Trip Planning Tools: Packing List Builder and Free Checklists
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Trip Planning Tools: Packing List Builder and Free Checklists
This is the start-here page for planning a Florida trip with a toddler. Use the free packing list builder to make a checklist for your day, grab a printable checklist, then read the matching packing guide. When you're ready to think about the hotel, each trip type has a where-to-stay page that pairs the room with the bag.
The builder itself has no affiliate links. Some of the guide and where-to-stay pages it leads to do. This page does too, where we point to gear and lodging.
We don't sell or link tours, tickets, activities or cruise bookings. We also don't link to other stores' listings of our printables or planners from this page.
Packing list builder
The >packing list builder asks what kind of trip you're taking, the child's age, the weather, and how long you'll be gone. It builds a checklist you can tick off, print or copy. Each item links to the guide that explains it.
You can make a list for:
- A theme park day
- A beach day
- A cruise (sea days)
- A cruise port day
- A road trip
Nothing is stored. Your choices stay in your browser.
Free checklists
These pages are also the landing spots for the short URLs and QR codes in our printed books. They have no affiliate links and no email form.
Packing guides
If you'd rather read a full list than build one:
- >Theme park day bag
- >Keeping a toddler cool in Florida heat
- >Sun protection
- >Strollers for theme park days
- >Toddler naps at theme parks
- >Florida beach day packing list
- >Toddler swim gear
- >Family cruise packing list
- >Cruise port days
- >Travel car seats
- >Car-ride and line entertainment
- >Florida afternoon storms
A few pieces of gear show up on almost every trip: an insulated cup THERMOS FUNTAINER Water Bottle with Straw, 12 oz (Blue/Navy) Check price at Amazon, a wet bag Bumkins Waterproof Wet/Dry Bag (Watercolor Floral) Check price at Amazon, and a slim phone battery Anker PowerCore Slim 10000 (A1229), 10,000mAh USB-C power bank (Black) Check price at Amazon. The guides explain when each one actually earns its spot.
Where to stay
Each of these pages pairs the hotel with the bag. Lodging links only — no tours, tickets or cruise bookings.
- >Where to stay near the Orlando parks
- >Port Canaveral the night before a cruise
- >Florida beach days: stays near the sand
- >Road trip: overnight stops
If you already know you want a suite with a separate sleep space near the Orlando parks, start here orlando suite separate sleep space. For a night near Port Canaveral before a cruise, start here port canaveral pre cruise hotel. Hotel names and live rates aren't listed until a property has been checked on the program. Any lodging link we add later will be a manual link to that hotel, not an auto-inserted widget.