planning trips

Super excited to be a part of conventions or even just to go see my family, but forgetting how much work it is to travel…this is the bane of my existence. I get myself scheduled and book the flights, now I have to pack. What do I plan for? How much should I take?

Lists help. I make lists of things I need for the trip and try to plan for the unexpected. It doesn’t always work, but I get pretty close. For instance, I typically finger brush my hair, but one particular trip it was windy and it was too much. So I bought a hairbrush. Other times it’s that extra game that was not scheduled, so I have to pull from memory another one-shot and hope I have what I need to pull it off.

When making lists for packing, length of travel and why I’m traveling are taken into consideration. I’d be in trouble going to Chicago for a convention if my sister wasn’t driving to meet us there. Flying with all my gaming stuff would be a pain to pull off. However, going just down the street has its own list of things.

If you begin traveling for your own games, be sure to have a list. What do you need to run the game you are planning? Do you need anything for a fan or artist table? And don’t forget the most important…What are you going to wear?