How to rationally collect a suitcase on vacation
Olesya Iva
Vacation is in full swing, and the main headache is the baggage collection, which most of us pack four hours before departure, lumping all the best at once. We share tips on how to pack a bag and what to take with you, starting from the principles of healthy asceticism and rationality, so that you will have room for new things that you definitely want to buy, having left three miles away from home.
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Plan carefully what you want to take with you. It is better to even make a list and then delete all unnecessary. Why do you need a mountain of dresses and shoes with you when you can find new ones on vacation? Take with yourself what you wear in life without thinking. Buy everything else on the spot. You can go even further. Someone is practicing detox and fasting days in the diet, arrange yourself the same for things. Take the necessary minimum of comfortable and functional things and do not dwell on what you have to wear. Enjoy the adventure and avoid shopping.
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If things are put in a suitcase in layers, they will take much more space. The best thing is to twist each thing tightly into a roll, then everything will easily fit even in your hand luggage or there will be enough free space in the suitcase to bring home local wine, souvenirs and new clothes. In addition, twisted clothes less wrinkled.
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In addition to a suitcase, take with you one roomy beautiful backpack, a small bag with a chain and a fabric bag for hiking on the beach. Suddenly your plans will change, and you will want to go out of the city for a couple of days at sea or vice versa. You can leave a suitcase in a hotel or a rented apartment and take with you only the essentials so that nothing distracts from adventures. In addition, in the backpack will remove the iPad or laptop, which is convenient to get on the plane, and in a bag on a chain (which is useful for the holidays in the evening) - the documents. Just fold the bag-bag and take it with you - it will come in handy.
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Set for a city break pretty simple: two dresses (small black and day), birkenshtoky or other sandals, a pair of universal sneakers, shirt, shirt or crop top, a pair of favorite jeans, a cozy basic jersey like a vest or turtleneck, several basic T-shirts, a sweater or cardigan and one jacket (or bomber jacket, or jacket, or denim). You can take a jacket with you - throwing it over a dress, in the evening you can go to some cultural event. It is better to buy dresses, shorts, skirts, jewelry and elegant shoes on the spot and bring home then.
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If you go to the sea, you can do even the smaller number of things. For the beach, take two swimsuits (one-piece and separate), one skirt or midi shorts, light pants and one summer dress - all this will be needed not only on the beach, but also in the city. The same with slippers - it is better to take all the same orthopedic towers, in which it is comfortable to walk though the sand, even the cobblestones, and which can be worn with an evening dress of any length. The main condition for things on vacation is a double function. Think about where this or that thing might be useful. For example, if you plan to run past the beach in the morning, then a beautiful sports bra will be the way, you can wear it in a city with a midi skirt or trousers (for example, light culottes) and not take extra shirts and crop tops. And you can always wear beautiful cross-country bicycles with a shirt and sandals on a tractor platform and go to look at the architecture. Sport from fashion in the near future will not go away. It is better to take a towel with you, even a small one - it’s better than half a day to look for a one-time rather than throwing things and go to the beach right away.
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Set for holidays in the wild (in the woods or in the mountains) will be different in that you take with you more cans (from mosquitoes, burns), medicines and other items: from tents to dishes that you are unlikely to buy on the spot. Here, sports and warm things - the main thing. Moreover, with nature it is better to merge light.
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A couple of little things can be strong make your life easier: like earplugs, sleep masks, pillows, antiseptic, universal nourishing cream, needle thread, allergy tablets, aspirin, extra charge and second phone, condoms, copies of documents and a stock of interchangeable lenses - emergency stuff better than extra clothes. Remember the rolls of T-shirts and reasonable asceticism. Think separately about a set of drugs, especially if you have chronic diseases: for example, you can buy activated carbon in a pharmacy in any country, but a proven antibiotic is not a fact.
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About liquids in microboots we will not write much in a separate plastic bag: when traveling, something always bursts and spills. Well, you know. Therefore, it is better to pour everything into small containers that are sold in any cosmetic chain stores, and put them in a waterproof cosmetic bag. In addition, home, as with clothes, you probably want to bring local cosmetics.
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Leave read books to other people after themselves, instead of being dragged along with them throughout the journey, or simply load everything you need into the reader.
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Just in case check the weight, the amount of allowable baggage and the amount of hand baggage with the rules of your airline. Low-cost lines like easyJet, airBaltic, KLM impose strict restrictions and unfold all short-sighted people right before boarding the aircraft.
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