taste of what these resorts have to offer, Best Vacations Ever! offers free promotional vacation packages that blow other vacation membership clubs out of the water, or should we say, off of the resort.

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