Comments on: How to Pack a Bag When Traveling

By: Cole

Cole — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:38:25 +0000

Funny you should mention but, I learned to pack in the Navy. If you fold everthing just as they taught us (and I have taught zillions of young sailors) it all fits, comes out wrinkle free and you have everything you need plus a room for some things you dont

The Chief

By: gratis geld

gratis geld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:24:33 +0000

Damn, thats manliness! No serious, it’s very handy to be able to pack a bag very sufficient. Thanks!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:12:38 +0000

A tip for packing suits:
Just leave the suit on the hanger and bring it in a garment bag. I always bring this in addition to my carry-on and have never been forced to check it or charged more by an airline. (Maybe they consider the garment bag your “personal item.” I don’t know.) Then, as you step onto the plane and the stewardess greets you, just politely ask if you can hang your garment bag in the stewardess’ closet in the front of the plane. Usually, once they see you with a garment bag, they will offer to do this so you won’t even have to ask. Don’t feel bad about this either. The closets are almost always nearly empty. Now instead of worrying about your suit wrinkling in the overhead compartment as you fly, you can know that it is getting no more wrinkled than it would in your closet at home. Just don’t forget to retrieve it when you get off the plane.

Bonus suit packing tip:

Most garment bags are big enough to hold two suits. Take advantage of this and you can have more clothing variety while traveling. In fact, why not wear a suit as well? Now you have three.

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:51:32 +0000

Roll ties and put them in little sandwich zip lock bags you can get 3 in a bag, they stay neat and unlike the shoe idea your ties won’t smell like old shoes when it’s time to wear them! They can stay safely clean like this for months and come out ready to wear.

I also strive to balance suitcases with the weight toward the bottom so they are not tippy when you pull them (the wheeled kind) and pack a few items in my carry on. As a commercial photographer I always have ore than just a laptop, my camera gear partly goes with me (FAA rules allow professional photographers one extra gear bag but most airline personnel don’t know this) and part under the plane, or I ship gear to my work sites. If I’m doing this I’ve found it’s cheaper to ship my luggage and cloths along than paying the hefty fees most airlines charge now. It allows me to travel light while my cloths and gear show up ahead of me and are ready when I arrive.

Many older travelers know this trick too, they only carry one light bag to keep things easy and overnight express ship their luggage to the hotel for longer trips. It costs less than airlines, is more reliable, better tracking and you don’t have to mess with it or get stressed out about lost luggage. Insure everything and forget about it.

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By: Carl Muthman

Carl Muthman — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:20:52 +0000

I used to work out in the field regardless of weather. One thing I purchased for the long overnights trips was a portable Peet Boot dryer, the small electric folding type. All together it would fit into a small bag about the size of a small Dopp kit. Putting on warm dry boots in the morning is just so wonderful and kind of like a small piece of home.

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By: Will

Will — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:30:15 +0000

Rather than the garbage bag, I find using plastic shopping bags to be the most convenient. First I have a ton of them laying around under the sink at home and they often accumulate at the hotel room if you buy anything while traveling. Keeping the dirty clothes away from the clean is very important. And it’s also nice to pack everything in bags to begin with; it keeps things tidy in the suitcase especially when you are looking for something towards the bottom.

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By: друг

друг — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:27:31 +0000

я обычно всё пихаю кучей.

By: Doug Thornburg

Doug Thornburg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:25:09 +0000

Something my grandmother taught me as a very small child – in the evening, hand-wash your shorts / socks / t-shirt (Dr Bronner’s lavendar soap is ideal), rinse well, squeeze out. Roll each piece in a hotel towel, tightly, twist – this will pull much of the moisture out – unroll, then hang to dry. In most places, this change of “unders” is dry by morning. Also works for shirts – this is one of the reasons I heavily favor silk shirts. I normally try to carry no more than 4 days’ underwear / shirts, two pants plus shorts, light sweater, usually a wool sport jacket.

On business, I let the company pay for hotel laundry every 3 days, if I am in one place that long. It is a valid expense, and lets me carry a reasonable (20 kilos) amount of luggage for any length trip.

I use a 21″ roll bag, and a leather backpack with expansion zipper. I carry a CPAP machine w/ hose and small laptop, meds, TSA liquids, a book, dopp kit, change of unders, and all those “little things” in the backpack – spare glasses, wipes, snackbars, pens, safety pins, mini-flashlight, quarters, teabag, spare ziplocks, camera, battery, phone, ipod, passport, tickets, itinerary (copy 1). Most of this stuff stays in the side pockets all the time.
The roll bag gets clothes, all chargers, extra book (one is never enough), copy of itinerary (copy 2), small umbrella, more (large) ziplocks, trashbag (dirty clothes), nylon trunks (swim, exercise, “decency” shorts for the AM). Always a nylon shell jacket (Californian, allergic to water falling out of the sky) and hat. Usually one pair dress and one pair casual shoes.

By: hommer

hommer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:03:32 +0000

Here is a few tricks:
Pack 1 suite w 2 slacks. You now have 1 formal outfit and 2 respectively more casual outfits depending on the choice of slack. Pack 2 pair of shoes (One casual and one formal) and one belt. 1 sock and underwear per day of travel and 3 T-Shirts and 1 short. If on the road for more than 1 week, you will need to learn how to wash clothes or discover a local service. Upon arrival, take off all cloths worn on the plane (Running shoes, Jeans etc. and wash and clean them (Send out or do in the room, your choice) shorts and T’s form basis of gym clothes for morning workout) Jeans for casual weekend attire, etc. To take wrinkles out of your suite, hang it on a wooden coat hanger behind the bathroom door. A hot shower creates a lot of steam and if properly packed this is enough steam to unwrinkled a good suite. Plan your cloths and schedule out for 10 minutes to have fresh daily outfits matching the level of meetings you are attending. It is quite fun. All else fails you can go shopping and buy your missing needs. Its far more fun than over packing or travelling with a heavy load. One point to remember is when shopping locally you need to lug the stuff back, so you need to ensure you have space in your luggage for the new duds you just picked up. Besides nothing is less cool than an executive w a huge suitcase at the airport. The carry on luggage is all you need for up to 2 weeks road trip. Personally with practice I have survived for 5 weeks with the carry on only. However this is not for the novice traveler.

By: Pop Wuping

Pop Wuping — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:14:19 +0000

How to pack for travel…

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