Nate Berkus packs this one thing on every trip 'no matter what' (Exclusive)

There's one thing that Nate Berkus "always" brings with him on trips "no matter what."

The lifestyle guru recently sat down with AOL's Gibson Johns at the launch event for TravelPro's VersaPack, where he shared some of his go-to travel and packing tips as the summer vacation season heats up.

"Typically, for me, it’s always about looking at my calendar to figure out where I’m going to be," Berkus told AOL. "I always have a jacket with me no matter where I’m going, because you never know when you’re going to be invited to some dinner and you never want to have to decline because you don’t have the appropriate clothing."

Berkus, who recently moved back to New York City from Los Angeles with his husband, Jeremiah Brent, and their two children, Poppy and Oskar, also has some necessities that he plans on throwing in his weekend bag when taking trips to places like the Hamptons now that he's back on the East Coast.

"It’s also, like, a pair of Vans, two pairs of pants, a bathing suits, abs -- hopefully! -- two polo shirts, two t-shirts, running shoes and one running outfit, which is ambitious" he added. "What’s great about the VersaPack is that there are four different organizers. There’s a laundry organizer, which is so brilliant if you think about it: Why would you want your disgusting socks touching anything else for the weekend?"

That being said, since expanding their family, what traveling and packing look like for Berkus and Brent has completely changed.

"I always prided myself on how I packed until I was a father of two kids," Berkus explained to us. "I never checked a bag before I had children -- in 30 years! For a weekend trip, I’ve gotten it down pretty much to a science -- but that's when I don’t have to pack a bottle warmer or snacks, 700 diapers and all of that business."

"I do love traveling with the kids, but they're not quite old enough to appreciate it and I’m conscious of that," he said. "Jeremiah and I have a thing in our relationship where we put ourselves first, because we believe in that philosophically -- that the kids will be better if we actually care about each other and make each other a priority, and part of that priority is taking small trips with one another."