Travelling light? Carry-on baggage: overseas travel

[OakLeaf]

have startled hotel maids on more than one occassion with our drying laundry hanging from everything, including the chandeliers.

We had one hotel stop replenishing our shampoo (which is our preferred travel laundry detergent). We had to buy some of the real stuff.

[shootingstar]

I just spent 4 weeks over seas with just carry on..... I do it because I prefer to travel by train and foot, and often go to out of the way places, where a lot of baggage is a serious burden.

The wardrobe I took was relatively casual, easy to move in, but still nice enough to go out in. It was cold where we went, so I took a lot of wool and cashmere which packs well. I took thick wool tights, skirts and wore a pair of Keens that had a very good walking sole, but a fancy enough upper to look fine dressed nicer. I found a packing method online that allowed me to pack 8 sweaters (4 turtle necks and 4 cardigans) 2 base layers, 4 skirts, 4 pairs of tights, a pair of insulated tights, and all my undergear in one carry-on. My outerwear stayed on me - waterproof/windproof jacket, gloves, scarf hat.

Impressive if it's all in a carry-on. Must enough easy-care, etc. styles. I try to wear something heavier/bulkier getting onto the plane.

[lph]

It all depends. I could go on a 3 week trip on my own carrying less than I do for an overnight business stay. I used to have a mania about packing light, carry-over from my serious hiking days. I still want to pack light if I'm going to be moving around a lot lugging my own stuff. But if I'm going by taxi and bus straight to a hotel and back-to-back meetings it really makes no difference at all (and impresses no-one) if I have one piece of luggage instead of two, and with two I have the space to pack running shoes, casual clothes so I don't have to wear the hoity toity ones ALL day, soft slippers ditto, a book or two to read, all the stuff that makes a trip just that more comfortable. And a lot of my business trips the most important thing I pack is tall rubber boots...