Ship your stuff in advance

Have you ever wanted to send some of your things ahead for your trip?  This can be especially helpful for beach or skiing vacations.  For the beach, you may want your beach ball, tennis racket, etc. to be waiting for you.  For skiing, you have all that heavy winter clothing that needs to arrive at your location but you don’t need it until then and definitely don’t want it on the plane.

The easiest way to do this is to contact your hotel that you are visiting.  Most of the better ones will hold your package for a reasonable time. If they don’t perform this service, you may want to consider a different establishment for your business!

You can also send it to the Post Office or to an American Express office.  Upgrade: Travel Better has a great article in how to do this.