How to compactly pack things in a travel bag?

Getting ready before a trip or business trip can take a lot of time and nerves. To avoid such developments, approach the issue responsibly. Study the rules for compact placement of things, make a list of necessary items and try to exclude from the list those that you can easily do without.

Where to begin? How to fold what?

The starting point is to consider the wardrobe. Take with you on the road items that have the following characteristics:

• multifunctionality;
• ease of care;
• lightness of the material.

Further adequately evaluate your luggage. If you are planning a flight, it is better to pack your things in a suitcase. It's harder to open. When traveling by train or bus, a travel or sports bag will come in handy. Alternative: backpack.

Important! A small luggage will act as a deterrent mechanism. It will force you to take a more sober and rational approach to the collection process.

It is often recommended to take bags with a large number of external pockets when traveling. However This should be done only if the luggage will be almost constantly in front of your eyes. If your method of travel involves checking things in as luggage, then for security reasons all things should be placed in the central compartment. It's much easier to steal from the side compartments.

Take the minimum

The secrets of properly organizing the space inside a travel bag cannot work a miracle. They will help you pack things more compactly, but if there are too many of them, you will have to choose between replacing your suitcase with a larger version or reducing the number of clothes. The last option is often the right decision. The realization of this comes at the moment of carrying luggage.

Make a list of things

The list will clearly show what ensembles can be made. If you like an item, but it doesn’t go well with any other wardrobe item on the list, you need to discard it and replace it with a more practical and universal solution.

The list also allows you to look at the contents of the suitcase from the outside. It is easy to determine Will a specific outfit be used during the trip or are the chances of this minimal?. The last rating is a signal that the item is simply wasting space in the bag.

Other advantages of the life hack:

• the likelihood of leaving behind an important item is lower (when placing an item in your luggage, cross it off the list - with this approach you will definitely not forget anything);
• allows you to notice excess (the visual numerical superiority of a particular wardrobe item over other options is a reason to think about it and make adjustments);
• It becomes clear in advance that all the desired things will not fit or there will be free space left.

Small things turn into big things

You should try wrapping a hair curling iron, cords for gadgets and a belt in a towel, which in turn is folded in a roller rather than a pile. You can also save space by wearing a jacket. Just stuff its sleeves with neatly folded lightweight items. This measure, among other things, will help to avoid unnecessary folds on a business wardrobe item.

Important! The rule also works in the opposite direction: large items must be divided and placed separately. For example, you can pour the contents of shampoo and similar products into a more compact container or unfasten the hood from your jacket.

Roll up each item as compactly as possible

Underwear. The sock in the sock forms a large “ball”. It is much more productive to fold hosiery and swimwear with a roller. A rubber band is placed on top of the resulting roll to maintain the desired shape. Bras are placed cup to cup. A piece of rolled up socks is placed in the last bra.

Cosmetics and hygiene products. For security reasons, it is worth purchasing an organizer. The accessory will not only save space, but will also protect clothes from getting the contents of tubes and bottles on them.

Important! It makes sense to buy a travel kit of hygiene products. Its approximate composition: a compact toothbrush, a small toothpaste, a tiny bar of soap. Place these small items in your side pocket. With this approach, they will always be at hand.

Sweatshirts. Hoodies and shirts pose certain challenges. The first ones take up a lot of space, the second ones wrinkle. Both of these problems are solved in the same way. The item is laid out face down on the table. Then 1 sleeve is folded along the shoulder section.If you do everything correctly, the part will lie at an angle, but to maintain its shape it is necessary that it goes straight. Therefore, it is bent down. Do the same with the second sleeve. Next, the item is visually divided into three horizontal parts and folded along the marked lines.

This method is also suitable for sweatshirts with a hood. The bashlyk is placed on top of the already folded item. If the part takes up a lot of space, then its cavity is used as a place to store less massive clothes.

Rollers and vacuum bags

It is very difficult to get an even stack of different wardrobe items. To properly organize your space, you should sort things into 2 piles. Let the first one include jeans, shirts, pullovers, trousers (roll them up with a roller). In the second - sweatshirts with a hood, dresses with a complex cut (arrange them in a stack).

Next, place the items from group No. 2 in vacuum bags, and secure the outfits from the first with an elastic band.

Important! Place the rollers at the bottom of the suitcase. Place things in packing bags on top of them. This approach will save space.

Tricks

Useful notes and secrets:

1. a standard men's set for a long business trip includes 2 pairs of trousers, 5 shirts, 5 changes of underwear (the kit allows you to avoid frequent trips to the laundry, but at the same time takes up minimal space in your suitcase);
2. shoes are stuffed with socks, this helps free up space (it makes sense to place trinkets and care products there too);
3. Many things, when folded with a roller, take up much less space than when stacked, but if the roll turns out to be too long, then it is worth using a different method;
4. when stacked, the empty niche between the clothes and the walls of the suitcase is filled with shoes;
5. if you carefully iron things, they will lie more compactly (a towel also goes through this procedure);
6. by looking at the weather forecast and planning your travel route in advance, you will be able to more competently create a list of necessary wardrobe items;
7. shoes of a neutral shade are universal, and therefore replace several pairs with a narrow application;
8. put things made of light materials on top, dense and heavy ones on the bottom;
9. large containers and travel bags are placed in the middle of the suitcase, small ones - along the edges, in the space between the clothes and the walls of the bag.

A sense of proportion is a guarantee of success. It is important not only not to pack too much and soberly assess the capacity of your luggage, but also to understand your needs. Ignoring them and the circumstances of the trip will lead to the fact that during the trip there will be an urgent need to purchase clothes and shoes. And these purchases will also need to be put somewhere before the return journey, and this in turn is the reason for an emergency unscheduled replacement of the suitcase with a more spacious option.