Last Updated on October 16, 2013 by Christine Kaaloa
Packing Tip: How to Keep your Money Organized on the road (watch it or read it)
Today I’m going to share with you a quick packing tip and they have to do with Ziploc and I promise they’re not an advertising for Ziploc.
You may already know this or not… but Ziploc bags come in handy for travel. In fact, it’s always one of my travel survival tools when I pack for my trip. I never know when I’ll use them.
I don’t only use it to protect my bottles of lotion from exploding in the plane or as a soap bar holder….
Table of Contents: Packing Tip: How to Keep your Money Organized on the road
Packing Tip: How do you keep your money organized on the road?
What do you use to hold all your changing currency, when you’re on the road? One giant wallet? An all-purpose pouch, where you throw everything into one mix?
I’ve really come to like the snack size bags and I’ll tell you why….
The Problem: If you’re traveling through a lot of different countries, you might find that keeping your various currencies organized and separated is a little challenging. In the past, during my travels, I employed the methods above, throwing all my collected currency into one giant passport wallet for storing. When I’d re-enter a country, I’d have to hand-pick all the country currency out to use again.
Eventually, one of my pet peeves has come to be paying for something at a store and then, accidentally finding I’ve not sorted out my currency thoroughly and I have another country’s money in my wallet. Doh! Drives me bzonkers! It means I’m carrying unnecessary coins in my wallet and having to fish them out of the lineup of my palm.
How I organize my money, when I’m going through two or more countries…
On my last trip route, I went from the U.S.A. to South Korea – Thailand – Myanmar- Thailand – South Korea -Japan- U.S.A. It meant I was re-entering countries and had to juggle overlapping money. Then I had a lightbulb moment… why not use the snack bags to separate my country currency? Brilliant.
The Solution: I separated my currencies, to individual bags, so that each bag essentially, had it’s own country currency. I can’t tell you the difference it made in quick access, convenience and organization.
The result of what it looked like is in my 2 minute video. Check it out.
Creating a stress-free Toll Booth Money Holder
Say you’re taking a road trip and you’ll be hitting many toll booths along the way.. It’s really stressful to be driving and counting your toll booth money or to know you’re holding up traffic as you pour out change from your wallet. Many drivers like to keep some change already out., either in a coffee holder or the car ashtray to save them time and stress.
I once drove from New York City to Pennsylvania and hit many toll booths along the way. What I’m about to share, helped immensely…
I recommend using use a gallon or quart size plastic bag to store the loose change you get at the toll booth cashier. The bags allow you to see through, so finding the right change will be easy. Also, the bags are large enough for your hand to have quick access to your change and the zipper makes it quick to open and seal. It’s a perfect solution, simple, efficient and cheap… just the way I like things!
Let me know how these tips work for you.
More packing tips like this here.
How about you? What are some ways you organize your currency? What are tricks you’ve used with a Ziploc bag?
