Where do you buy your travel size items?

You can get mini bottles from a camping store and take your own goodies. I got a selection of 8 different size bottles for around $8.

Your automobile association store.

I buy most of my stuff at grocery stores, Target and Walmart. I bought a kit of small carry on size plastic bottles to fill up from my stuff at home.

If you are comfortable buying on the internet there are 2 sites I recommend - www.minimus.biz and www.AllTravelSizes.com. I have purchased through both and they are quick, reliable and don't charge shipping if your order totals $20 or more!
Lisa

I second what Lisa said about www.minimus.biz. I was impressed with the variety of items they had and also with the speed that they delivered.

Try REI for travel size first aid kits. Several companies make these, and they are very light weight.

Check in the camping department. Adventure Medical is the brand we have for our travel use.

Some of the kits are put together by zone, so if you are traveling to Europe, it's one kind of kit, India, China, another. The people at these companies realize just what is needed for travel!

I recently purchased many items from PackingLight.net
They sell the (non liquid) travel hand soap sheets, shampoo, conditioner, laundry soap, etc

I buy bandaids and antiseptic cream ( like polysporin) anywhere, and stick in the drugs I like for various ailments( pepto bismal, advil, antihistimines, and cough drops ) .

If I need more help then that I go to a doctor or clinic. What would one need a whole first aid kit for in western europe?? I mean, as I said, bandaids ( for cuts and blisters) and some polysporin and you are set.

Now if I was going to China or somewhere like that,, fine, load me up with stuff. I think sometimes people can get too carried away with overpacking for any thing,, I find as I age I pack less and less as I am aware of how little you really need to take.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I've found some things to check out. I don't need much, but I'm a person that doesn't take much medication- the only thing I own is Advil, so I don't have the option of just taking a couple pills from home. Normally, I use herbal teas, etc. However, if I'm not feeling well on a trip, I don't want to take my chances and wait it out, I want to be better right away. I once got sick on Martha's Vineyard during the shoulder season in the evening when nothing was open. That wasn't fun, so I'd prefer to just carry along a couple small things just in case. And we're going to carry our bags on, so travel size bottles are a must!

Kristy I do recommend taking medicines from home you are familar with ( and the labels and instructions are in english) ,, I was not aware that first aid kits had much medications in them.
Especially for tummy or digestive issues, I mean those sorts of disorders can happen anytime, late at night, weekends etc.

You don't have to buy "travel" friendly meds, they're very expensive purchased that way (I saw 2, yes 2, advil in prepackaged foil packs for $1 - you could buy 50 tabs for that!) Instead, make your own with meds you're already sure work for you. I use a small (4 x 4 inch) sturdy zip top plastic bag and fill it with a selection of meds in their original blister packaging (sudafed, tummy stuff, laxative, antihistimine, etc.) along with cold meds (I like the kind that dissolve on your tongue, so they're not liquid), a few cough drops. Advil and tylenol p.m. in a separate small nalgene container. Plus a good selection of bandaids. I don't take neosporin, but if you do make sure to put it in your liquids bag for security purposes. Also, try your local dollar store or the automotive section of a variety store - I have seen "glove box" first aid type kits that come in hard plastic containers that you could add to.

REI, Target, etc. have travel-sized containers. Fill them with your own stuff. Your experience on the Cape gives you an idea of what you'd want to bring.

I recently purchased BandAid bandages that have Neosporin in them...

You can get day by day pill sorters cheaply. I load each compartment with different pills. Aleve in one, dramaine in another, benedril in a third... At the dollar store I got a plastic snap container that holds q-tips. Removed most but not all of the q-tips, added bandaids, gauze pads, adhesive tape, dental floss, butterfly bandages/seritape and some alcohol prep pads. You can take the neosporin in your 1 qt bag then transfer it to the kit. I also take chapstick- it will 'seal' a paper cut or razor accidents, soothe mild burns and soften rough skin. I also take an old prescription bottle (lable removed) filled with bicaronate of soda (baking soda). It can sub for toothpaste, ease heartburn or mixed with water to a paste, ease bug bites or rash.