Summer-travel season is on the horizon, and while I am personally a fan of the “frantically packing the night before” model of preparation, I agree that footwear is the one thing in particular that can really benefit from a little advance planning. The wrong shoes — and I’m not being hyperbolic here — can ruin a trip, or at least a precious portion of it while you move through the seven stages of wrong-shoe grief until finally accepting that you need to go out and buy an alternate pair. To circumvent this preventable fate, consider the suggestions, below.
Final bit of advice …
If you end up winging it where travel footwear is concerned, at least toss one of these blister sticks into your toiletry bag. They actually work, especially if you apply before the blisters start to form, and might spare you from wrong-shoe agony for a little while longer.
