Maximize Your Cruise Wardrobe With These
Packing Tips
by Lee Dobbins
Cruises
are a fun opportunity to dress up and look your best but how do
you look fresh every day without bringing your whole closet?
The
first thing you need to think about is what type of clothing you
will need. Will you be attending fancy dinners or dressing casual
the whole time? Is there a theme party you would like to attend?
Will you be dancing until dawn in your best dance dress? Some
of these may necessitate bringing special attire and you want
to make sure you have room set aside in your luggage for this.
If
you will be dressing for dinner, one way to stretch your cruise
wardrobe is to coordinate separates. Stick to no more than 3 coordinating
colors such as black, white and tan. This way you can bring 1
pair of slacks, 1 skirt, 2 nice shirts and 2 jackets and make
them look like 8 brand new and fresh outfits by mixing up what
piece you wear with what. For example, the slacks paired with
shirt 1 and jacket 1 could be one outfit, substitute shirt 2 with
the same slacks and jacket for a whole new look! Now substitute
the skirt in and you get another whole new look! In addition,
you can use scarves and accessories to give each outfit a whole
new look.
The
same method can be applied for your casual wear. If you stick
to a coordinating color scheme, you can get more mileage out of
each piece since it will tend to look different when it is paired
with a different top or bottom.
Deciding
which shoes to take is perhaps the hardest of all! If you are
anything like me, you have a perfect pair for each outfit and
you’ll want to take them all! Of course, you may not have
room in those suitcases so you must be selective in what you bring.
I suggest you wear your bulkiest shoes, like sneakers, onto the
ship - this way the will not be taking up space in your luggage.
Bring a dressy shoe and a more casual shoe as well. Make sure
you think about color when you pack the shoes, if you are bringing
only black dressy slacks then white sandals might not look so
good!
Finally,
to get more space in your suitcase for clothes, find out if the
ship will be supplying beach towels and hair dryers. If they are
then you can leave yours at home and free up some suitcase space
for more clothes!
© Lee Dobbins
Lee
Dobbins is contributing writer at http://www.choose-your-cruise.com
where you can find out everything you wanted to know about cruises.
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