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Can’t get your suitcase closed? Consider
these tips from experienced travelers:
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Pack light. The old adage for packing for a trip overseas
is to: pack, then take out half your clothes and double your money!!!
There is much truth to that. You can always wash your clothes.
- Roll vs. fold your clothes. Rolling them
tightly takes up less room. Yes, they’ll be wrinkled, but
they’ll be wrinkled no matter what you do.
- Samsonite sells a plastic “baggy” that is designed
to get all of the air out of your clothes for packing. You
simply put one or two items in the bag and roll it. It compresses
the clothes until they are quite flat (and very wrinkled).
You could consider putting one or two bags in your suitcase for
your return trip.
- Remember: you’ll return with more than you
left. One technique that some use is to take old clothes that
are still nice enough to wear but that the person is willing to
leave behind. A colleague who teaches in the London study-abroad
program, gives his clothes to the homeless before returning to the
U.S. When I pack, I tend to fold clothes when I leave the
U.S. and then roll them when I return. I, too, have left clothes
behind.
Important: Do NOT lock your luggage
unless you use a “TSA – recognized mechanism.” If you lock your
luggage with any other kind of lock and it is selected for inspection,
they will simply break the lock. Given all the inspections, many
people travel without locking their luggage.
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