Packing for a trip and hoping for a light weight

You are right there that instead of using luggage, backpacks are lighter. Furthermore, bring only the necessary things needed for the entire trip. If possible, bring light-weight clothes. Toiletries such as shampoo, toothpaste etc should be avoided since you can have them once you reached your destination. This are the usual things we did when preparing for a trip.

Hi friend, good to hear about your traveling experience, i am interested in reducing unwanted things while traveling and prefer to take light weighted bags for my journey, i will take my lap top and cell phone wherever i go, apart from them i will take my dresses and important things for the journey

Rather than respond to this topic I would rather take a 'Q' from you on how to pack light. This list is so complete and indeed light!I will bookmark this for future reference.

a pleasant day maximax8, with reference to your topic, i think that matter is somehow usual especially if you travel a lot. that you are always looking forward to have a light weight baggage whenever you are doing a travel. with me here, i always wish that i can just have a light luggage everytime i do my travel so that it will be easy for me to carry my things.

Weight is always a concern of mine when we fly as the last thing you need before a flight is to get slapped with a crazy bill of an extra $100 for the suitcase. When we fly we try and take only the essentials we will need and often we land up buying a few goodies wherever we fly to. Now weight is no longer an issue as my spouse is an upgraded member on 3 major airlines so we get an extra bag wherever we fly(not to mention lounge access as well). With regards to a book can you not bring that as hand luggage as it does add a lot od extra weight you could avoid.

I have never travelled with only just s single luggage. i always pack in extra clothes just in case and that goes too with food. aside from the chrcked in luggage a have a big bag that i tag along. it gets even bigger when i travel with my kids. o just need to have those snacks and their extra clothes as well.

Yes, I have because when I am going to certain places, it is really hard to take a lot of thing with me. I have packed light on several trips because I know that when I go to other places, I am going to buy things there, and I am going to come home with a lot of souvenirs. I will have my purse with me, and I will have my necessities with me, and clothes, but other than that, I don't have much.

I try my best to pack light but 15kg is not my definition of packing light. I have to at least upgrade it to 20kg or 25kg just to be sure. The baggage allowance here for the local airlines is just 15kg and for me it isn't enough but I don't mind paying a little for it to be upgraded to 5kg or 10kg more. I learned to roll my clothes inside the luggage instead of folding them as per an advice of a friend I stayed with before I first travelled out of the country in 2007. I have never forgotten that valuable advice ever since. But I have never thought of bringing an ebook reader in lieu of bulky paperback/hardbound book. Will keep that in mind next time.

I always try to travel light. I travel with a backpack and a small bag where I keep my passport, tickets, cash, credit cards and my camera. If I am going to travel by plane I also keep a couple of books in the small bag, because I use that bag as my handluggage. Before I travel I buy some cheap paperbacks in a second hand shop ($1 or less) and when I have read them I give them away to other travellers to simply leave them. I also bring some second hand magazines and I don't keep those magazines either. When I return to my home I fill my backpack with souvenirs and presents instead of the books and the magazines.

Hi Maxine, Ever since I had my back surgery, I know I can only take one suitcase with me, and as light as possible. I think very hard and learn about the climate of the place where I´m going and I will not do any modeling fro anyone, so it´s just the minimum. I cannot use a backpack, but I have a very good suitcase with good wheels. That is enough for me. I even place my camera inside that suitcase. The only thing I carry with me are my documents, and some extra clothes should I need to change in the middle of the trip.

Hi, Our family often flies with cheep airlines like Ryanair, so we're quite used to packing light weight (10kg). I think a quite useful tip is not to pack any heavy cosmetics, like shampoos and shower gels. These tend to weigh a lot and it's much easier to buy these at your destination than to pack them. I also tend to pack things I'm planing on getting rid of (e.g. clothes and shoes). I can leave this stuff behind and might even have some space left for souvenirs on the way back. Taking your e book reader instead of books is also a great idea. It helps save both space and luggage weight. You might also like to put heavy clothing (like boots or jackets) on you for the flight, so you don't have to pack them. I rarely pack food - this I buy at my destination. Light snacks are OK, but drinks and heavier foods I try to avoid. Usually I use a suitcase, though it's true a backpack might be lighter. I'd probably use a backpack if I had a suitable one :). The type of luggage probably also depends on the type of trip. Backpacks are great for tourists (especially when visiting the country rather than the town), while suitcases are better when packing fragile items or elegant clothing that you don't want to crumple :). Also, a backpack might be more convenient for you, because pushing the buggy and pulling the suitcase simultaneously might cause some problem. :D