Ten Things You'll be Glad You Packed

'Put everything you think you will need on the bed when you are packing,' many advise, 'and then leave half of it behind.'

'Take half as much luggage and twice as much money,' say others.

'One set of clothes to wear, one to wash,' is the minimalists' view.

'Take your oldest gear and don't wash it - simply trash it as you go,' say those who love any excuse to shop for new things overseas.

Corporate executives have honed travel into yet another skill. They approach a business trip like any new deal. Subdue it, win it, run with it.

Yet there are some quirky tips - learned by others over many thousands of flying hours - that will serve them well to absorb. We all know the basic things to take.

Here is the Alternative Packing List for busy execs (especially female ones!):

Zip-lock plastic bags. They are safer for small pieces of jewellery, and leakproof - as in the case of toiletries with suspect lids, or wet facewashers.

Face washer - you can't be sure the hotel will supply them.

Hair conditioner, many hotels forget this too.

Shower caps and alarm clocks may not be standard either.

Rubber bands are hard to find in many places, impossible to ask for in another language, and embarrassing to mime - yet useful for bundling things, keeping packets closed, tying hair and securing one thing to another.

A penlight torch. Even the best hotel has blackouts. But since it easy to inadvertently turn it on when scrabbling in your bag for something else, firmly wind a rubber band (yes, they are useful) behind the switch. No more unexpected flat batteries!

A roll of sticky tape, slips into a corner of a bag for emergencies. Even small tears in clothes can be repaired short-term with a piece on the reverse side.

Paper fasteners - those brass ones that push through a hole then open on the other side - are useful for securing larger envelopes and packages you may want to send home from overseas countries that will not allow staples.

Blutak, can secure sandal soles to their uppers in an emergency, keep an earring on when the back goes missing, and serve as an impromptu short-term stopper to a perfume vial.

Take tiny perfume samples. They can't spill and drench your clothes with $200 worth of Escape or Gucci II.

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