- Insist on lightweight but strong and waterproof bags. Pack lightweight clothes and underwear (e.g. nylon) whenever possible. They dry faster too!
- If you cannot live without your favourite perfume that does not come in any miniature form, just spray onto the clothes, towels, stockings, socks or any other thing that will be used during the trip and leave the perfume bottle at home.
- Squeeze hair gel into small ziplock bags or onto a sheet of parchment paper and fold it up. Forget about bringing the whole tube.
- If you wish to handwash and soak some of the clothes during the trip but
1. do not trust the hotel’s bathroom basin or bathtub
2. refuse to spend money on laundry service
3. find it ridiculous to bring a pail
Then try this : use a clean, hole-proof and strong plastic bag as a pail substitute. To stop it from wobbling, find ways to secure the ends to poles or faucets or use clothes pegs or strings, when needed.
- Wear slip-ons since they can double up as slippers.
Chapter: Travel :: 26 April 2007
