Vacation Packing Secrets From Four Top Fashion Bloggers

When luxe swimwear brand Onia invited us to tag along on a sailing trip around the British Virgin Islands on an Alquila Vela catamaran with four of the world’s top fashion bloggers, our suitcases practically flung open on their own. We knew two things right away: First, we had a lot of packing to do. Second, we were in good hands. Thanks to our experienced travel companions below, all of our beachy getaway questions were answered with ease.

Whether you’re also setting sail this summer or jetting off to a tropical destination, scroll down for insanely good vacation advice and insight from the ladies behind We Wore What, Trop Rouge, Just Another Fashion Blog, and Haute Inhabit.

Nicole Kliest
Freelance Contributor

Nicole Kliest is a freelance writer and editor based in New York City who focuses on fashion, travel, food, wine, and pretty much anything else that's amusing to write about. After graduating from Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing, she started her career back in 2010 as Who What Wear's photo editor and throughout the last decade has contributed to publications including Fashionista, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, The Zoe Report, PopSugar, Fodor's Travel, and several others. She also copywrites and has worked with clients such as Frame, Sea, 3x1, Intelligentsia, and others to develop brand voices through storytelling and creative marketing. She's very passionate about the ways we can improve our sustainability efforts in the fashion industry as well as cultivating content that's diverse and inclusive of all people. When she's not checking out the latest restaurant opening in her West Village neighborhood or riding her bicycle along the West Side Highway, she can be found scheming her next trip somewhere around the world. (Up next is Vienna.)