Travel Packing Tips
Packing the right stuff for your travel is a big problem before going to a vacation. We want to carry a lot of stuff but we don't have enough room for it. Here we are going to give some very helpful travel packing tips which will help you a lot in packing your stuff for travel
The Two Bag System.
Every pro traveler we've ever met travels using some variation of this two bag system.
Bag#1: Travel bag: High quality 25-40 liter travel pack with (preferably fold-away) hip belt. This is for clothes, electronics, gifts. Put all your liquids/gels in a quart Ziploc by itself for easy inspection removal. The clothes should be rolled up into an Eagle Creek 2-sided travel cube with a plastic divider in the middle to separate the clean from the unwashed (isolating the smell away from the clean clothes and the rest of the bag) without having to pack two separate clothes bags! Always leave the travel bag at least one third empty for souvenirs
Bag #2: Purse/man-bag or hiking waist-pack: Everything you will need to survive up to 18 hours in your airplane, train, boat, bus (e.g., iPad, smartphone, snacks, eyeshade, earplugs, wet wipes, water bottle, etc). You never have to touch your main travel bag after putting it in the overhead bin. This will save you a lot of grief.
Going through Security:
Put the small bag inside the big bag. Put everything except your picture ID and boarding pass into one of the big bag's zippered pockets and secure it with a heavy duty twist-tie (We recommend to use Nite Ize gear ties). Since your Ziploc bag with liquids/gels is in its own pocket you won't accidentally lose anything taking it out for inspection. After clearing security, it'll take 30 seconds to put the Ziploc bag back in.
Walk until you find a nice quiet area of the airport away from potential pickpockets to put everything back in your pants pockets. Walk by the folks paying $4.50 for a small bottle of water and, without being smug, fill your empty water bottle from a drinking fountain.
How do I know what to bring?
As you pack your bags, make a text list on your Smartphone of everything you packed. On your trip, once in a while when you're bored waiting for a bus or plane, go through the list and put a + next to everything you actually used. Next time you travel, don't pack anything without a + next to it. Even after many years of travel the bag gets a little lighter every time. This point is important because if it's too early to check in to a hotel, you can actually walk around town all day with the light pack (with at least 75% of the weight resting on the hip belt, not the shoulder straps!) unlike "overpackers".
These were some amazing tips, but it is just a review of our detailed article. If you want more information regarding travel packing, read our full article Florida Travel Packing Tips. Stay tuned for more tips and ideas.
Enjoy your vacations!
The Two Bag System.
Every pro traveler we've ever met travels using some variation of this two bag system.
Bag#1: Travel bag: High quality 25-40 liter travel pack with (preferably fold-away) hip belt. This is for clothes, electronics, gifts. Put all your liquids/gels in a quart Ziploc by itself for easy inspection removal. The clothes should be rolled up into an Eagle Creek 2-sided travel cube with a plastic divider in the middle to separate the clean from the unwashed (isolating the smell away from the clean clothes and the rest of the bag) without having to pack two separate clothes bags! Always leave the travel bag at least one third empty for souvenirs
Bag #2: Purse/man-bag or hiking waist-pack: Everything you will need to survive up to 18 hours in your airplane, train, boat, bus (e.g., iPad, smartphone, snacks, eyeshade, earplugs, wet wipes, water bottle, etc). You never have to touch your main travel bag after putting it in the overhead bin. This will save you a lot of grief.
Going through Security:
Put the small bag inside the big bag. Put everything except your picture ID and boarding pass into one of the big bag's zippered pockets and secure it with a heavy duty twist-tie (We recommend to use Nite Ize gear ties). Since your Ziploc bag with liquids/gels is in its own pocket you won't accidentally lose anything taking it out for inspection. After clearing security, it'll take 30 seconds to put the Ziploc bag back in.
Walk until you find a nice quiet area of the airport away from potential pickpockets to put everything back in your pants pockets. Walk by the folks paying $4.50 for a small bottle of water and, without being smug, fill your empty water bottle from a drinking fountain.
How do I know what to bring?
As you pack your bags, make a text list on your Smartphone of everything you packed. On your trip, once in a while when you're bored waiting for a bus or plane, go through the list and put a + next to everything you actually used. Next time you travel, don't pack anything without a + next to it. Even after many years of travel the bag gets a little lighter every time. This point is important because if it's too early to check in to a hotel, you can actually walk around town all day with the light pack (with at least 75% of the weight resting on the hip belt, not the shoulder straps!) unlike "overpackers".
These were some amazing tips, but it is just a review of our detailed article. If you want more information regarding travel packing, read our full article Florida Travel Packing Tips. Stay tuned for more tips and ideas.
Enjoy your vacations!
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