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You'll never meet a traveler who brags: "Every year I pack heavier." With only one bag, you're mobile and in control. When you carry your own luggage, it's less likely to get lost, broken, or stolen. Lengthy delay or quick, last-minute flight change? No problem—your bag is with you. You can also save money by bringing less. Read the fine print when you are choosing flights to understand add-on fees for checked (and sometimes even carry-on) baggage. In Europe, you'll walk with your luggage more than you think you will. Before flying to Europe, give yourself a test. Pack up completely and walk around your house or block. Or practice being a tourist in your hometown for an afternoon. Fully loaded, you should enjoy window-shopping. If you can't, stagger home and thin things out. Watch the full one-hour "Rick Steves Experiencing Europe" special on public television stations across the US (check local listings for airtimes), streaming on PBS Passport, or on our website. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #traveltips #traveltip #packingtips
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Tips for Packing Light When Traveling
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To test out your limits, Steves recommends packing up everything you think you need in the size bag you think you need it in and either walking around your house carrying it all with you for a while, or even going into town to carry it around for a few blocks. It's very likely that at some point on your international travels, you'll have to spend some hours carrying your luggage around in between flights/hotel check-ins, etc. If it's not comfortable to have it all with you while sightseeing, you should scale back your belongings.
What you absolutely need to bring will depend on where you’re going and when, but it’s always best to stick to the bare essentials. Creating your own sort of travel capsule wardrobe is helpful for this; bring clothing items you can mix, match and layer instead of bringing multiple full outfits. Of course, having fewer clothes means you’ll need to do laundry more often, but this is not the end of the world. Pro tip: bring a travel laundry bag to separate your dirty clothes from the clean ones and easily tote your laundry to the laundromat. The same goes for cosmetics and toiletries; the reality is that you can often find what you need once you get to your destination, so you don’t always have to bring everything with you from home.
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