Is it too early to pack for my holiday?

Yes, take out all your clean holiday clothes from the wardrobe (which is where you store clean clothes), wash all your clean holiday clothes, dry all your double clean holiday clothes, iron all your previously cleaned and dried and (presumably) ironed holiday clothes and pack all your double cleaned, double dried and double ironed holiday clothes into a suitcase.

Good job it’s for a holiday as you’ll need it after that 🤣🤣🤣.

@toeaseatroubledmind serious question now - why?

I would make a list of all items you want to take.

lay out all the outfits and shoes.

now that you have an exact idea of what you need, it’s easy to pack it all later in case you use them between now and then.

you can pack your toiletries now as I’m sure it’s all mini ones anyway.

youre going from summer to summer holiday so you must need a lot of the things. Having an idea of what it is minimises last minute packing which is the stressful part

I and people who I know have clothes that they only wear on holiday. They are put through a refresher wash and then packed. My DD starts weeks before so she definitely has tit tape, nipple covers, certain underwear etc. I think a lot of MN have big budgets and live were things are well stocked.
I make lists, day time, evening, I like cotton trouser co-ords for getting on boats etc, so can change three times a day. We use tumble dryer sheets to keep inside the cases fresh. I start to run down cleasers/eye make up remover etc, so I have just enough for while away. Poster's Mums probably packed and unpacked because it was exciting to go on holiday, it still is for many people.
Reading holiday threads about what people take on holiday and how they go shopping for stuff they could have taken, I'm not surprised many hate them. Start prepping and packing. It takes any stress away.

Can you not find half an hour one evening? Seems you need to look at commitments and time management if you think you cannot.

I agree with the night before being too late, but this seems extreme.

We use tumble dryer sheets to keep inside the cases fresh

What a great idea, I’ll be doing this in future.

Yes! Far too early. Surely you’ll need the stuff you pack before then? How much are you taking? I just wang it in a bag the night before. Ten minutes, done.

I’m wondering whether it is stranger to have put away into wardrobes things that are not clean … or to put them away clean but wash and iron again then between taking perfectly clean clothes from the wardrobe to a packing case.

unfathomable

Meanwhile, I update the ‘packing list’ in plenty of time to fill any gaps in my clothes, pick up and special kit (walking poles bathers etc). Make sure everything I’ll want to pack is freshly washed and usually assemble the night before. Or early morning if setting off in the evening.

Re washing already clean clothes seems bonkers to me.
We're going away soon. The clothes I want to take are mostly my day to day things so as I do the washing over the next week or so I'll put the stuff I want to take to the side instead of putting it away. Then just top up the day before from the already clean things in my wardrobe/drawers.

Do you have somewhere like a spare bed where you could wash and iron everything and leave on the bed until a couple of days before you go?. Do a list of chargers, toiletries etc and put them with your stuff in case you need them before your holiday.

I feel a touch of culture shock reading this thread!

Three outfits a day?

Tit tape?

Nipple covers?

Cotton trouser co-ord?

I don’t know what any of these things are 😳.

Well, I know what three outfits a day means, but…..why? That must be a huge amount of luggage?

Do it when it suits you
Im going away in 2-3 weeks and DD is coming to help me sort my clothes out next weekend
I like to try things on, make sure they are ok washing and ironing wise - then I just hang up in spare room till day before when I actually pack

I sometimes have several holidays and breaks in the summer months, if I packed that early I’d be packing for the next holiday while I’m still on the one before! Sometimes there’s only a few days turnaround between holidays for me. And who takes clean clothes out the wardrobe to rewash?!

I don't understand how I would survive for three and a half weeks without the things in my suitcase.

Wtf?

Why?

Are you re-washing clean clothes from your wardrobe to take on holiday or have I read that wrong? If so, that’s bonkers!

Make a list now of what you want to take, keep on top of your washing and pack closer to the time would be my advice.

Do it as long as you don’t need the clothes/undies etc beforehand.

Pack when and how causes you least stress.

Gosh some of your standards on here are low.

I FedEx my washing machine to the destination so that I can rewash everything after I arrive, just to get that suitcase eurgh off them.

It's nice to be fresh

You FedEx your washing machine to the destination? Without having a machine already there to wash your own machine? And then you put your clothes in it? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that’s skanky.

I have someone who buys me a new set of clothes every day, including on holiday.

I’m thinking about getting my suitcase down from the loft this week so that I can start putting things that I don’t think I will need again before we leave in there when they come out of the wash. Our flight is still 5 weeks away. I can’t see what harm it would do to start packing now.

I agree with previous posts. Work on a thorough list and pack nearer departure day.

Save the list for the next holiday and refine it over time.
I also have a “Short Trip List”.
I have them both saved along with travel paperwork that I need for every trip.

I'm the other end of the pack last minute scale!
Around four weeks before a holiday I start assembling bits and buying any new bits needed. Put things in a gradual pile in the spare bedroom as I find bits.
Then last minute decision making the day before going and into the suitcase it goes then weigh the case.
So I start the process weeks before

We generally book through TUI or Jet2 and get 22 kg each, plus hand luggage. I'm practical in other ways, toiletries and footwear. This is for hot weather holidays. I like to dress for an evening. It's mainly dresses, Yumi kimono type, lightweight. Going to see a dancing horse/flamenco show, site seeing etc, I'd wear something a bit dressier than having breakfast and trying archery/rifle shooting around the hotel, going out for a stroll etc. That would be lightweight beach type dressses. I travel in the same outfit going out and coming back and no longer swim. I'm not interested in tanning and it can get chilly on whale/dolphin watching trips, so wide cotton trousers, matching shirt with t shirt underneath. Exposed skin makes you hotter. I prefer the practicality when going on cable cars etc and it saves on leg shaving of a morning. Tit tape and nipple covers are in place of a bra.

I gather things as and when before, heaped on the spare bed, especially when I had kids at home, but actually pack the day before.