Tracee Ellis Ross Does Not Want Adventure on Vacation

09.08.2024 - 23:25 / cntraveler.com

Tracee Ellis Ross is not a train person, nor is she a boat person. “I like a boat, but I don’t want to travel by a boat, you know what I mean? I just want to go out on a boat,” the actor says while discussing her preferred means of transportation. Right now, she’s in the process of becoming a car person: This week she launched a new campaign with Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, the first all-electric vehicle from Mercedes-Maybach. “I love elegant. I love chic. I love sleek and effortless,” she says. “It’s either some fancy first-class airline on the plane or a beautiful Mercedes.”

An avid traveler, Ellis Ross is also working on a docuseries about solo travel with Roku, which she promises will celebrate and encourage those who “live their lives on their own terms.” Ahead, Tracee Ellis Ross discusses her very particular terms for travel, including her ideal pool temperature, the types of sweats she needs to fly in, and why she returns to the same destinations again and again.

Her go-to flying outfit:
I travel in sweats, but I call them fancy sweats. Right now, my favorites are Pangaia. I have them in almost every color, and I buy an extra large. I have a real issue with being cold, so it’s sweats even in the summer. I like a hoodie, because even if I don't put it over my ears when I'm cold, it is very practical. Before the pandemic I was always like a wiper downer, but if you are sleeping on a pillow, you can put the hood up and have that be what your face is touching, and if you're cold, you can pull it around your neck almost like a scarf. What I love about the Pangaia sweats is that they have pockets not only in the pants but also in the sweatshirt, and they're deep pockets. You can put your AirPods or phone in there and you won't feel like they're going to fall out. I am also somebody who does a compression sock, but the compression socks where your toes are out and they go all the way up to my thigh, above my knees. They have changed everything for me.

Why she always carries on back-up clothes:

Because I have lost luggage in the past, I always have my big tote purse and a roller bag that I could live out of for a week if I needed to. You have to learn the lesson once and then you're done. You're like, Okay, that will never happen again. I'll never be without all of my shoes.

How she stays hydrated in flight:
I play a game with myself on the airplane of “How much water can I drink?” I can get down two liters for a European flight.

Her priorities when planning a vacation:
My life is so jam-packed. I work it with military precision. So a couple of things that are really important to me: a hotel room that has sunlight. It makes me just get up and go in a really wonderful way. Food is a really big one. I mean