A woman shared her go-to travel hack when it comes to packing her suitcase for a trip away with her husband – saying it saves her so much time, money and stress
As we enter the warmest months of the year, many people will be counting down the days until they jet off on holiday.
But before you spend a week or two relaxing from your usual working week, you need to air out your suitcases and start packing your bags.
To help out, one woman shared her ‘life-changing’ trick that stopped her from overpacking and made her trips away more relaxing. Responding to the question ‘What life-changing travel tips can you share?’ on Reddit, she said: “The realisation that no one is going to care if I wear the same clothes/colour scheme for the whole trip… they’re not going to see you again.
“My partner is a fierce advocate of packing lightly and couldn’t care less if he’s staring at the same sweater four days in a row. In the past couple of years, we did a month in Portugal/Northern Spain with just a carryon each, ditto Ecuador/Galapagos, ditto England/Germany.”
Sharing the items she makes sure to pack, she added: “Good antiperspirant, light layers, silk long underwear for layering – featherlight, breathes, looks fine under a tank top or tee, a silk or pashmina bright shawl/wrap over black pants – takes you everywhere. No one will care if you wear the same clothes as long as you don’t stink or have mustard stains down your front!”
Commenting on her post, one user admitted it took them “way too many years” to realise nobody cares what you’re wearing – and you should simply enjoy your time away rather than thinking about your summer wardrobe.
They said: “It has taken me way too many years to realise that no one cares what I wear. As long as there is an opportunity to do laundry, I can keep it very simple these days with packing cubes, a capsule wardrobe, and minimal shoes. I don’t recall ever once noticing that someone wore the same pants multiple days. I still can’t believe I bought eight pairs of shoes on my first European cruise – what was I thinking?”
In agreement, another added: “This! My husband and I took a 16-day honeymoon from Germany to Paris for a KrisKringle market tour of Europe and only had carryons. Paris for Christmas was amazing. Had space for souvenirs, too! Wore a lot of the same jeans and sweaters. Undershirts and underwear are small and a great way to protect your outer layers from you.
A third user said: “All black everything. It takes me five minutes to pack. Everything matches. Maybe I’ll get crazy and throw in one nicer-coloured button-down. Sometimes I’ll get a work call and have to be on a flight to who the hell knows where that same day. It’s like 6-8 days worth of clothes. All fits in half of my carry-on.”