Packing list for a two-night city break
Friday to Sunday in Milan, Venice, Copenhagen or Amsterdam with one bag under the seat: the dimensions the budget airlines actually measure, two outfits that share one pair of shoes, toiletries small enough that the liquids rule stops mattering, and the sweater everyone forgets.
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Checked October 10, 2026.
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0 of 16 packed
The bag and the sizer
0/3Two outfits, one pair of shoes
0/5Liquids, in miniature
0/4The day, the night and the charger
0/4What the weather is like
Milan and Venice run from 37°F (3°C) in January to 86°F (30°C) in July, with a drop of about 18°F (10°C) from afternoon to evening in spring and fall; Copenhagen tops out around 70°F (21°C) in July and is under 50°F (10°C) in the evening for most of the year; Amsterdam is 41°F (5°C) in winter, 72°F (22°C) in summer and wet on about half the days of any month. The sweater and the sunglasses are both right.
- A wheeled caseThe free bag goes under the seat and a wheeled case does not; a cabin case costs extra on every budget airline and gets tagged into the hold when the bins are full
- A hair dryer or styling toolsThe hotel has a dryer; one set of tongs is a third of the bag and a liquid-bag-sized worry at security for no reason
- A second pair of shoesTwo days, one pair; if it is raining in Venice you wanted sneakers anyway
- Anything over 100 mlPharmacies and supermarkets in every city sell it. Buy it on arrival and leave it on the shelf in the room.
- A 24-hour transit ticketMilan, Copenhagen and Amsterdam sell them at machines, and two nights rarely need more.
- A bottle of water, after securityFill a soft bottle at the fountain if there is one; otherwise two euros airside beats a confiscated one.
Worth knowing
- Pack on the bed the night before, then take one thing out. If the bag closes with room to spare it fits the sizer with room to spare, and the way home has a bottle of something in it.
- Measure the bag with the airline's exact numbers from their own site the night before; they change, and Ryanair's did in 2025. Soft bags with no frame measure smaller than they are.
- Buy anything over 100 ml at the destination and leave it there. A pharmacy sunscreen in Milan costs what it costs at home and does not have to fly.
- Wear the heavy things through the gate. The jacket, the sweater and the shoes go on your body, and your pockets do not count toward the bag size.
Trips to pack this for
Never leave the charger in the hotel again.
Waystop keeps a list for each bag and each person. On the morning you change hotels it walks you through a quick pack-up check, and Chat can suggest items to add when you ask what to bring.