--- title: Professional Packers for Summer Camp Are on the Rise description: Cuz nothing says I love you like paying someone $250 an hour to do the job for you canonical: https://time.com/110282/parents-are-paying-pros-to-pack-their-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/ author: Anita Hamilton article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-23T16:00:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:57.766Z og:title: Parents Are Paying Pros to Pack Their Kids' Bags for Summer Camp og:description: Cuz nothing says I love you like paying someone $250 an hour to do the job for you og:url: https://time.com/110282/parents-are-paying-pros-to-pack-their-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt577dab34b8f283c5/698690b155a859960ba80f32/pro-packers-summer-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: 184450278 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parents Are Paying Pros to Pack Their Kids' Bags for Summer Camp twitter:description: Cuz nothing says I love you like paying someone $250 an hour to do the job for you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt577dab34b8f283c5/698690b155a859960ba80f32/pro-packers-summer-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Parents Are Paying Pros to Pack Their Kids' Bags for Summer Camp > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Anita Hamilton](https://time.com/author/anita-hamilton/) ## Anita Hamilton May 23, 2014 4:00 PM UTC  Young girl sitting on top of overflowing suitcase Young girl sitting on top of overflowing suitcase Jasper White—Getty Images by [Anita Hamilton](https://time.com/author/anita-hamilton/) ## Anita Hamilton May 23, 2014 4:00 PM UTC Everyone knows a helicopter Mom who can’t bear the thought of parting from junior for a few weeks while he’s off at summer camp. But for some parents the problem runs much deeper: even the thought of packing their little ones’ bags for camp leaves them paralyzed. Enter the professional organizers. In New York City, packing pros charge up to $250 per hour to make sure kids enjoy all the creature comforts of home while they’re roughing it in cabins Upstate. Dayna Brandoff of Chaos Theory told the [New York _Post_](http://nypost.com/2014/05/23/moms-hire-professionals-to-pack-kids-bags-for-summer-camp/) that some of her clients ask her to pack enough items to essentially recreate kids’ bedrooms at home. “It’s really about bringing the feel of home to camp,” she says. Must-have items include everything from fancy soaps and linens to extra shelving to make room for it all. While parents are responsible for buying the items that get packed, it still takes the organizers about half a day to pack it all up, for a total cost of around $1000\. 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