Wallet and Purse

[bsiev1977]

Does anyone else clear out their wallet when they travel?
I was paying for something today, and it occurred to me how many things currently in my wallet I'll be leaving at home when I travel in December.
Like, I won't bring my library card, gas station card, movie rewards card, etc.
Ladies, same question as to your purse or whatever.

 

[PUSH]

I don't have many cards littering my wallet, so I don't clean anything out really.

 

[SMS55]

I have to clean it out from time to time because of receipts or business cards I continously get. I don't keep many cards in there. I have my debit card, two credit cards and that's it. Every other card sits in a drawer at home.

 

[real mad hatter]

I take a different wallet entirely.A waterproof Velcro thing.

 

[luv]

No. I take my wallet with me wherever I go. I may not carry it to the parks! I might use a lanyard instead. But the wallet, with all it's contents, goes with me.

I do wish Disney would let you add water parks to your AP without the "water parks fun and more" thing. Each year I have to buy two different passes and the less stuff in my wallet, the better. I need three slits just for theme park APs. Two for Disney, one for Uni and Sea World/Aquatica/Busch Gardens.

 

[Figgy1]

I do clean out my wallet before I gp. But as far as my purse goes I have one put aside just for going to Disney, That gets cleaned out when I get home. Same goes for my Figment pack.

 

[coachwnh]

Clean it out. Nothing but a CC, our APs, and TIW card

 

[copcarguyp71]

I carry KTTW, drivers license and a few dollars cash....that's it!

My wallet, cell phone and anything else that is a tether to any sort of civilization or daily grind stays in the room safe. I find for me it helps with the Disney "bubble" and increases my relaxation level. Silly I know but anything I can do while at the world to get as far away from day to day drudgery as possible seems to be worth while.

 

[lilclerk]

I bring a different wallet. It's a small little one that can be folded up and can fit in my camera bag. I only bring my KTTW card, AP if I have one, a credit card and ID.

 

[polymissy]

I usually eliminate everything except the essentials when we travel. This year when we got homegrown WDW, I went for a few days without adding everything back in and discovered that I don't really "need" a lot of my usual "must haves" in my purse after all. It has lightened my load!

 

[taz0162]

cleaned out my wallet before our trip and only returned 1/3 of the items back o it after. hard to believe all the things that accumulated in my wallet over time.

 

[zurgandfriend]

I have a thin travel wallet for vacation and I take what I'll need. I don't need my BJ's, CVS, Panera cards when I'm at WDW so I leave stuff like that at home.

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

I normally carry a pretty decent sized purse (I have lots of stuff to carry) but when I travel to the world, I switch to a much smaller purse and carry only my cash and debit cards, ID, point and shoot camera, chapstick and my cell phone. (I also carry a large camera bag with all my camera equipment.) I leave behind anything I know I will NOT need in the world.

 

[MaxsDad]

Yes, I remove all unneccessary cards. I put in AP's, DVC member ID, Disney Visa Rewards, etc.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

This is interesting...I don't think I ever thought to clean out my wallet before a trip to WDW. This could have saved me back when my wallet and its contents spilled out on the moving belt at the end of HM. Nothing takes the magic out of Little Leota saying "Hurry back" like a grown woman scrambling for a bunch of cards next to the moving line of doombuggies.

 

[LowesChevy]

I bring a much smaller purse on vacation. I love the cotton plaid Disney ones for this reason. I like to have one I can zip up in my carry on easily and be able to grab it when we are stopping to check in or shopping before we get settled. I can finally take my liquid items out of the quart bag and drop them into my purse as well.

I ditch my checkbook and excess cards like reward cards or gift cards-usually just take what I need out and leave it.

 

[KCheatle]

I don't bring my purse into the parks. My husband and I each have little travel backpacks that can get wet and can fit things a lot more conveniently. I only ever bring my room car, ID and my Disney Visa - you get 10% off merchandise, otherwise I wouldn't bring it. As far as the plane ride, I do clear it out before I fly because I always have the most random things in there and I don't want to get stopped! I go down to the courthouse all the time and my purse goes through a scanner belt there - they've found a wrench, a screwdriver, I had my wedding-kiss bell in there fore awhile (my kids like to play with it). Most recently, they saw the underwires of a bra I had stuffed in there from when I changed at the gym! Needless to say, I try to clean out my purse more often now - but sometimes I just don't think about what I have in there! Luckily they know me...

 

[Pooh'sBuddy]

I go down to the courthouse all the time and my purse goes through a scanner belt there - they've found a wrench, a screwdriver, I had my wedding-kiss bell in there fore awhile (my kids like to play with it). Most recently, they saw the underwires of a bra I had stuffed in there from when I changed at the gym! Needless to say, I try to clean out my purse more often now - but sometimes I just don't think about what I have in there! Luckily they know me...

I would have loved to have been there for those explanations!

I'll also take our health insurance cards with us but leave them in the room.

 

[lunchbox1175]

I take a different wallet entirely.A waterproof Velcro thing.

I use something different on trips as well. I am a bit of a minimalist.

 

[Hot Lava]

I also just carry a completely different wallet and purse. A munch smaller and scaled down wallet. And a far smaller purse that is crossbody and not leather.

FYI - I ruined a black leather purse with sunscreen. All the sunscreen on my arms rubbed on it and discolored it.