Time is Money: Saving Time through Smart Daily Preparation by Margie Binder
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Time is Money: Saving Time through Smart Daily Preparation by Margie Binder
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These tips are busy body like. Do you really have to remind yourself of these things? I do a variation of these things every day. It might work for me, but not everyone is so meticulous. However, I never take notes. Notes get lost. I might have a shopping list, but that is different.
The designating a home for your stuff seems strange. How many stops are you talking about? Goodness, one stop is all you need especially in a small hotel room. Could there be more spots? How about a dresser drawer, which is out of view?
Some of these trip columns are getting really weird! Do people really do this stuff?
John
Jimbo996 and carolinakid- Thank you for your responses. I don’t think I am alone in organizing my family on a trip to Walt Disney World in this manner or similar. Please keep in mind that this is just one person’s perspective, and my view comes primarily from traveling to Walt Disney World more than a dozen times as a solo parent with one, two or three young children. With my kids, I find that without some structure the room is quickly trashed and items are misplaced. I prefer a leisurely, calm start to the day and hitting a park at opening instead of scrambling to find stuff and barking at one another to get out the door. Obviously the need for organization is much lower if I am traveling alone or with a friend.
What are your travel situations (who and how many people usually travel with you)? Do you have any organizational tips based on your experiences? Jimbo996, if you do not read the trip reports on MousePlanet, I highly recommend them, and encourage you to write up your own sometime. As someone who does not bring a laptop and keep a running digital diary, I would never be able to remember the details of a 5-6 day trip if I didn’t keep notes, whether for a trip report or just the family archives. I think most trip report writers would agree.
Margie (aka GoofyMomInMN)
Margie
I really enjoyed your article Margie. I do a lot of the same things you do and even though I don’t travel with kids and I’m usually the only one in my room. I too designate a spot for the essentials I carry with me to the parks and like to take a few minutes at the end of the day to get things organized so that the morning is leisurely and I don’t forgot something important. I keep all the important confirmations/paperwork in a binder and stuff receipts into a clear sheet protector at the back of the binder to enter into a spreadsheet later. We like to know exactly how much we spend on each trip to help us more accurately budget for the next one. Like you, I carry a small notebook along to jot down notes on what we’ve done so I can write up a trip report when I get home. A lot of the details start to run together after a few days. I know many people may not care for this style of vacationing, but I do and I appreciate knowing there is someone else out there like me. Thanks again.
I think it's a good idea to have designated spots for things. I know how stressful it can be searching around for items, and who needs that extra stress on vacation? We use a shoe organizer on cruises over one of the bathroom doors that has clear pockets. It's a great place to keep items like sunglasses, sunscreen, hats, etc. that can easily get misplaced or clutter up what little counter space there is in cabins.
I can certainly relate to you with having designated places for things. I can't tell you how many times we've searched around the hotel room at 7am searching for sunglasses. Or worse, picking up a piece of clothing and trying to decipher if it's clean or not. Thanks for the article, Margie!
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