Should You Check or Ship Your Bags?
If youre like most travelers, youve probably never considered shipping your luggage ahead of you instead of carrying it with you on a trip. Sure, over the holidays you might mail a few gifts to your destination to avoid having the TSA root through your suitcase and ruin your p
Computer Travel Tips
For many of us, leaving our computer at home while traveling is the equivalent of cutting off our right arm. Without it, survival seems impossible. Luckily, advances in modern technology allow for easy transport of our beloved laptop with minimal complications -- if you know w
Top 10 Travel Essentials You Can Find at Your Drug Store
On a recent trip to my local drug store, I discovered that high-priced travel specialty shops arent always the best places to find must-pack travel products. Drug stores offer a wealth of multi-use items that are affordable, practical and carry-on compliant, from toiletries to
Choosing the Right Travel Luggage
Youre standing in the airport terminal, watching a line of luggage move toward you on the conveyer belt. You eye each bag carefully, searching for your own and dreading two distinct and disappointing outcomes: your bag could either appear dented and mauled with your underwear
Four Signs You Have a Packing Problem
Have you ever paid an excess baggage fee, left your passport at home or cleaned up a messy shampoo spill in your suitcase? If youve encountered any of these packing crises, chances are your suitcase-stuffing strategy could use a little work. To help your trip preparation go m
How to Pack for a Winter Vacation
If you read travel publications and trawl the Web for packing tips, you can find millions of words of sometimes commonsensical, sometimes scolding and generally somewhat vague advice on how to pack for a winter trip. Dont pack too much stuff, dress in layers, pack a hat and gl
Top 10 Travel Essentials You Can Find in the Trash
Travel supply stores have made a fortune selling things you can get for free. A number of items you might typically throw away, from old towels to empty yogurt containers, make excellent replacements for expensive specialty travel products. Trash -- yes, trash -- can help you
The Carry-On Challenge: How to Pack Light Every Time
After years of traveling, Ive learned the many advantages of bringing only a carry-on: avoiding baggage fees, not having to worry about the airlines losing my luggage and being less encumbered by heavy bags while navigating a new place. And while other fliers are waiting at ba
Must-Pack Items from Our Readers
Passport? Check. Guidebook? Got it. Clean underwear? Wed never forget that!Most travelers remember the big stuff when theyre packing for a trip. But what about those little things that could make your travels easier or more convenient -- like a night light for your hotel room,
What Not to Pack
The goal is simple: to visit your destination without a suitcase so stuffed that you emit strange animal sounds trying to heave it into the overhead compartment -- and with plenty of clean socks and underwear. But if only it were that easy! If youve struggled over which clothe
Packing Tips
Some travelers jam two weeks worth of gear in their bags for a long weekend. Others pack a bit too lightly and forget important things like medicine or passports. Savvy travelers strike the perfect balance and bring just what they need -- with a little help from our list of r
How To Pick The Right Luggage For Your Next Trip
How To Pick The Right Luggage For Your Next Trip
We’ve compiled the most important factors to consider when selecting the perfect bag.
Size: You have many options when it comes to bag size, but the numbers you need to know are the guidelines for carry-on l
Packing Hints & Looking The Best
Packing Hints & Looking The Best
Whether you’re a snowbird heading to a sunny destination or an urban aficionado attracted to the holiday lights of the city, you’ll need to bring a bag. We’ve compiled these tips to help you pack efficiently, taking on
10 Steps For The Perfectly Packed Bag
10 Steps For The Perfectly Packed Bag
Learn how to travel wrinkle-free, every time. Based on our popular presentation at The New York Times Travel Show.
Step 1
The primary goal of packing well is to fit everything you want to take in your bag, and have it
Lighten Your Load
Lighten Your Load
How to Pack Lighter & Tighter – 5 Steps to a more packable & versatile travel wardrobe, while keeping it light.
The key to packing light and tight is to think about versatility above all else: Can you wear that sundress sightseein
Taking the Lug out of Luggage- How to Pack
Taking the Lug out of Luggage- How to Pack
The are four components you need to consider in taking the lug out of your luggage, essentially lightening your load.
1. Choose the correct type of luggage for your destination.
2. Choosing the correct type and mi
Mediterranean Packing Guide
Mediterranean Packing Guide
Afraid of looking like a tacky American?
Here are some tips to add some style and stay packable.
Fashion designers in the U.S. always look to countries in Mediterranean Europe for inspiration. There is a reason for this. They a
RFID Protection Guide : TravelSmith
Play It Safe: RFID Protection Guide
The changing world of travel brings with it new security challenges, such as the risk of personal information theft by unseen RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) readers.
Below you’ll find additional information about
Travel Checklist - Taking Flight
Travel Checklist – Taking Flight
Planning your trip sets the stage for travel dreams to take flight. Once you’ve gotten Part 1 of your vacation checklist under wraps, you can turn your attention to take-off and landing. Read our travel tips for comfo
Guide to Using Packing Cubes
Getting the Most Out of Packing Cubes
Packing cubes maximize the space in your luggage, so you can fit more in one bag, reduce how much luggage you need to carry, and make traveling easier. When you fit more into fewer pieces of luggage, you can save money
