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Keegan-Michael Key speaks to PEOPLE about his travel tips and favorite trip memories while celebrating National Waffle Day with Choice Hotels

The Key&Peele alum thinks you can never over-pack.

Key emphasizes the importance of packing the night before and getting a good night's rest

Keegan-Michael Key has some simple but smart travel advice to help avoid headaches and pack in more fun.

The comedian, 54, spoke with PEOPLE exclusively on behalf of Choice Hotels (whose Comfort Inn brand hosted a waffle lounge ahead of National Waffle Day Aug. 24), offering up his go-to strategies for low-stress getaways and sharing how breakfast, especially waffles, brings back warm memories.

“If you think you're overpacking, you're not,” Key says with a laugh. “You're going to feel so g

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