Smart luggage
Following a few simple steps when packing helps save space, ensures your clothes arrive wrinkle-free, and makes it easier to find them during your trip.
Here are 15 tips and tricks suggested by professional organizer Vera Corradi, a partner of the organizing company OZ!, for packing a functional suitcase:
1) Make a list of everything you intend to take. It only takes a few minutes and is the best way to avoid forgetting anything. When choosing items, consider the length of the trip, the weather at your destination, and the type of activities you plan to do.
If you're traveling by ship or staying at a resort, be sure to find out about scheduled events and suggested attire. Choose versatile pieces that can be mixed and matched. The best options are clothes in basic colors that don't wrinkle and can be worn day or night.
2) Rather than packing a huge toiletry bag with everything inside, it's better to have separate bags or small pouches for different categories of items (for example, medicines, makeup, toiletries, and jewelry). This keeps your suitcase organized and makes it easier to find things when you arrive at your destination.
3) Always pack your clothes flat in your suitcase. The fewer folds, the more free space you'll have (and the less chance of the garment arriving wrinkled). Avoid rolling them up, as this takes up more space and leaves clothes wrinkled.
4) Longer and heavier clothes, such as jackets and pants, should go at the bottom of the suitcase. Leave the legs of the pants hanging out, alternating one on each side, and fill in the middle with lighter clothes: dresses, shirts, t-shirts. When you've finished putting all the items in, fold the legs of the pants over everything to secure them. This way they won't have creases.
5) Try folding your blouses below the waist. This way, there's a better chance that the crease will be tucked inside your pants or skirt, without showing.
6) Shirts and other button-down clothing should always be buttoned up to minimize wrinkling. In the case of dress shirts, alternate the positions of the collars: place one collar to one side, then the other, and so on.
7) Delicate or embroidered clothing, such as silk, leather, or sequined items, should be turned inside out to prevent damage. Jackets can also be turned inside out, with one sleeve tucked inside the other, to save space.
8) Place underwear in a bag, as openly as possible, without packing it tightly. This way the bag will be flatter and fit better in the suitcase. For bras and bikinis with padding, twist one of the parts and tuck it in, forming a single piece, to avoid crushing.
9) Start fitting the bags containing jewelry, underwear, and other accessories into the empty spaces between the clothes.
10) Avoid putting shoes and underwear in plastic bags. Ideally, use bags made of fabric, TNT (non-woven fabric), or tulle, which allow the items to "breathe".
11) Shoes can be arranged along the sides of the suitcase, forming a kind of "enclosure" that helps keep clothes in place. In the case of athletic shoes and other larger shoes, placing each shoe in a separate bag helps to fit them in. Shoes can also be placed in the compartment available at the top of many suitcases.
12) Socks can go inside shoes and tights inside boots to save space.
13) Moisturizer, shampoo, deodorant, and other products that may leak should be placed in plastic bags inside your toiletry bag. Small kitchen bags used to seal food (with a toothed closure) are great for this.
14) If you want to save space, take shampoo, moisturizer, and other products in small, travel-sized plastic bottles.
15) Bring a cloth or TNT bag to put your dirty clothes in during the trip. Fold the clothes so that the bag doesn't get too big and take up too much space in your suitcase on the way back.
Jewelry should not be placed in suitcases, but rather in your carry-on luggage.
Currently, there are plastic bags of various sizes that are filled with clothes and then have the air sucked out by a vacuum cleaner, considerably reducing their size. However, it's worth remembering that this is more suitable for returning home from a trip, as the clothes get wrinkled, and also that although the volume decreases, the weight of the bag remains the same.
You should check with your airline how many bags you can check in and how many kilograms each bag can weigh.
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