A Costa Rican Honeymoon: The Husband's Packing List

Last week I posted about how I overcame my "thorough packer" tendencies for my honeymoon by creating a packing checklist. Well, guys can have some packing "tendencies" of their own... my dear husband has the tendency to pack at the last minute and always forgets at least a few things. So he created a packing checklist as well. As requested, I am posting it in the event that it might be a helpful starting point for someone else headed to Costa Rica or Central America for a vacation.

This was my husband's packing list for 10 days, 9 nights in Costa Rica. He also had to keep his bag at 25 lbs for the local flight on a turbo prop from San Jose to Tamarindo.

• Jeans
• Cargo pants (wore when traveling, not packed)
• 4 pairs shorts
• Swim trunks
• Merill shoes
• Sandals
• 8 tee shirts
• 1 long sleeved shirt
• 3 button down, short sleeved shirts
• 2 Cameras
• Waterproof case for camera
• Rechargeable batteries
• Cell phone and charger (with International plan activated)
• Flashlight with new batteries
• First aid kit
• Benadryl cream (for bug bites)
• iPod
• Athletic watch (ie not valuable)
• Spare contacts
• Toiletries
• Novel
• Reservation confirmations
• Passport!

We didn't really use the flashlight or the first aid kit other than 1 bandaid but I did use the Benadryl cream for bug bites. You may also notice that we split up the couple items so to get a complete idea of what we took you can refer to my packing list here; for example I had the CR road map and he had the reservation information. This was about the right amount of clothes for him as he kept it pretty simple with shorts and tee shirts... and he didn't even forget anything!

If you have any specific questions about honeymooning in Costa Rica please feel free to email me (inthisinstance at gmail dot com) and I will be happy to share any info that I might have. You can also read all my post about honeymoon in Costa Rica here.

Comments

[Jennifer]

Thank you again! You are a life saver!

[aletha :: pearls events]

Thanks for the list--we are heading to Costa Rica for Christmas, so this is very helpful :)