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Packing: Luggage, Accessories, Safety and Comfort

Here you'll find some selected and recommended items to make your travel more comfortable, secure and easier.
Comfort Travel Items
Traveling long hours by airplane from your home to South America can be uncomfortable, cramped and resting difficult. Try some of these lightweight and comforting items to help you during flight, and once you land, as you travel about the spectacular continent of South America.
Pack for Temperate Climates
Layered clothing works best. You'll find more tips here.
Pack for Tropical Climates
Heat-tested tips for the things you'll need in hot, steamy places.
Pack Useful Items
Really useful, non-bulky items that come in handy in more ways than one.
Packing Accessories for Your Trip to South America
Whether for a weekend getaway or an extended adventure, packing is always a challenge: what to take, how to pack it so it looks good and stays clean, undamaged and convenient? These suggestions for accessories to help you organize your clothing, cosmetics, and whatever else you need to take with you, will help simplify and make packing easier.
Packing!
Packing smart to avoid lost luggage and stress.
The Compleat Carry on Traveler
The highly proficient skill of traveling light.
Travel Accessories
Travel accessories, carefully chosen, can make your trip easier and more comfortable. Here's a small sampling of accessories to choose from.
Travel Safety Items and Accessories
These suggested travel accessories will help make your travel planning more secure, and thus enjoyable. With luggage tags to hidden money belts and document cases, you'll travel with confidence and comfort.

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