Tag: Packing
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Packing Advice from a Retired Road Warrior
Packing rules for retired travelers change, and not just because trips are longer. Updates to carry-on packing rules with 3 new rules road warriors never needed Continue Reading →
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Ruthless Packing Tips
My longest packing sessions involve trying to get 10-14 days of clothes for multiple climates and/or activities into a single 22-inch carry-on bag. Two years ago, it was packing for a March trip that spanned Iceland and Southern Spain. Last month, it was a 10-day drive through Scotland with clothes for rainy day hikes and one-star Michelin restaurants. It makes… Continue Reading →
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Podcast #133 — Packing Pro Tips; Traveling Injured
Fitting 10 days of clothes for rain, hiking, and Michelin restaurants into a 22-inch carry-on forced me to pack ruthlessly, and to distill my packing thoughts into 5 packing pro tips. Flying to Hungary right after a cycling accident reminded me of the hassles of traveling on the injured reserve list. All this and listener comments on EU mobile regulations,… Continue Reading →
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Podcast #89 — Trains Over Planes; Fit 2 Weeks in 1 Carry-On
My business-vacation combo trip to London, Paris, and Venice provides the source for most of this episode’s content. Wanting to pack light, I had to figure out how to pack for 10 days, 3 cities, two business meetings and a week’s vacation in a single carry-on bag. After landing in London, I skipped the airports and used trains for all my… Continue Reading →
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What’s in My Bag: Traveling Light But Prepared
One of my annual New Year’s travel resolutions is to “unpack and repack my briefcase.” Some people re-do their closets; I do my briefcase. I’m always amazed at the stuff that accumulates over the year. Why did I think I needed a half-dozen pens, two sets of earphones, $5 of loose change in three different currencies, and two handfuls of… Continue Reading →
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Podcast #70 – Packing a Suit, Videoconference over Travel, Watching Winter Flight Delays
Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago after finishing up my travel for the year. But there was a good bit of travel before the year-end, including one of the craziest/stupidest(?) itineraries I’ve done in a long time — Chicago-London-Denver in a little more than a day. Many of the subsequent Twitter comments I received asked that perpetual question… Continue Reading →