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UPDATED: 24 AUG 2024

How to pack & travel light with only lightweight luggage? With just a smaller rucksack on your back during the trip, you are not necessarily dependent on getting to your hotel first, before starting to explore a new place. You may well do some sightseeing on the way. If you can stick to packing and travelling light, you will easily be able to ‘save’ half of another sightseeing day – since you will not have to return later for this experience.

You can save valuable time, allowing you to squeeze in a few additional things to see and do! Especially if you are only staying at this location for a few days, travelling as light as possible, with all its advantages, is really worth considering when packing. With a minimum of baggage, you can get the most out of your ‘limited’ time. You will see and experience a maximum – and make the most of your stay!

To travel with the right amount of luggage, you will need to select your suitcase or backpack with care, such that it precisely fits your needs. Carrying just sufficient luggage – and not more – will give you the ultimate freedom and flexibility. This applies in any case – whether you are off for the short city break or the longer backpacker trip.

Selecting the right piece of luggage to take with you on your trip will depend on the nature of the trip and your needs. The backpacker trip on another continent will naturally require other things than the summer beach holidays, the city break or the local mountain hiking trip. In each case, you must decide whether it is a trolley suitcase, a small backpack, an XL backpack – or some other travel bag that will suit you best for that particular trip. Don’t forget, it is also much easier by public transport in the rush hour with minimal luggage!

Another advantage of packing and travelling light on buses is improved security. Keep your luggage close to you when travelling by public transport and reduce the risk of theft of ‘unattended’ luggage.

If you are only taking with you what you can carry and keep with you all the time, you will minimise the risk of losing your luggage on the way. You will reduce the probability of your belongings being delayed due to not getting on the right plane or even completely disappearing – maybe forever!

You don’t need to set aside time for baggage check-in at the airport – and you don’t need to waste time waiting for and retrieving your luggage at your destination.

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If you feel tempted to try travelling light the next time you set out on a trip, you will first need to decide on which type of baggage is apt for you. What suits your needs best – a suitcase or rucksack? What you choose may even be kind of a religion to you! Secondly, what is the preferred size – how big or small should it be? Keep in mind that you want to travel light and STICK TO IT!

The chosen size of your suitcase or backpack will now determine how much you can bring with you on your trip. Nevertheless, you can still do a bit of magic and include a few more things than you may first think – by exchanging some of your usual stuff for lightweight versions!

1. Pack light – only bring the clothing you know you absolutely will need. If you plan on washing during your trip, you really don’t need to pack a lot of clothes.

2. Bring just enough clothes to cover the variations in climate at the destination. For example, bring just one thick jumper for cold weather and a lightweight rain poncho for rainy weather. They can then be layered, if necessary.

3. A trick can be to put on your ‘thickest’ clothes and ‘heaviest’ shoes when travelling so they won’t take up room and weight in your travel bag.

4. Put all liquid products in tiny containers (everything from sunscreen to mosquito repellent). In that way, you can keep them in your hand luggage on the flight – and they will not take up much room.

5. Exchange usual products for as many lightweight products as possible. For example, buy and pack a light microfiber towel, which weighs maybe only 100 g and takes up very little room (as well as dries in only 10 minutes).

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