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TIPS FOR PACKING EFFICIENTLY

Planning the amount of clothes that you take on vacation should not be based on the largest-sized bag or how many bags you can carry (especially now that the penalty for travelling with a large piece of luggage may cost you a bundle). Instead, you should plan what you need to take and select the minimum-sized bag that will contain these clothes as well as provide the mobility that you need on the trip.

First, sit down with the itinerary for your trip. Consider how many days you will be gone, the climate of your destination, and the types of activities in which you will participate (for example, sightseeing, swimming, hiking, dinner at a nice restaurant, etc). Then choose the clothes appropriate for these activities and begin to prepare a packing list.

That was simple, right? Now comes the hard part. Look at your packing list again and start cutting. We can practically guarantee that you will not wear everything you are planning to pack for the trip.

There are many ways to hone your packing list.First, consider whether you can consolidate your wardrobe by mixing and matching outfits. Do you need a fresh new outfit every day, or can you wear something more than once?Do you want to wash your items while on the road or, perhaps, have them professionally cleaned?And how many pairs of shoes do you really need?

The following tactics helps to prevent over packing:

- Double your clothes use.

- Pack wrinkle-resistant clothes of compatible colours, mix and match, wear things more than once.

- Bring only two pairs of shoes on any vacation. Take one pair for dress and a comfortable pair for casual activities.Favour shoe comfort over style. Do not take new shoes on a trip. Instead, take shoes that you have “broken-in”. Make sure that the shoes that you take on vacation are designed for walking: give special consideration to the types of activities that you have planned for your vacation. In general, it takes 24 hours of natural drying for the air to wick the moisture out of a shoe that has been worn during a normal tourist’s day of wandering and walking. Consequently, your feet will be more comfortable if you have at least two pairs of shoes to rotate between wearing. If you do not care about comfortable feet and do not mind the aroma of “toe jam”, take only one pair of shoes. However, be prepared to have your travelling companion demand a separate room for your shoes (or, perhaps, for you).

Shoes are a packing problem, especially for men, since the size of most men’s shoes seems to require half of the space in a suitcase (of course it’s not brag). Wear one pair and pack the other.

- Have your clothes laundered at your destination, or hand wash what you can in the hotel sink or tub.

- Be sure to carry a traveler’s clothesline, available in most travel accessory stores.

- Hats, umbrellas and other travel paraphernalia can be purchased inexpensively at your destination. They make great travel souvenirs.

- Don’t try to pack for every travel emergency.

-Use sample-size toiletries.Pack them in sealed plastic bags to prevent leakage.

While packing, don’t forget to leave enough room for souvenirs and the things you’ll buy.

(From www.thereareplaces.com)

 


Date: 2015-12-24; view: 881


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