SO's who have already experienced packing and moving to Grenada, have a lot of packing tips for others. Whether we've learned it by experience, or by accident, we have plenty of advice and ideas to help make it easier for others. If you have a specific question, email an SO and ask for advice. Most of us are more than happy to spread to info for others to learn the easy way.

For a list of helpful things to bring, click here.
For a list of things NOT to bother bringing, click here.

Packing for life in Grenada can be a challenge since most of us come on American Airlines, with a 70# per person limit. It's hard to make clothes any smaller, but some things to think about are squishing small and large ziploc bags in and around clothes. Also, consider buying laundry detergent tablets in the states, open the box, and place them all around your clothes. (Laundry detergent is quite expensive here and although you probably won't be able to bring enough to use for four months, every little bit helps).

A great idea for cheap, lightweight, and slim decorating ideas, try packing a couple of flat wall calendars to cut up and hang on walls. Bring Plastitack (found at Walmart) to hang them with since walls are usually concrete.

If you plan to bring a lot of DVD's and CD's (recommended for entertainment) take them out of their cases and use a CD carry case or if you are bringing a CD burner / DVD player, buy a stack of blank CD's and replace most of them with your own CD's and DVD's.

Don't bring many books since there are plenty of books circulating among the SO's. There is an SO library at the GAP house that SO's can raid when they get the urge.

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