DFW → MCO → UK

19 Aug – 2 Sep · 14 nights
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Everything here assumes laundry at your mother's house and a Boots run on arrival. That's what keeps this to one small case and leaves the rest of the allowance for the kids.

WORN

On the plane

The bulkiest things you own, carried for free.

CARRY-ON

Orlando, one night

Keep these out of the checked bag. If it goes missing, you've lost the only reason you stopped.

CASE

Clothes

Four days' worth, washed twice. Fourteen days changes the laundry rhythm, not the pile.

CASE

Shoes

Two weeks is long enough that one soaking shouldn't strand you.

CASE

Running kit

One set. Technical fabric washes in a sink and dries overnight, so it covers a run every few days for the whole trip.

BOOTS

Buy it there instead

All of it is at your mother's house already, or £3 down the road. This is the single biggest space saving on the list.

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DAY 5 · 23
First wash. UK machines run smaller than US ones, which is what makes two cycles necessary rather than optional.
DAY 10 · 28
Second wash. Anything you haven't worn by now, you weren't going to.
MON 31
Summer bank holiday. Heavy road and rail traffic all weekend — don't plan travel across it.
WED 2
Flying home into the back-to-school crush. Book the airport transfer early.