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10 Packing Tips To Help You Travel Light

Packing tips and tricks

By AppsHivePublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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10 Packing Tips To Help You Travel Light
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Every 1 gram weight feels like tons while traveling. Every traveler would love to know how the excess weight can be reduced from the bags while traveling.

If you too are planning to go for a trip, you should once hop on to these amazing 10 packing tips that will help you to travel with lightweight bags. I am sure these tips will turn out to be magical for you. Let's start packing for the next trip with these amazing packing tips.

1) Roll your clothes instead of folding

Rolling your clothes can save a lot of space in the bag. So you should keep your clothes in a rolled way instead of folding them. This can save space and also reduce the extra baggage load for extra clothes. Also, rolling clothes can prevent them from deep wrinkles from fold creases.

2) Wash your clothes on the midway

If you are staying in a vacation rental where laundry services are offered, wash your clothes there. If you wish to stay in that rental place, book the place from these best vacation rental apps where you can get places as per your requirement. Once your clothes are washed you can also go for long trips after that. Also, booking such a place will give you an idea for packing and you will be able to reduce your burden.

3) Keep Dual-purpose garments

You should keep dual-purpose garments in the bag. Dual-purpose garments mean garments that can serve two purposes such as pants that can be used as shorts. Such items can be huge weight lifters.

4) Pack things in a lightweight backpack

The most important thing to keep in mind is to pack things in a lightweight backpack. Sometimes the weight of the bag is 10x the weight of the stuff inside it. So you need to take care of the weight of the bag in which you are packing your things as all other packing techniques will be of no use if your bag is heavy.

5) Use packing cubes for organized packing

The most efficient and smart way of packing lightweight bags for travel is using packing cubes. These packing cubes can help you be organized in your packing. You can allocate one packing cube to one category each. This will also help you to pack less, ultimately leading to a lightweight bag.

6) Fewer the shoes, lighter the bag

Shoes are heavier than any other item and take up most of the space. So, you should only take a few essential shoes if necessary in your bag. You can wear one shoe and pack one slipper or maximum can keep one sandal. These many pairs of shoes will be enough for the trip.

7) Keep recyclable clothes

Don’t keep clothes that you can wear only once, instead keep recyclable clothes that you can wear 3-4 times without looking ugly. You can carry 2-3 such recyclable clothes and these can save a lot of space in your bag.

8) Keep microfibre towel

Keep a microfibre towel in your bag to make it lightweight. As microfibre towels are lightweight and travel-friendly, these are the best alternative to ordinary cotton towels. Microfibre towels are washable and get dry easily after the wash.

9) Keep easily washable clothes

Taking the whole closet with you while traveling is a foolish thing. So keep washable clothes in your bag so that you don’t run out of clean clothes. You can take the laundry services from the hotel where you are going to stay. The easily washable clothes can be washed and dried easily.

10) Keep only the necessary beauty cosmetics and accessories

Don’t just think of clicking photos with accessories. Think of your bag’s weight as well. Only keep necessary accessories, cosmetics, and beauty products so that you don’t need to carry an extra bag for these things. Try to not fill the complete space with accessories and beauty products.

BONUS TIP: Unforgettable Essentials to put inside the bag

Power Bank: Never forget to keep a power bank when you are packing for traveling otherwise you will have to worry about your phone battery all the way.

First Aid kit: You should keep a first aid kit for emergencies so that you are always prepared for any unforeseen circumstances while traveling. Be safe.

Collapsible water bottle: Keep a collapsible water bottle that doesn’t take much space in the bag and you don’t even have to carry so many plastic bottles every time you need water.

Conclusion

Now you know amazing cool packing hacks or tips that can turn your packing experience into a magical one. So let's say goodbye to all those heavy bags that you keep dragging all the time while you travel. It's time to enjoy and fall in love with the trip. Happy packing, happy journey.

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