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Save/ShareThe ultimate website for packing well is OneBag.com. Created 11 years ago, this site encourages people to travel with only one bag, as its name suggests. But even travelers who carry several bags will find useful packing tips on this site.
A few years ago, I met OneBag.com's creator, Doug Dyment. He's a technical marketer in San Francisco who uses the site to share his thoughts on the the superiority of traveling light. He's refined his strategies over the years as he's learned from hundreds of fellow travelers who have e-mailed him.
Dyment, one of the most gentlemanly fellows I've ever met, has a fantastic trick for preventing your clothes from becoming wrinkled. As he says, "The common practice of individually folding items of clothing, then piling them atop one another, is just about the worst thing you can do from a packing perspective." His trick is "bundle wrapping" instead. His explanation is better than any I can give, so I encourage you to visit his site.
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That site is a fantastic find! In the last few years, I have discovered the joys of packing light and not checking luggage. I've even traveled abroad for two weeks at a time with just a roll aboard case and a small backpack. This is not a small feat for a shoe hound like myself. :-)
Posted By Sheila on July 30, 2007, 10:49 AM
When I can't get a spot up close to the front of the parking area I head back to an area with the initial of my first name (V), if nothing is there I go to the one with my second initial, then my third, then the initials of my children. I keep a post it pad in my car and write the initial down and stick it to the spedometer glass. That way it is there when I return, and not in my travel docs, which might have gotten lost or packed. You could also leave it in the glove compartment.
Posted By Vickie L Lytle on July 30, 2007, 11:32 AM
Help! I have read Vickie's post of July 30 regarding parking and don't understand how it helps to have an initial on a post-it note in the car. How does she find her car when returning home when the note is in the car somewhere in the parking lot? Did I miss something?
Posted By Ruth on August 2, 2007, 10:42 AM
I agree that the one bag will work nicely in U.S. travel or North America travel, but overseas am really questionable. I have traveled over 1 million miles plus and really have to utilize due to climate variations a full size roller bag and an over the shoulder for in flight utilization. Also when one has health conditions I also have to receive special approval to have that weekender on top. So I alert those who have medical devices and conditions to check with your airlines from departure through to your final arrival point and then reverse the process with complete approval by all involved. Enjoy your holiday with just a little more to-dos that save 'step over here please.' and finally TSA also may be another to check with prior to departure.
Posted By C Teufel on August 2, 2007, 11:10 AM
Isn't Vickie's post-it-in-the-car trick rather like painting an X on the side of your boat in order to mark a fishing spot?
Posted By Neal on August 2, 2007, 12:40 PM
Vicki's story sounds like the opening of a joke about a dumb blonde!
Posted By Al on August 3, 2007, 8:33 AM
I also do not understand Vickie's reasoning. How can something posted inside the car help you find the vehicle in a parking lot? Edward of Sumter.
Posted By Edward Schell on August 3, 2007, 2:18 PM
Cummon Vicky....tell us how you do it!
Posted By Hal Buhr on August 9, 2007, 11:53 AM
Oh, I get it, she really doesn't own an automobile. She puts the post-it-notes on her roll-aboard.
Posted By Hal on August 9, 2007, 11:54 AM
Packing light is a joke. So often, there is no way to know the type of weather you will encounter at a particular destination, and not being prepared to weather the elements can leave you in quite a jam. I would much rather be prepared for any type of weather, no matter how many bags it takes!
Posted By Mel on December 10, 2007, 7:12 PM
Yes you can use one bag. I have done it on week long business trips and I have done it on month long international trips. Yes, I do pack for the weather. I will be traveling for three weeks where I will experience at least two climates and I intend on taking just one bag. You just have to learn to think a little differently about what you need.
Posted By Brittany P on June 28, 2008, 12:32 AM
@Mel -
Packing for every foreseeable weather condition is the mark of a poor traveler. Seriously, while weather service isn't 100% accurate they're usually pretty darn close.
Worst case scenario, you have to do a little shopping on a trip to buy an extra sweater or umbrella.
I've done a month abroad with nothing more than carry on. Try it sometime, it will change the way you feel about traveling.
Posted By Brian C on October 28, 2009, 6:04 PM