Packing for trips with children is always stressful, no matter the age. But here's a service that aims to make it a little easier to pack all of your essentials—by sending all that you need to your destination before you get there.
Totts is a box-delivery service that comes filled with everything your baby needs for the duration of your trip. It's similar to the Babierge equipment service (formerly called Babyquip) in that they can deliver all that you need directly to your hotel, vacation rental, or relative's house. But instead of baby gear, Totts delivers baby care.
Here's how it works: select the amount of nights you need and the age of you child/children. The boxes range from ages newborn to 24 months and they include diapers, toiletries such as body lotion and body wash, along with items for feeding, playtime and cleaning.
A 10-night box for a 24-month old is $131 plus you can insert add-ons such as additional diapers, more wipes, medicine, etc. Four nights for a 7-month old is about $91. They've also curated a Safe Travels kit which comes with disinfectant wipes, face masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer, which can be ordered for before you set out on your journey.
Totts will then do free 3-day shipping on all orders in the U.S. (except Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.) So remembering to put this box together several days before your trip is key. When you arrive to your destination your box should be ready for you to set-up. Easy!
DIY OPTION
Of course, if you're not keen to spend money to ship toiletries (understandably), our go-to method has always been to hit up the travel items section of a drugstore or Target and put them in a fun wet-dry pounch (like one from Aloha Collection) and stash in your suitcase. I also recommend using travel-size bottles to fill up with your trusted dish-soap
However, making space for diapers is always a pain. But depending on where you're going, you can either pick up from a store once you arrive or have those shipped separately. Most hotels and resorts are great about receiving packages for incoming guests (even in Vegas!), but always give a phone call before you do. We recently had to ship some items from Amazon to a resort in Mexico and the hotel gave us specific address instructions so the package would arrive at the right spot.
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