Three Cities, One Backpack: Packing for a Month
How to cross three cities with a single bag: the rules, the kit and the things you can safely leave at home.
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Packing light is a skill, and like most skills it is learned by doing it badly first. After ten trips with one bag, these are the rules that stuck.
Build around one colour palette
If everything matches, everything works together. Three tops, two bottoms and one layer cover a month of changing weather.
Laundry is your friend
Choose fabrics that dry overnight and plan a laundry stop every ten days. It is cheaper than checking a bag.
- Roll clothes tightly and use one packing cube per category.
- Wear your heaviest shoes on the plane.
- Photograph your passport and keep a copy offline.
Leave room for one souvenir
Keep a fold-flat tote at the bottom of the bag for the single thing you will fall in love with on the way.
Everything you carry, you carry for the whole trip. Make every item earn its place.
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