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# Afternoon Chat: Your Best Travel Tips!
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/afternoon-chat-your-best-travel-tips-05-2018/
- Published: 2018-05-24T20:00:13.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-24T19:05:35.000Z
- Description: 'Tis the season!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Your Afternoon Chat, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:58

As you guys know, Heather and I have just returned from a week in England, and I am ZONKED OUT WITH THE JETLAG so apologies if any of our posts today are more riddled with crazy than usual. But, as we're just back from a trip, and Memorial Day Weekend looms for Americans (and I know this upcoming weekend is also a bank holiday for those of you in the UK), today seems PRIME for a renewed discussion of one of our fave topics: TRAVEL TIPS.

I'll start with mine, such as they are:

1. OMG if you're an American who can afford [to get Global Entry (it's $100)](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), IT IS WORTH IT. We were through customs in the United States in 10 minutes. That is not a typo. It's sincerely the best $100 I've ever spent. (It also gets you TSA Pre-Check). I cannot recommend this enough.
2. You know how you read articles in like *InStyle* or whatever and it's some glossy magazine editor waxing poetic about how a spritz of Evian on the face is the best thing EVER and you think, "how good could it BE?!" Well, I am susceptible to such things and[ I bought this two-pack of little atomized Evian spritzers on Amazon](https://amzn.to/2GLN8qR?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and let me tell you, it IS really refreshing and GREAT to spray your face and the faces of people around you whilst on a long flight. I spritzed the hell out of myself and I'd do it again!
3. Compression socks are the real deal. I wore [these very cute striped ones (always on brand)](https://amzn.to/2GJAgBr?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) on the way to the UK and my feet and ankles thanked me. I wore NO compression socks on the way home BECAUSE I'M AN IDIOT and today my ankles look like those of a woman about to give birth.
4. You may have seen on our Instagram that[ I love love love love this Laneige lip mask](https://rstyle.me/~atRkw?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (and btw, for all the stuff we put on Instagram that is available at Amazon, [we actually have this master page of Amazon recommendations](https://www.amazon.com/shop/fuggirls?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)), and I am not kidding. It's the single best thing I have ever bought for my chronically dry lips. EVER. EV.ER.
5. You might remember that I also bought this [Summer Fridays Jetlag Mask that you've probably seen all over Instagram](https://rstyle.me/~atRxz?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and I used it before we left when I was just kind of dry and meh and it was...fine? But then I used it this morning, when I really AM jetlagged and dry as hell and it made a huge difference? So apparently it works when you actually ARE jetlagged.
6. GOD BLESS THE GIANT SCARF. I packed my Pippa Scarf -- it's this huge, lightweight cashmere/modal scarf that [Pippa Middleton did with the British Heart Foundation like three years ago](https://people.com/style/pippa-middletons-latest-creative-feat-designing-clothes-for-charity/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), which I bought because that's the sort of person I am, and it turned out to be THE BEST -- and it was a life-saver in my carry-on, because there was this dipshit on our fight who left his window shade open ON AN OVERNIGHT FLIGHT CHASING THE SUN. And I had forgotten my eye mask, so I used it as an impromptu one. I also used it on the flight home, because the plane was approximately 30 degrees. (That scarf, obviously, isn't available anymore,[ but this is a decent option](https://rstyle.me/~atRLe?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) .)
7. I cannot stress enough the importance of a carry-on that works for you. We checked our bags, but needed carry-on bags for all our shit, as you do, and getting a carry-on that I LOVE has changed my life. [I carry this Liberty tote,](https://rstyle.me/n/c4udmjcfjyp?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) because it's the perfect size for my laptop and all the rest of my things (scarf, Kindle, snacks, earphones, tiny spritz-y Evian bottles, etc). It does NOT zip shut, though, so bear that in mind if you want a zippy carry-on. (Since mine just gets stashed under my seat, I don't feel like I need a zip; when I do want a zip, [I use my Longchamp, which is also really great and takes a beating](https://rstyle.me/~atRMx?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).)
8. Have fun! And don't forget to make sure you have coffee waiting for you when you get home. The best thing I ever did for myself was make sure I picked up some cold brew at Trader Joe's to leave in the fridge for my return.

Your turn! All tips, tricks, questions and queries are welcome!

\[PS: I used affiliate links here where they were available to me.\]