Travelling Light with a Carry-On Bag

When traveling it is common knowledge that you should pack your luggage light. Carry-on luggage is the ultimate in light luggage travel. While others wait in the long cue to check their bags in or pick up their bags from the carousel, you can breeze through in no time with just your carry-on luggage.

Most people think that they need pack everything but the kitchen sink in order to survive their trip. But in reality, traveling for a week is the same as traveling for a month. Provided you can wash you clothes, you won't need to pack anymore than a week worth of clothes.

You might be skeptical about this. Below are six ways that you can pack your carry-on bag and travel successfully for several weeks.

Six Ways to Travel Light

1. Use a Small Piece of Luggage - by using a small bag, it will make you pack only the essential items that you really need. It will also guarantee that you will meet the airlines requirements for carry-on luggage.

2. Pack Small Essential Items - tooth brushes, hair dryers and other items can be bought in "travel" versions. Essentially, these are smaller versions of the real thing and are very handy when traveling light.

3. Have 3 Groups - split what you are thinking of taking in to three piles - an essential pile, a useful pile and non-essential pile. Now, pack the essential items and leave the others behind.

4. What Clothes to pack - take with you five outfits that can be mix-and-matched. This way you will have dozens of outfits that you can ware. One word of warning about jeans. While they can be worn with almost anything, they can also become heavy when wet and are hard to dry.

5. What Shoes to Take - in reality, you only really need two pairs of shoes. Ones that you can wear for formal or work occasions, and another pair for casual events or long distance walking.

6. When you arrive home and start to unpack, think about what things that you packed you could leave behind the next trip that you go on.