Packing tips – Yes! Packing is a really part of your trip and mainly travel, where your are going to expend more time out of you home sweet home. Here are some of the selected good packing tips that you should know before hitting the road for your travel. Then you can learn how to deal with your luggage.
Please take not, because those are really important things for your packages to be treated well.
Where To Start?
Packing your things
Be safe, smart and efficient! If you’re doing your own packing, make sure you give yourself plenty of time; at least five or six weeks before your move date and plan carefully. Careful planning and packing will save you time, money and a lot of hair pulling.
Rolling Your Clothes
Backpackers swear by this method. Rolling works well with pants, skirts and sports shirts. Lay the item face down, fold back the sleeves and then roll from the bottom up.
Lighter and havier things.
Packing Tips
When you are packing things into a backpack, place the lighter items at the bottom and the heavier ones on top. Your bag will feel lighter this way as the pack rests on your lower back. It is also smart to place the things you use the most on top. Dirty clothes are perfect to put at the bottom of a backpack. If you are still trying to decide on the right backpack, have a look at Choosing the right Backpack on our Travel Unravelled blog.
Plastic Bags
It is always handy to have a few plastic bags around certain items, especially toiletries. Not only does it counter any leaking, the bags can also come in useful to keep dirty clothes in, as garbage bags or even as a makeshift umbrella. Ziplock or other airtight plastic bags are the best.
Shoes
If you want to make sure everything else in your bags stays clean and odor free, place the shoes inside old socks and then inside airtight plastic bags (ziplock). That will help you a lot!
Minimize on toiletries
Take only half a tube of toothpaste rolled up tight, store shampoo in small containers, only take half a roll of toilet paper (for emergencies only) and crush it so the middle is folded.
Gifts
While it is a good idea to take some small gifts with you while travelling, pre-wrapping them can be a waste of time if you are flying and your bags are opened.
Save your valuables in different places
Valuables in your travel – Packing tips
Split up your bank cards, cash, travellers’ cheques and credit cards as much as possible in different pockets, your bags and wallet when packing. In case you do get robbed or you loose some bag, at least you won’t be strapped for cash (unless you have all your bags AND your wallet stolen of course!).
Thats it
I hope you follow at least some of those packing tips and if you have more you can help us. Just send us and i will put it here!