Each time, when going on a trip, be afraid to limit yourself to just one suitcase, or even hand luggage, and each time endure a fiasco and overpay for extra blouses and bubbles on weight control, almost being late for the plane? We are ready to share information on how to pack a suitcase so that you keep all of your nerve cells intact!
Preparatory stage
Even if you plan to get to the place of destination by train, rather than by plane, do not neglect the importance of the ability to fold things correctly. You will appreciate this advice when you travel lightly at the destination, sympathizing and simultaneously chuckling at individuals dragging along two huge suitcases.
What should be included in the preparation for collecting bags?
- Make a list.
If you start randomly throwing everything you used to use in your everyday life, your chances of light luggage will melt with each shampoo, each shirt or pair of shoes. A list is not just an enumeration of what you want to take. The indispensability of every thing must be justified! Really on the spot you can not buy a shower gel or sunblock? And these sandals on a 12-centimeter heel. Are you sure that with your thirst for exploring the city on foot they will really help you?
Collecting luggage is necessary with the mind. As a result, on the list of clothes, there should be universal mutually-compatible things, from personal hygiene means - only things that can not be bought at the place of arrival, for example a solution for contact lenses, the price of which in other countries is much higher. Only so you can easily pack things compactly.
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The same solution and other necessary travel means are poured into the camp kit or any miniature tanks.
- Be prepared for the weather.
Going to London in the summer, do not think that you will arrive in the same 30-degree heat. Examine the place of arrival and find out what to expect: strong cooling at night, monsoons, abnormal heat, humidity or strong winds. Adding the right thing to the bag, try to lay out something less than the expected weather. Also try to put on the heaviest and bulk items and shoes on the plane, if the weather allows you: the more on you, the less in a suitcase!
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If you still can not not collect on the road already open tubes and are afraid that they will spill, having spoiled expensive pants or a jacket, you can use a piece of cellophane: attach it to an open tube and screw the lid over it.
- Learn the rules.
If you get to the destination by plane, do not be lazy to find out about the rules of baggage transportation to properly assemble a suitcase. The most important thing is to know the permissible weight of baggage, in order to avoid overpayments for exceeding the limit. Also look at the policy of the airline on hand luggage: if you do not allow carrying a nail file or a bottle of water on the plane in any case, the weight and dimensions of the carry-on baggage can vary from company to company.
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Given the irresistible desire of our ladies to pack in a suitcase not only a bunch of cosmetics, but also their hair dryer and iron, it is not superfluous to contact the hotel and find out whether it will be possible to use this technique and other joys of the civilized world for them. So you will free up space and a stock of kilograms for more needed things.
Adding things to
Now that all the excess is eliminated, and everything you need is not forgotten, you'll have to put things as compactly as possible in a suitcase. In order for the mission to complete successfully, we urge you to forget about neatly folded T-shirts and sweaters: we will fight for every centimeter.
- Roll your things into rolls.
You may already have heard this tip: it is published by the best travel sites, air ticket sales services and even by airlines themselves. No wonder, after all, it really works. Perhaps, the rollers of clothes do not look very neat, but it is an ideal choice for putting a maximum of things in a suitcase, while the clothes themselves are minimally wrinkled. However, such a strategy is not suitable for things that can not be crumpled due to complicated ironing: a jacket, jackets, and also shirts and trousers, if you do not want to iron out the jammed hands and collars.
advice If you want to take something fragile, such as a bottle of wine, then put it inside one of these rollers, and place the roller so that it is surrounded by another garment. The risk of finding a broken bottle in a suitcase is almost zero!
- Tactics for things that should not be rumpled.
To protect jackets, trousers and shirts from creases, and yourself - from the laborious process of ironing them, you will have to add them a little differently. Select the heaviest rollers and shoes and place them evenly on the bottom of the suitcase. On top put pants, jacket and shirts, absolutely not folding: the sleeves of the jacket and the bottom of the trousers should extend beyond the suitcase. Now compactly lay out the lightweight rollers on top and wrap the sleeves of the jacket and the bottom of the pants inside.
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The shoulders and sleeves of jackets and jackets can be filled with small rolls, socks or underwear so that they do not lose shape.
- Use shoes.
Leaving space inside sneakers or shoes unfilled - a real crime! Place in the shoe all sorts of stuff like tubes, socks or underwear, folded into a plastic bag, to save space and keep the shape. Also very often shoes, folded in a suitcase, not a pair, but squashed into separate corners, saves a considerable amount of space. Thinking about how to properly assemble a suitcase, imagine that this is a tetris game: the more voids in your bag, the worse you get to "play".
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If you have collected more than three pairs of shoes, then you just need to revise your list. Go back to the preparatory stage and analyze their necessity.
Following these simple tips, you can not only facilitate your luggage and finally realize your dream of traveling light, but also avoid overpaying for exceeding the permissible weight and save a lot of time and nerves!
