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Free Travel Packing List Template: Excel, Google Sheets & Printable

A packing checklist you can tick off, add your own rows to, download as a CSV or Excel file, or print and tape inside the suitcase lid. Switch between the domestic and international list. No signup, no email. Everything saves in your browser.

  • โœ“ Domestic & international
  • โœ“ CSV & Excel download
  • โœ“ Printable, no signup
โ˜๏ธ pick your trip type, then print it or send it to WhatsApp
The honest limit of a printed list: it works once, at home, while you pack. It cannot help you in the taxi wondering whether you picked up the charger. Print it if you like paper, and send it to WhatsApp if you want it in your pocket.

Tick an item once it is in the bag. Everything saves automatically in this browser, nothing is uploaded.

How to use this packing list template

  1. Pick domestic or international. The two lists are genuinely different. Domestic forgives almost anything, because you can buy it nearby. International adds the things money cannot fix at check-in.
  2. Delete what does not apply and add what does. Every row is editable and you can add your own. Nobody else knows you always forget the phone mount.
  3. Tick as you pack. The count at the bottom tells you how much is left.
  4. Print it, download it, or send it to your phone. Print for the suitcase lid, download for Excel or Google Sheets, or send it to WhatsApp so it is with you in the taxi.

Domestic and international are not the same list

Most packing templates treat the destination as a footnote. It is the main variable. On a domestic trip, a forgotten item is an errand: you buy it nearby, in your own currency, in a language you speak. The only real casualties are your own prescriptions and anything genuinely irreplaceable.

International travel changes the category of failure. What hurts is no longer items, it is permissions and access:

None of those are expensive purchases. They are cancelled trips.

Why forgetting costs more at the airport

At home, a phone charger costs what a phone charger costs. At an airport it is sold by the only shop you can reach, to a customer who cannot leave and cannot wait. Sunscreen at a beach resort, a travel adapter in a terminal, a replacement prescription at a foreign pharmacy: the item is ordinary, the price is not, and the reason is simply that you have run out of alternatives.

That is the case for making the list before the day of the flight, and for keeping it somewhere you will actually look.

Prefer to build the list from your trip type?

The packing list generator asks where you are going and what kind of trip it is, then builds the checklist for you and sends it to WhatsApp in one tap. This page is the version you print or open in Excel.

Curious what forgetting has already cost you? The Forgetfulness Tax Calculator adds up the late fees and lapse charges.

Frequently asked questions

Is this packing list template free?

Yes. It is free, there is no signup and no email gate. Everything you type saves in your own browser and is never uploaded, so you can close the tab and come back to the same list.

Can I use it in Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. Download Excel gives you a real .xlsx file you can open in Excel or upload to Google Sheets, and Download CSV works anywhere. Each row exports with whether it is packed, the item, and which section it belongs to.

What is the difference between the domestic and international list?

The domestic list assumes you can buy almost anything you forget nearby, so it focuses on your own medicines and the genuinely irreplaceable. The international list adds what money cannot fix at check-in: passport validity, visa proof, return ticket, hotel bookings, insurance details, telling your bank you are travelling, the right plug shape, and a SIM arranged before you land.

Can I add my own items?

Yes. Every row is editable, you can delete any row, and + Add item appends your own. Nobody else knows which thing you personally always forget.

Will I lose my list if I switch between domestic and international?

Switching replaces the rows, so it asks you to confirm first. If you want to keep a version, download the CSV or Excel file before switching.

Can I print it?

Yes. Print / PDF prints just the checklist, without the buttons and the trip toggle, so it fits on a page you can tape inside the suitcase lid.

How is this different from the packing list generator?

This page is the version you print or open in a spreadsheet. The generator asks where you are going and what kind of trip it is, builds the list for you, and sends it to WhatsApp in one tap so you can tick items off from the airport queue. Same lists underneath, different destination.

A list in the suitcase lid cannot text you the night before.

That is the gap. Print this for packing day, then text NagMeLater "remind me tomorrow at 8pm to pack for Goa" so the list arrives while there is still time to buy anything missing. Send the whole checklist as to-dos and reply "project goa" to see what is left, from the airport queue. First 5 reminders free, to-dos always free.

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