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Pack Like A Pro, Always Keep Silk Scarf: Travel Hacks From Shark Tank Judge

Pack Like A Pro, Always Keep Silk Scarf: Travel Hacks From Shark Tank Judge

NDTV13-05-2025

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we're doing it right. So we're talking to road warriors to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers .
Fashion entrepreneur Daymond John first came to prominence with his pioneering hip hop clothing line, FUBU, but he's probably now best known as one of the original sharks on ABC's enduring reality hit Shark Tank. He'll return for season 17 in October to dole out deals to budding business types.
The 56-year-old John lives in Miami with his family and logs more than 400,000 miles in the air every year. His favorite airline? "I'm sure it's the same as everybody: Emirates," he says. "Of course the rooms with the showers and the cabins are the best. I got sick on one plane, and I needed to take a shower to feel fresh. I take it about 20% of the time."
Here's his best advice for packing light, getting over jetlag and enjoying your vacation, even when you're worn out by work travel.
A silk scarf is a surprisingly versatile accessory.
I never go anywhere without a silk scarf. My favorites are a traditional brown Louis Vuitton one, because it's a dark color, and another by Kenneth Cole. I use it when hopping out of a plane-I swear that little bit of time with my neck exposed can potentially give me a cold-and I can throw it straight over my shoulders, or use it as a pocket square to elevate more casual looks. I can also put it around my wrist if I'm trying to be cool.
Finland in the dead of winter is wonderful.
We went to Finland for New Year's Eve, a Santa Village. It was great, a little cottage with staff dressed up like elves and Santa, running around in the middle of the forest. My nine-year-old daughter had a fun time, dog sledding and snowmobiling. We went to Hidden Arctic Clouds villas. Those cottages get booked up so quickly, so if you want to go and stay there instead of a hotel, you need to book it a year ahead of time.
Don't forget to book an easy vacation from time to time.
At Baha Mar, I love the restaurants, I love the nightlife. I love that you can just stay there all day if you want, and everything's at your disposal. They treat me extremely well. A very, very simple, easy, easy trip. I travel about 250 days per year, so the easier it is on vacation, the better it is for me.
The best bar in the Caribbean is a no-frill's institution.
There's a bar named Footprints in the Bahamas. I take a little boat out there when I stay at Baha Mar. The guy who owns it, Ronnie, woke up 30 years ago, said to his wife "Do you love me?" She said "I don't really know." So he left and opened this little bar. I respect that he made a decision to go off and live a simple life. People come in off the boats, they catch fresh fish and eat it right there. Ronnie appreciates the simplicity and the hard work, and he's probably well into his 70s now.
Embrace being hungry when you have jetlag.
Over the last six months, I've been doing intermittent fasting. So now, if I leave New York at 5 p.m. and land in LA at 8 p.m., I won't eat dinner at 8 p.m. because my body still thinks it's 11 p.m. in New York. I will wait until my next regular mealtime is to eat. This small discipline lets me reset my internal clock faster and is a key to keeping my energy levels stable. If you've missed a meal time, skip it-don't make it up.
Vintage stores are the best places to shop in a new country.
Between the late '90s and now, it appears that every place has become the same. It used to be that there were specific brands, things you could find only in that country. When Instagram and all these things started coming out, everything started looking the same. But go to the vintage stores in these countries, and you'll find brands that were only made to be distributed there, ones you wouldn't see in America.
Double book so you never miss a connection.
I've double booked myself on different airlines when I have a tight connection. You can't use your name for two bookings on the same airline, but you could book a Delta flight that leaves at 6:30 p.m. and an 8 p.m. flight on a different airline. Book a more expensive fare that can be canceled for a credit, and you can use the credit on your next flight.
Unpack like a pro in any hotel room.
I have one charger that has multiple outlets on it and I get all my stuff plugged in there to recharge together. I then take out my toiletries, put them where they're supposed to be. I take out my workout stuff and all my vitamins and arrange them on the desk. And I leave my clothes across the chair. I don't put them in the closet.

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