You packed what for your trip?!
Travel season is upon us again! RUBY TAN peeks into the suitcases of globetrotters and uncovers some of the offbeat items they can’t do without.
One to cover all the pillows on the bed with – call me paranoid, but even at five-star hotels, I’m convinced that the sheets aren’t clean so I don’t want to lay my face directly on them. The other box is for regular use – I don’t want to use the open boxes of tissue provided by the hotel!” – Moh Shuying, 30, beauty writer
that I smoulder lightly to ‘cleanse’ the hotel room. I don’t like sleeping in rooms that other people have stayed in before because I feel that they leave their ‘energy’ behind. It’s a native American custom to use sage to ‘clear’ the area.” – Shahida Iqubal, 24, events executive
– a small pillow I’ve had for three years. But this one’s a replacement for the one I lost in 2010, which was older than I was that year – I cried for two weeks over it. ‘Ucuk’ makes me feel safe and I need it to fall asleep. I’ve never forgotten to bring it on trips, but there was that one time I put it in my check-in luggage instead of my carry-on on an overnight flight – I had to look at pictures of it before I could doze off.” – Lela Aswad, 26, educator
For example, I’d dress them in cat-size T-shirts for a few days before the trip, then bring those along.” – Zainon Ismail, 40s, sales executive