| Imagine for a moment that you could reduce the size | | | | requiring you to take a very bulky or easily damaged |
| and weight of you luggage by half. Consider just how | | | | item of clothing. Instead, think about clothing that |
| much easier it would be without the heavy cases and | | | | won't damage by being rolled up tightly, and think |
| bags. Perhaps it might even mean that you could do | | | | about the weight and size of each item. For example, |
| without a suitcase and just have a carryon bag that | | | | woollen clothes are very bulky, whereas cotton is |
| could be kept with you at all times. That would | | | | much less so. Rather than a big bulky woollen jumper, |
| certainly speed up the whole process at the airport. | | | | a couple of layered cotton tops with a light jacket |
| It isn't too difficult to put this into practice, but it | | | | will prove just as warm, more flexible with use, and |
| does need a little more planning than the average | | | | far smaller and lighter to carry. In fact, you are taking |
| holidaymaker tends to carry out. There are three | | | | more clothes, with more possible combinations, yet |
| simple stages that are required in order to achieve | | | | taking up less space and weighing far less! |
| this considerable reduction. | | | | The third thing to consider is your toiletries. Very |
| The first step is to consider the actual case or bag | | | | often people just hurl the cans and bottles they use |
| you are planning on using. If you automatically head | | | | each day into their case. These bottles are usually |
| straight for your largest suitcase, then mentally you | | | | very large, and sometimes much of their volume is |
| will be collecting together and packing the quantity of | | | | empty space! Instead, buy a set of small, tester |
| items which will fill it. You will allow yourself all the | | | | sized bottles with screw caps, and transfer your |
| extra luxuries that you wouldn't take if you didn't | | | | toiletries into these, not forgetting to label them all. |
| have such a monumental volume of space. So, | | | | By doing this, you will find that most of your toiletries |
| instead, try to limit yourself to a small suitcase, a | | | | will fit into the space in your shoes, thereby saving |
| holdall or carryon bag. Once you start to plan to use | | | | you a tremendous amount of space. The liquids and |
| a smaller bag, you will find yourself thinking along | | | | gels in toiletries are very heavy, and by reducing the |
| much tighter lines, and as a result, your luggage will | | | | number and volume of these you will save |
| immediately begin being reduced in your head. | | | | considerably. |
| The second stage is to think about clothing, since this | | | | These are the three top tips to reducing your |
| is what tends to take up most of the space in the | | | | luggage, and put into honest practice it really is |
| average tourist's luggage. People often think about | | | | possible to halve the amount you take. But, it does |
| combinations of clothes they usually wear, yet this | | | | require planning and preparation. The further in |
| may require you packing items which can only really | | | | advance you plan to be more economical, the more |
| go with one or two other items of clothing, or | | | | successful you are likely to be. |