A practical travel kit should include:
- Safety pins
- Large Band-Aids
- Styptic pencil
- Small tin of aspirin
- Two packets of antacid tablets
- Dental floss
- Small sewing kit
- Two pairs of shoelaces
- Sample bar of soap
- Two packet of cold-water laundry detergent
- Envelope of talc
- Clippers
- Four feet of cord to tie your suitcase together if it has been damaged in transit