Remember to be ruthless when you are packing. There are many things that you will have to simply do without. You will be thankful for light bags when you are trekking through the jungle or carrying your bags up the stairs to your fourth floor guesthouse room! The sites below give advice on how to pack effectively and efficiently.
Packing for your trip overseas, from the Lifestyle Department, includes lots of valuable tips such as remembering to pack a small day-pack (who wants to haul their huge rucksack with them wherever they go) and, if you are staying in youth hostels, to pack a towel and a wash cloth.
The American Association of Travel Agents - Packing Tips site contains lots of helpful information. Features include "Choosing Your Luggage", "Planning Your Wardrobe", "Packing Your Bags", and "Security Advice" (especially pertinent in the wake of September 11th).
Onetravel.com's comprehensive packing site is a must-see. It guides you through the whole packing process through a series of clickable links. The focus is on what to pack. Advice is given in areas such as "Carry-on Bags", "Electronic Items", "Medications", and "Odds 'N Ends". It even includes a "Test" that you can perform on your bags to ensure that they are packed in the most efficient way.
Smarter Living have an interesting article about packing on their website. "Packing: It's Not About Quantity; It's About Quality!" encourages would-be travelers to change their mindset when they travel. It reminds readers to forget about fashion and think comfort. The bottom line of this site is to be practical, not vain!
USA Today's Travel Guide presents some interesting advice for those who need to have wrinkle-free clothes when they travel. Take a look a their site and discover how used dry-cleaning bags could solve all of your crumpled and creased clothes problems. Ingenious!
Perhaps the last piece of advice is not to stress it when you are packing. Don't over-pack. Just make sure that you have your flight tickets, money/checks, passport and visas, and insurance details. Also, don't forget to take photocopies of these important documents and store them elsewhere. Anything else, if forgotten, is relatively unimportant.
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