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10 Useful reasons to travel with dry bags

by Anne Betts | May 5, 2023 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 6 Comments

Updated May 5, 2023 A lightweight dry bag is a useful multipurpose item worth its weight in gold if you need to keep something dry. But what are the other reasons to travel with dry bags? What is a dry bag? Dry bags are designed to keep gear organized, protected, and...

33 features of a perfect carry-on bag: buying guidelines

by Anne Betts | March 16, 2024 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 11 Comments

Updated March 16, 2024 If you've experienced the benefits of carry-on travel, you'll appreciate the importance of choosing the right luggage. Making a list of the features of a perfect carry-on bag is a helpful step before making a purchasing decision. Learn from my...

Top 20 tips on how to pack light

by Anne Betts | December 23, 2023 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 26 Comments

Updated December 23, 2023 For most of us, learning how to pack light, or lighter, is an evolutionary process. Getting it right takes experimentation, practice, and refinement. To help you on your journey, here are my top 20 tips on how to pack light. Top 20 tips...

Packing list: 46 days of one bag carry-on travel by nesting

by Anne Betts | July 14, 2024 | Luggage and Packing, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 3 Comments

Updated July 14, 2024 Is one-bag travel realistic? It is for one-bag carry-on travel by nesting, a favourite among one-baggers. It allows them to pack their clothing, shoes, tech gadgets, and essentials in one bag for a long trip. I had the opportunity to test the...

A multipurpose essential: Buff for the packing light traveller

by Anne Betts | November 19, 2022 | Travel Gear, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 2 Comments

Updated November 19, 2022 Something that weighs very little, takes up hardly any space, and has a multitude of uses is a serious contender for a spot on a packing list. Enter the Buff for the packing light traveller, an essential travel accessory. What is a Buff?...

Pack a pashmina: the best multipurpose item in a travel bag

by Anne Betts | April 29, 2021 | Packing Light Travel Gear, home featured | 11 Comments

Updated April 29, 2021 Where fashion meets function, you’ll find a pashmina. Or something akin to a pashmina. When it’s not adding a splash of colour to a capsule wardrobe, it’s performing one of its many other uses. It’s a lightweight champion, ounce for ounce one of...

Designing the perfect travel purse

by Anne Betts | August 8, 2024 | Luggage and Packing, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 6 Comments

Updated August 8, 2024 Have you found a perfect purse for your travels? If so, congratulations! If you've experimented with anti-theft purses that are too heavy or struggled with others that are missing important features, maybe it's time to create your own. Designing...

Travel with tablet towels: a multipurpose essential every traveller should pack

by Anne Betts | December 18, 2023 | Packing Light Travel Gear, home featured | 5 Comments

Updated December 18, 2023 Have you ever been in a situation when you’ve craved a washcloth? If so, travel with tablet towels, a multipurpose essential for every travel bag. Mopping up spills, removing a combination of trail dust and perspiration, wiping away mango...

Effectively tame dangling straps with Web Dominator

by Anne Betts | January 23, 2022 | home featured, Luggage and Packing | 4 Comments

Updated January 23, 2022 If you've ever used a backpack, you've likely wondered how to manage all that excess webbing hanging from the pack. If so, wonder no more. Tame dangling straps with Web Dominator. What is a Web Dominator The [easyazon_link keywords="Web...

How to make a traveller’s emergency contact card in 5 easy steps

by Anne Betts | September 13, 2024 | Health, Safety and Comfort, home featured | 18 Comments

Updated September 13, 2024 A traveller's emergency contact card is a physical credit-card-sized card containing emergency contact numbers and related details. With a few cards scattered throughout your belongings, emergency contact information is within easy reach at...

Create a travel comfort pack for easy access to self-care essentials

by Anne Betts | February 20, 2021 | Health, Safety and Comfort, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 2 Comments

Updated February 20, 2021 Create a travel comfort pack to house those small items that come in handy to enhance personal hygiene and comfort while on the move. For example, there have been times when a travel pack of three-ply tissues has been the most important item...

Stop pickpockets with an assortment of anti-pickpocket gear

by Anne Betts | July 13, 2024 | Travel Gear, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 29 Comments

Updated July 13, 2024 Lurking under the surface of some of the world’s most beautiful cities are hordes of pickpockets preying on unsuspecting, unprepared, and distracted visitors. Pickpockets and other street thieves are proficient at what they do. They're a curse to...

40 Proven ideas on multipurpose travel gear

by Anne Betts | January 24, 2023 | home featured, Luggage and Packing, Packing Light Travel Gear | 23 Comments

Updated January 24, 2023 If it’s destined for your bag, it needs to earn its keep. Multipurpose travel gear allows you to pack less, and lighter. Gleaning as many uses as possible from each packed item means that other things can be left at home. Ideas on multipurpose...

Osprey Daylite Carry-on Wheeled Duffel 40 review of a hybrid travel bag

by Anne Betts | July 18, 2024 | home featured, Luggage and Packing, Packing Light Travel Gear | 0 Comments

What’s better: a travel backpack, duffel, or rolling luggage? If you’re on the fence about which one to choose, why not consider a hybrid model: a rolling bag that can quickly convert to a duffel or a backpack when circumstances warrant? My Osprey Daylite Carry-On...

15 Reasons to pack light and enjoy carry-on travel

by Anne Betts | April 7, 2021 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 13 Comments

Updated April 7, 2021 Do you marvel at those who seem to effortlessly glide through their travels with just carry-on? Do you aspire to pack light (or lighter) but don’t know how to go about it? Getting in touch with the many reasons to pack light is a start. Some...

18 Tips on organizing a 3-1-1 bag for toiletries and cosmetics

by Anne Betts | August 5, 2023 | Luggage and Packing, Health, Safety and Comfort, home featured | 7 Comments

Updated August 5, 2023 Restrictions on liquids, aerosols, gels, creams, and pastes are an ally of the packing light traveller. Toiletries can be space and weight guzzlers, so it could be helpful to look upon the restrictions as additional motivation to pack light....

Essential packing tips from Nomadic Matt

by Anne Betts | November 10, 2018 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 3 Comments

I recently had the good fortune to tap into the vast experience of one of the world’s foremost experts on budget and solo travel. Over the past two decades, Nomadic Matt has backpacked his way through over100 countries and territories with a carry-on travel bag. He...

12 Tested examples of packing cubes and other organizers

by Anne Betts | August 1, 2024 | Luggage and Packing, home featured | 1 Comment

Updated August 1, 2024 These 12 tested examples of packing cubes and other organizers bring order, convenience, and efficiency to packed luggage. Squeezing socks, underwear, and charging cords into shoes or nooks and crannies can make great use of tiny pockets of...

How to travel with just one carry-on bag using nesting

by Anne Betts | February 7, 2024 | Luggage and Packing, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 9 Comments

Updated February 7, 2024 One-bag travel means less stuff to manage and keep secure. It translates into being more mobile on travel days. But is one-bag travel realistic? In this post, I'll describe how to travel with just one carry-on bag using the nested style of...

15 Easy ideas on how to pack small things in your travel bags

by Anne Betts | May 6, 2023 | Luggage and Packing, home featured, Packing Light Travel Gear | 1 Comment

Inexpensive pouches and other lightweight packing organizers offer simple solutions to how to pack small things in your travel bags. They'll keep small things organized, secure, accessible, and protected from damage. I’m talking about stuff like charging cords, lip...

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