How to pack a suitcase so that it fits EVERYTHING!

We suggest you pack your suitcase so that nothing gets crushed, broken or spilled. And so that this suitcase can also be lifted off the ground.

Rule #1 – Pack outside your suitcase

Before you start running around the house and throwing everything you can get your hands on into your suitcase that seems even remotely useful on vacation, take a deep breath and give up on the idea. Before you put the first thing in your suitcase, they should all end up, for example, on your bed. Take out everything you plan to take, put it in one place, and be horrified – you definitely don’t need that many things, do you? This not-so-tricky method will help you reduce the amount of unnecessary junk that you would otherwise take with you by at least a third. And only after the things that you absolutely cannot do without are left on the bed, can you start packing your suitcase.

Rule #2 – Don’t take too many clothes

All people on earth are divided into those who are able to plan voluntarily, and those who cannot force themselves to plan, even when they try very hard. Meanwhile, even the tiniest and most unsightly plan will help to avoid the main mistakes; the main one is that the absolute majority of people take more things on a trip than they actually need. This leads to the fact that you have to overpay for luggage, the suitcase weighs more than the owner of the suitcase, all the clothes arrive at the resort crumpled. And every time you like some new souvenir, you have to think not only about whether it is worth paying so much for it, but also about how to get it home, because you already arrived with such an overfilled suitcase that in order to lock it, you first had to sit on it.

But we all simply forget that we are not going to rest in the middle of the jungle; where we are going, there are also shops, and in the worst case (which almost never happens) cheap disposable clothes can be bought on the spot.

How to calculate exactly how much clothing you might need on a trip? It's very simple.

Linen: How many days are you going? You need exactly as many changes of linen, no more.

Shirts, sweaters, dresses: the total number must be equal to the number of vacation days minus one (you can wear the same thing on the day of arrival and departure).

Pants and jeans: On average, you need exactly half as many of them as sweaters and shirts.

Shoes: two pairs of comfortable shoes (one of which you can fly in) plus one pair of going-out shoes for planned and unplanned trips to a decent place.

Cosmetics: Stop. Don't bring everything. Just the bare minimum. And remember that liquids will have to be checked in.

Rule #3 – Consider the weather

In addition to the number of days, it is important to consider the weather. The especially thrifty like to take clothes for all occasions, including a storm, a flood, a volcanic eruption, a tsunami, and snowfall in the desert. It is summer outside. You are probably flying to a hot country. This means that you do not need to take warm clothes at all. If after reading this sentence you have a burning desire to argue, do not argue, take one thing. You will never wear this sweater, of course, but you will feel much calmer.

Rule #4 – Never fold clothes

There are three ways to pack clothes into a suitcase.

The first one, classic, - fold each sweater and put it in a suitcase in a neat pile. Your mother probably taught you to do this, and her mother taught her to do it. This method is great, but it has two drawbacks: the clothes take up a lot of space and all end up cut up by the fold angles.

The second is the anarchist's way, which, admit it, many of us use when mom isn't looking. Namely: take a pile of clothes from the closet with both hands and stuff the same undisturbed heap into a suitcase. Discussing the pros and cons of this method is useless.

But there is a third one – a modern one. Clothes should not be folded, but rolled into rolls. This way they take up much less space and no creases appear on them. Most items made of natural fabrics folded this way can be easily put on as soon as the suitcase is opened, and nothing needs to be ironed.

Rule #5 – Pack in layers

And the first layer at the bottom of the suitcase is shoes. Stuff all the socks (you can also put underwear, but many people don’t like it) into the shoes – you’ll save space and save the shoes. Next should be the heaviest rolls – jeans, sweaters, etc. Place these blocks as tightly as possible to each other – that way they won’t unravel on the road. The next layer is everything breakable (bottles of alcohol, perfume, etc.).

Then – light rollers. Again, lay out a layer of bars, but this time from sweaters, shirts, T-shirts, etc. On top, you can put the clothes that for some reason you decided not to roll into rollers, but to fold. The final touch – small things like belts, combs, etc. should be stuffed between the layers, finding hollow places by touch. This will help stabilize the entire structure. A belt twisted into a ring, by the way, is an ideal way to prevent the collar of a shirt that is especially dear to you from breaking.

Have a nice rest!