10 tips on how to pack for your next trip

Comedian and TV host Ellen Degeneres has an astute observation about how we pack for trips: We typically pack for who we want to be, “this fantasy personality,” not who we actually are. Hence, the easy trap to fall into to pack clothing and essentials that project the image we have of ourselves as a fashionable traveller. 
So we pack floppy hats and sweet sets of high heels with matching bags, cocktail dresses and trendy, transformative safari garb. All of that is terrific for s