What to Pack for a Summer Business Trip

Do you have a work trip on your to-do list? Read what to pack for a summer business trip to travel light, but have outfit choices for all kind of activities.

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The Challenge to Pack for a Summer Business Trip

Dressing for the office in summer is often a challenge. It’s cool or even cold in the office due to the air condition while it’s hot outside. This combination is the perfect recipe for catching a cold. You are overheated and sweat and then enter a cool environment. Thus, you have to master summer layering for (healthy) stylish summer work style. Things become even trickier than summer office style, when you have to pack for a summer business trip.

Here you have to create a limited wardrobe. You have to look professional at a work meeting during the Dog Days when you live in a different climate zone than where the meeting takes place. This means you have to meet the dress code expectation for a professional meeting in an environment you have not been before. Furthermore, your wardrobe should also work for sight-seeing outfits, a reception or work lunch or dinner party plus a look for travel.

Furthermore, that capsule summer wardrobe has to fit in the carry-on baggage suitabe for the overhead cabinets.

5-Days Business Trip Packing List

Here is an ultimate packing list for a week-long summer business trip. First chose a color palette and work around it. The easiest way to create the outfits for the week is to chose two neutrals and a fashion color. Then shop your closet for the best clothes for business travel

• Underwear for 6-7 days as your flight could be canceled or in case you get diarrhea
• Slip or half-slip when your dresses or skirt have no lining
• 1 PJ
• Your makeup and necessaries bag
• All your medication
• One pair of comfortable shoes for travel and sight-seeing
• If your work dress code allows a pair of neutral color pumps (for rainy days) and a pair of neutral color heel sandals/open-toe pumps (for sunny days), otherwise two pairs of neutral color pumps that go with everything
• A LBD that you can style for dinner as well as a meeting
• 1 pair of dress pants or a skirt that can be styled up for a meeting and down for sightseeing and works with both fats and pumps
• A (wrinkle-free) white button down to wear with the pants/skirt
• 2 neutral color cardigans or a summer blazer and one cardigan in neutral colors
• 4 wrinkle-free (jersey) dresses
• Summer trench coat for rainy days
• 3-4 tops that work with the pants or skirt for sightseeing in the evenings
• Accessories to style your looks: Pearl necklace, studs, casual earrings for sightseeing, casual necklace, statement necklace (dinner), feminine watch, 2 scarf, brooch, belt that works with dresses, skirt/pants, cocktail ring (dinner, reception)

Download the printable packing list.

What to Wear on Business Travel

Create a comfortable travel outfit like a pair of jeans, a top, the flat shoes and a blazer or the trench coat when you have time to change. Otherwise go for a wrinkle-free Samantha Brown designed travel dress with the trench coat or a cardigan.

Rhis military trend inspired shirt dress works for business travel when you have to travel and meet customers or give a talk at a conference on the same day. It uses accessories from the opposite side of the color wheel. Olive and pink are always a sophisticated color combination.

Don’t let the right outfit be a random thing. Wear the right look in every situation by looking up what to wear when in How to Dress for Success in Midlife. Buy my book now.

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