Beach Vacation Packing Checklist
This page opens on the Beach trip set: two swimsuits, a beach towel, a cover-up, sandals, a water bottle and a waterproof phone pouch for each traveler, plus shared sunscreen, after-sun lotion, a beach bag and a snorkel and mask. The clothes starter adds sunglasses, a hat and a day-by-day count of tops, underwear and socks.
Suitcase0 of 18 packed
Clothing
- SwimsuitsMaya, no weight
- SwimsuitsSam, no weight
- Cover-up or sarongMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Cover-up or sarongSam, no weight0 of 1
- Sandals or flip-flops, pairsMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Sandals or flip-flops, pairsSam, no weight0 of 1
Beach
- Beach towelMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Beach towelSam, no weight0 of 1
- Reusable water bottleMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Reusable water bottleSam, no weight0 of 1
- Beach bagShared, no weight0 of 1
- Snorkel and maskShared, no weight0 of 1
Electronics
- Waterproof phone pouchMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Waterproof phone pouchSam, no weight0 of 1
Toiletries
- SunscreenShared, no weight0 of 1
- After-sun lotionShared, no weight0 of 1
0 of 18 packed, 18 to go
Clothing
- Not all packed: Swimsuits, Maya0 of 2no weight
- Not all packed: Swimsuits, Sam0 of 2no weight
- Not all packed: Cover-up or sarong, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Cover-up or sarong, Sam0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Sandals or flip-flops, pairs, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Sandals or flip-flops, pairs, Sam0 of 1no weight
Beach
- Not all packed: Beach towel, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Beach towel, Sam0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Reusable water bottle, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Reusable water bottle, Sam0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Beach bag, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Snorkel and mask, Shared0 of 1no weight
Electronics
- Not all packed: Waterproof phone pouch, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Waterproof phone pouch, Sam0 of 1no weight
Toiletries
- Not all packed: Sunscreen, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: After-sun lotion, Shared0 of 1no weight
Suitcase: no weights enteredPartial: the bag's own weight is not entered and 16 items have no weight, not counted as 0.
To pack: Maya 2 × Swimsuits, 1 × Cover-up or sarong, 1 × Sandals or flip-flops, pairs, 1 × Beach towel, 1 × Reusable water bottle, 1 × Waterproof phone pouch; Sam 2 × Swimsuits, 1 × Cover-up or sarong, 1 × Sandals or flip-flops, pairs, 1 × Beach towel, 1 × Reusable water bottle, 1 × Waterproof phone pouch; Shared 1 × Beach bag, 1 × Snorkel and mask, 1 × Sunscreen, 1 × After-sun lotion
- Swimsuits: 2 (Suitcase); Cover-up or sarong: 1 (Suitcase); Sandals or flip-flops, pairs: 1 (Suitcase); Beach towel: 1 (Suitcase); Reusable water bottle: 1 (Suitcase); Waterproof phone pouch: 1 (Suitcase)
- Swimsuits: 2 (Suitcase); Cover-up or sarong: 1 (Suitcase); Sandals or flip-flops, pairs: 1 (Suitcase); Beach towel: 1 (Suitcase); Reusable water bottle: 1 (Suitcase); Waterproof phone pouch: 1 (Suitcase)
- Beach bag: 1 (Suitcase); Snorkel and mask: 1 (Suitcase); Sunscreen: 1 (Suitcase); After-sun lotion: 1 (Suitcase)
Add an item
Quantity is how many to take; the packed count can never go above it. Leave the weight blank if you do not know it: the bag total then says partial instead of counting it as 0. Up to 1,000 items per list.
Travelers and bags
An item belongs to one traveler or is shared, and sits in one bag. A bag's own weight is the empty bag; its total adds each item's quantity times its weight.
Travelers
Bags
Starter items
A starting point, not a recommendation: everyday clothes and accessories only, one set per traveler (or one shared set when the list has no travelers), all with unknown weights. The rule for the quantities: a per-day item starts at one for each day of the trip, which is nights plus one, and stops at 7; every other item starts at the count shown. Change any number afterwards.
| Item | Category | Starting quantity |
|---|---|---|
| T-shirts or tops | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Underwear | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Socks, pairs | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Trousers, skirts or shorts | Clothing | 2 for the trip |
| Jumper or sweater | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Sleepwear | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Jacket | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Shoes, pairs | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Belt | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
| Sunglasses | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
| Hat | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
Trip sets
Short lists of common items for one kind of trip, to add on top of the clothes starter or on their own. Items marked each traveler are added once per traveler; shared items once for the whole list. Weights start unknown, and nothing in a set depends on where you are going, so add or remove anything to suit your trip.
| Item | For | Starting quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Swimsuits | Each traveler | 2 for the trip |
| Beach towel | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Cover-up or sarong | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Sandals or flip-flops, pairs | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Reusable water bottle | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Waterproof phone pouch | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Sunscreen | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| After-sun lotion | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Beach bag | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Snorkel and mask | Shared | 1 for the trip |
This list and your saved lists
Up to 30 lists are kept in this browser while it has room for them. Copy for a new trip keeps every traveler, bag, item and quantity and sets the packed counts back to 0; the original keeps its ticks.
Tick the box to mark an item fully packed, or use the minus and plus buttons to count one at a time. Drag a row onto another bag to move it, or onto a row of the same category to put it before that row; from the keyboard, Alt with the up or down arrow moves a row within its category, and Edit opens the form where the bag, traveler, quantity and weight change. Lists are kept in this browser; nothing is uploaded and no account is asked for. The PDF uses a built-in font that covers Western European letters; for any other script, Print and choose Save as PDF.
Example: Beach trip
Suitcase
Clothing
| Swimsuits | Maya | 0 of 2 | no weight | |
| Swimsuits | Sam | 0 of 2 | no weight | |
| Cover-up or sarong | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Cover-up or sarong | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Sandals or flip-flops, pairs | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Sandals or flip-flops, pairs | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Beach
| Beach towel | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Beach towel | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Reusable water bottle | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Reusable water bottle | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Beach bag | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Snorkel and mask | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Electronics
| Waterproof phone pouch | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Waterproof phone pouch | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Toiletries
| Sunscreen | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| After-sun lotion | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Weight: no weights entered Partial: the bag's own weight is not entered and 16 items have no weight, not counted as 0.
Common questions
- Does it work for a family beach vacation?
- Add each family member as a traveler and the personal rows go in once for each of them, while the sunscreen and the beach bag stay shared. Ticking one child's swimsuits leaves everyone else's alone.
- Does the list change for Hawaii, Mexico or the Caribbean?
- No. The set is the same wherever the beach is, and the page knows nothing about local weather or entry rules, so add a passport, a rain layer or anything else your trip needs. The International travel set adds documents, a plug adapter and money in one step.
- How much should I pack for a week at the beach?
- With Nights at 7, the clothes starter gives 7 tops, 7 underwear and 7 pairs of socks. The beach set's counts stay at the numbers shown, so raise the swimsuits if you want a dry one every day.
It organizes the plan you type in: what is left to pack and each bag's weight are plain arithmetic on your own quantities and weights, and an item or bag with no weight stays unknown, so that bag's total is marked partial instead of counting it as zero. The starter is everyday clothes and accessories only, and each trip set is a short list of common items for that kind of trip; it knows nothing about entry rules, airline baggage allowances or the weather, and it cannot tell you a list is complete.