How to use it
- Enter how many days you will be away.
- Choose the weather at your destination and the type of trip.
- Turn on "Traveling abroad" and "Laundry available" if they apply.
- Tick items as you pack, then copy or print the list to keep it with you.
What the packing list generator does
Most packing lists online are long, generic and written for someone else's trip. This generator starts from your answers instead. You tell it how many days you will be away, what the weather will be like, what kind of trip it is and two practical details: whether you are crossing a border and whether you will be able to do laundry. In return you get a checklist grouped the way you actually pack, with quantities for the items where quantities matter.
The list covers six groups: documents and money, clothing, toiletries, health, electronics and extras. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you choose is sent anywhere, and you can copy the list as plain text or print it to tick off by hand.
How the quantities are calculated
Clothing is where most people overpack, so the generator follows a few simple rules instead of guessing.
- Days of clothing: one set per day, up to fourteen days. Longer trips repeat clothes anyway.
- With laundry: clothing stops growing after seven days, because you can wash and wear again.
- Underwear: one per day of clothing plus a spare, since this is the item you least want to run out of.
- Socks: the same rule, except on hot beach trips, where sandals and flip-flops cut the number in half.
- Tops: one per day of clothing, and a little more on hot beach trips, where you change more often.
- Bottoms: about one for every three days, never fewer than two, so you can mix them with every top.
- Sleepwear: one set, or two when the trip is longer than a week.
Items like a toothbrush, a phone charger or a passport show no number, because you only need one. The goal is a list that is easy to follow, not a precise inventory.
How the weather and the trip type change the list
The three weather options change the layers. Hot weather swaps trousers for shorts and adds a sun hat, sandals and sunscreen. Mild weather adds a light jacket and one sweater. Cold weather adds a warm jacket, two sweaters, a thermal layer, a hat with gloves and lip balm, and replaces T-shirts with long-sleeve tops.
The trip type adds what is specific to it:
- City: an umbrella, sunglasses and one nicer outfit for dinner.
- Beach: two swimsuits, a beach towel, sunglasses and flip-flops.
- Nature: hiking boots, a rain jacket, a headlamp, a quick-dry towel and insect repellent.
- Business: business outfits for the meeting days, dress shoes and a laptop.
Turning on "Traveling abroad" replaces the ID card with a passport and adds travel insurance details, visa documents, a plug adapter, a motion sickness remedy and a travel pillow for the long journey.
A worked example
Imagine a ten-day beach holiday abroad, in hot weather, with a washing machine at the apartment. Because laundry is available, clothing is planned for seven days. The generator suggests 8 pairs of underwear, 4 pairs of socks, 9 tops, 3 pairs of shorts and 2 sets of sleepwear, plus comfortable shoes, sandals and a sun hat. Documents include the passport, insurance and visa documents if required. In the extras you get two swimsuits, a beach towel, sunglasses, flip-flops, a laundry bag for the dirty clothes and a travel pillow.
That fits in a medium suitcase with room to spare. Without laundry, the same trip would need ten days of clothing, which is why the laundry switch is one of the most useful questions on the form.
Carry-on or checked bag
Some items should always travel with you, whatever the size of your suitcase. Keep in the bag that stays at your side:
- Passport or ID, cards, some cash and booking confirmations
- Personal medication in its original box
- Phone charger and power bank, since airlines usually do not accept spare batteries in the hold
- One change of clothes in case the checked bag arrives late
Liquids in the cabin usually have to follow the container limits of the airport, so check the rules before you put full-size bottles in the carry-on.
Packing tips that save space
Lay everything out on the bed before it goes in the bag and remove what you are not sure about. Roll soft clothes instead of folding them, use shoes to store socks and chargers, and wear the bulkiest jacket and shoes on travel day. Packing cubes help when you change accommodation during the trip, because you can open the bag without unpacking everything.
Choose clothes that work together. When every top goes with every bottom, the number of outfits grows without adding weight. Dark or neutral colors also hide the small stains of a long travel day.
From a list to a checklist you keep
A printed list works, but it stays at home when you need it at the airport. If you use the Tripyno app, create the list as a checklist inside your trip. You can tick items off as you pack, see the progress for the whole trip, reuse the list next time and open it without internet. Our page about the packing list app shows how the checklists work, next to the itinerary and the budget of the same trip.