Anybody else have trouble packing for camping

Yes, I tend to get stressed before a trip. Best thing I have found is to start getting prepared a week before. Make a list and keep it where you and your spouse can see and add to it. We stage clothing, bedding, supplies and non-perishable items the night before we pack and check off the list as we go. It gets easier with time but I still get stressed if I'm the only one packing everything and when its the first trip of the season.

When we had our pop-up, we kept basic stuff in the camper all the time, like personal hygiene items, bedding, pots and pans stuff.

Then we had 3 or 4 Rubbermaid totes we carried in the back of the car (actually it was a mini-van). We carried our clothing in them and our food items. We also had an electric cooler we kept in the van since the pop-up did not have a refrigerator (I removed the ice-box and tuned that space into storage).

In preparation, those Rubbermaid totes were in the house where they were packed and pretty much ready to go as soon as laundry was done. Food items were packed also, like canned good and such. The electric cooler was brought in the house also and packed when convenient.

Then, when it came time to actually leave, all we had to do was put the totes and the electric cooler in the back of the mini-van, hitch and go.

We reversed the process once at the campground. When clothes emptied, that became the dirty laundry hamper. And food items almost always stayed in the back of the van. It was easier than hauling things back and forth all the time.

Packing was not a problem this way. The only time it became a little more challenging was when we decided to wash bedding. Then, we'd remove everything on the last day of the trip and simply pack it in the back of the van. After getting washed, the bedding would be put with the Totes and finally put back in the van. Once at the campsite, we'd make the bunks up.

No stress doing it this way.

Now that we have a TT, we keep food in the camper all the time, especially since we use it all the time. We just bring laundry in once home, wash it, and put it right back into the camper. Done! ready for the next trip.

We have a TT but my niece has a pop up... She has 4 to 6 plastic tubs just for camping.. She keeps them in a closet in the house... She has everything packed in those tubs. Two for kitchen (shes a huge dutch oven cooker) 1 for bathroom and shower, 1 for misc. 1 for backpacking stuff and 1 for clothes. I know she has clothes packed in one for her self and her husband.. When the 3 kids were younger she packed before leaving for them as they kept growing...They have had this popup since she was pregnant with the first.. She says she can shove a couple tub in the popup door when its down. The rest go in their van.. She keeps lists and updates them frequently.. She has a master list she keeps on the side of her fridge and each tub has a laminated list on top. she is very organized and they go camping about every weekend..

As fulltimers, of course we never have to pack our RV, but our daughters do. They both have everything they don't leave in their TT's except for perishables stored in plastic totes they can quickly move to the RV's in just a few minutes. They may add some new clothes, etc, but other than that and the fresh foods, they're always good to go in just a short time without having to remember where everything is.

Yes! This is one of the reasons we got an RV. It's packed with everything except change of clothes and a few food items. Otherwise, absolutley everything from toiletries to condiments are always in it.
We can "pack" in less than 30 minutes.

No. Make several check lists and start stacking things in a location days before. With lists you won't forget anything and won't be in a last minute panic.