How To Get Your Clothes To College

While I'm packing up to move to Tallahassee in just 3 days, I thought I would share some clothes packing tips with you lovelies! I promise this list will be short and sweet!

1. Use trash bags as garment bags to transport your hanging clothes.

Why would you unhang all of your clothes and then re-hang them when you get to school? That seems like a major waste of time to me. Instead, Tie a bundle of hangers together with zip ties. Once you complete tying them together, cut a hole in the bottom of your trash bag and put the tops of the hangers through it. Finally, you can either close up the drawstrings on the bag or leave them open and pop your clothes on top of one another in the back of your car. 

2. Use your plastic drawers for clothing transport. 

When you're packing, use up as much available space as possible! This means stuffing your clothes into any place you can. I'm putting some of my clothes into my plastic under-bed storage bins to save space while traveling.

Bonus: If you put clothes in the drawers they will be in when you unpack, you are saving yourself a lot of time.

3. Put your shoes in a box

Okay, this might seem silly to actually say out loud, but it's necessary. Instead of having your shoes thrown into a bag or piled into the car, just put them in a box to begin with. You will know where all of your shoes are and will be able to locate them easily for the move-in. If you have extra room in the box, stuff your hats and purses in there as well to save even more space!

4. Have a duffel ready with clothes you will need right away

In a perfect world, everything will get unpacked in four hours. In reality, that probably won't happen. To save a headache for yourself, pack the clothes you will need in the upcoming days in a duffel bag so you can access them easily. This is especially great for girls who are doing Panhellenic Recruitment so they can find their recruitment outfits right away! 

5. Stuff undies and socks in a plastic bag and throw those into a box 

It doesn't really matter if your "intimates" get wrinkled up, so just toss those undies in a target bag and shove them into a box or drawer. This will keep them together and free up extra space than if your were going to fold them nicely and put them in a drawer. 

6. Stack your bras and get them out of the way

I don't know if there is any worse feeling in the world than when one of your favorite bras gets destroyed from traveling. Ladies, don't act like this has never happened to you! You shove your bra into a bag and when you take it out, the underwire has been bent beyond saving. The solution: stack your bras cups on top of cups (like they do in bra stores) and put them in a bag by themselves. When packing your car, make sure this bag isn't going to be crushed by anything.

Do you have any tips for getting your clothes to college? Let me know in the comments below!