Want to know how to pack lighter for travel or vacation? As a self-titled packing nerd, I’ve carefully curated these videos by various travel professionals, discussing tips on how to pack light. Together these pros have a good measure of both practicality and style – no fluff here folks! Plus, they cover different styles of travel. Some of these videos are on the longer side, so grab your favourite beverage and make yourself comfortable. I guarantee you’ll learn something useful from them these business and leisure travellers on how to pack light.
For more packing tips, see these posts:
- Travel essentials I recommend packing every time I leave home
- Revealing the hardest-working items in my travel wardrobe
- How to pack a suitcase – the ultimate guide for leisure travellers
- Carry-on versus checked baggage – how to choose
- Stress less with this travel capsule wardrobe formula
Pack smarter with Alex Jimenez
Alex Jimenez has made a living out of showing women how to pack smarter, lighter and more stylishly through her website Travel Fashion Girl. After leaving a corporate career in fashion, she has travelled to more than 50 countries–giving her the necessary experience to speak authoritatively on both!
This video below is a thorough 60-minutes in which Alex covers the foundations of a great pack, including considerations such as weather, local customs, security, and fabric selection.
Organisation with Colin Cowie
Event planner and lifestyle expert Colin Cowie gives some great tips I haven’t seen anywhere else. This video focuses on general packing tips for any type of travel and how Colin keeps organised so he can pack a bag with a moments notice.
Selecting the right luggage with Sarah Murdoch
Tour guide, traveller, and Adventures with Sarah owner, Sarah Murdoch gave this talk at a Rick Steves event about choosing the right bag and packing light. I laughed when I heard her reflect my Tetris sentiment – comforting to know I’m not the only one! Unfortunately the audio in this recording isn’t great, but it’s worth persevering for Sarah’s sage advice.
Packing light with Rick Steves
Next up is Rick himself. For those from North America, Rick probably doesn’t need an intro. For the rest of us, Rick is considered America’s foremost expert on European travel. He is a guidebook author and tour guide who has hosted his own travel tv-series and radio programs. Rick is an all-round travel nerd and as he puts it, “there are two types of travellers: those who packed light and those who wished they packed light”.
Business travel with Hitha Palepu
Hitha Palepu wrote the book “How to Pack – Travel Smart for Any Trip.” In this short packing video, she talks specifically about business travel along with some general travel tips.
Packing a suitcase efficiently with Anne McAlpin
Anne McAlpin has jet-setted over 2 million miles, travelled to over 78 countries and cruised the Panama Canal 90+ times. She is the author of the book “Pack it Up” and has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show among other recognisable television shows as a packing expert.
In this video, she shows us one technique for how to pack a suitcase efficiently. This won’t suit all types of travellers, but if you are a cruiser or planning to stay in one place for a while, this approach is great for minimising wrinkles. Please do the planet a favour though, and reuse those plastic bags or you can use recyclable tissue paper instead.
I’d love to hear from you… feel free to share the most useful tips for how to pack light in the comments below.
Peace, love & inspiring travel,
Madam ZoZo
