(From apartmenttherapy.com) Assuming you’re not traveling by steamship with a trunk full of your life’s possessions, you probably want to pare down and fit all the essentials into a carry-on bag.

From Newsweek: In the weeks since the Jan. 12 earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince, cruise ships full of mostly American tourists have continued to dock in Labadee, a private resort 60 miles north of Haiti’s devastated capital city.