What I Pack: Traveling Away from Home

We’ve all been there . . . you’re travelling and worried about (at least) three things:

1. Luggage space and weight limiting what you can carry with you and what you can bring home as a souvenir

2. The comforts of home, like your favorite scent!

3. Finding a good product while abroad or out-of-town and not over-spending because you ran out of something you already had (and probably don’t need duplicates of)

I was 100% there before I started using Sunrise Soap Company products.

I used to use bottle shampoos, conditioners, body washes, lotions, and scrubs in huge containers that were often too big to carry-on a plane with me or took up all-to-valuable snack space. While using Sunrise Soap Company products, I’ve gone on several min-vacations, weekend trips, and my honeymoon trip to Ireland and Scotland in May of 2025. Traveling has become so much easier since I’ve almost fully switched to Sunrise Soap’s body care products (I started as far back as 2012!) because it’s less of a headache to pack toiletries I know I’ll need when traveling.

The best positives from packing Sunrise Soap Company with me?

Let’s make another list!

1. Many products are package-free, meaning as I used a product, the physical size of the product shrinks as I use it, unlike products in bulky bottles or jars (like those shampoos, conditioners, body washes I mentioned before). Which leaves so much more space and weight for souvenirs!

2. I knew what I was using when away from home was something I wanted to use, in a scent I actually liked, not something I had to purchase because I didn’t have an alternative. Did I mention we have 100+ scents available in dozens of products?

3. I could take the products I was already using at home with me, without needing to purchase special travel-only products or have duplicates to use when I returned home, because of the two above bullet points.

What do I especially recommend for traveling?

We love giving recommendations! Have you read our article on Our Recommendations for What to do in York?

The Basics:

• Soap

  • If you’re an essential oils-only person, start by checking out our Essential Oil Soaps or our Goat’s Milk Soaps! Fragrance oils ok? Start with our Fragrance Oil Soaps and our Seasonal Soaps!

• Shampoo

  • We have two types! Our Shampoo Pucks and our bar soap shampoos. We recommend our Shampoo Pucks for all hair types and our Happy Henna Shampoo Soap and our Chamomile and Calendula Shampoo Soap for thick curly/coily hair.

• Conditioner

  • Our Solid Hair Conditioner is such a game-changer! Use it like a bar soap on your hair for lovingly conditioned locks!

• Deodorant/Pit Paste and Body Spray

  • Our standard Deodorant is amazing (the only thing that doesn’t give me a rash or hives under my armpits), and our Pit Paste is great for everyone looking for something even smaller to pack away.

• Lotions, Body Butters, and Scrubs

  • The biggest issue with traveling with these? Containers. BUT! Once you run out, you can use the container for a half-empty product you may have that’s taking up valuable luggage space. Visit each page individually to find your signature scent! We organize most products by essential oils versus fragrance oil.

    • Lotions Page

    • Essential Oil Body Butters and Fragrance Oil Body Butters

    • Essential Oil Body Scrubs and Fragrance Oil Body Scrubs

This list isn’t meant to be all-inclusive!

Who’s to say Bath Fizzies or Cuticle Oil Pens aren’t necessities on your must-have list? Not me! That’s one of the reason’s we keep adding our in-store options to our online store, and why we ship FREE* all over the country!

*In September of 2026, Sunrise Soap Company made the difficult decision to modify our Free Shipping benefit to only apply to purchases $10 and over to recover lost revenue from shipping out very small orders. Read the full article HERE.