I'm leaving on a 12-month trip around the world trip in March. I'm going to travel
with nothing but carry-on luggage. This video will show you what I plan on bringing.
Greetings from New York YouTube. My name is Kevin and I make these weekly videos
documenting my journey towards full time travel. If that kind of content interests
you please subscribe below to follow my journey so I've never liked checking
bags while I'm traveling and when I decided to embark on this 12-month
travel journey that hopefully leads to full time travel I vowed to figure out a
way to travel with only carry-on luggage so let's dive right in and see what's in
my bag so I'm actually traveling with two bags
this Osprey Porter 30 liter. It's about the size of a normal backpack and I also
plan to travel with this camera bag I like over-the-shoulder satchels so this
was perfect for me although now that I have my packing list down to about
everything I'm gonna bring with me I think I can actually downsize this bag
so if you have any ideas please comment below and send me a link to Amazon
product you recommend so let's first start off with what I'm wearing I think
people underestimate how much stuff you can actually pack on yourself so let me
tell you what I'm wearing right now I'm wearing this merino wool shirt it's my
only dress shirt I plan on traveling in this shirt wherever I go the good thing
about this shirt is it's made of merino wool and so it's very breathable and I
should be okay in hot climates I've actually got another shirt on under
this shirt it's another merino wool shirt it's a v-neck and I know what
you're thinking that might be too hot in some areas but
I can always take this shirt off and tie it around my waist and I'll be fine then
if I get on the plane and the plane is cold I can put this shirt back on
I'm also wearing jeans a lot of people say don't travel with jeans but I'm a
jeans person so I'm bringing one pair of jeans and I plan on
whenever I travel I also have on a pair of merino wool socks and a pair of Nike
running shoes that are completely black it was really important that I find a
shoe that was multifunctional I like to run a lot so I wanted it to be a good
running shoe I wanted it to be a shoe I could hike in but I also wanted it to be
a shoe that would pass in a more dressy formal situation and I think these Nikes
I found fit that belt I also have a pair of merino wool
underwear own as well so right there that's six items of clothing that I'm
already going to be able to carry it onto the plane okay let's get into my
bag cuz this is where most of this stuff is so this bag has a couple different
compartments and I'll be honest with you I've only really filled the main
compartment there's actually a lot more space in this bag which is why I
mentioned thinking about downsizing my carry-on camera bag so all I have right
now in this first pouch is my passport that's what's in this front pouch at the
moment okay so the main bag I have some things in here that some people might
think are ridiculous but they're things that are important to me and I've been
able to make it work in this bag so the first thing I have is a travel scale I
know you may not be able to tell by looking at me but I actually gain weight
really easily so I constantly have to monitor it so this travel scale was the
perfect solution for me I don't have to try to find a scale wherever I'm at I
always have one with me and it comes with this really cool little pouch here
that protects it so next I have a lot of camera gear I plan on making a lot of
videos and taking a lot of pictures so it was important to me to be able to
bring plenty of gear and I made it work so I have a GoPro tripod here that folds
up into this small easily packable I also I'm bringing a universal plug
with me and hopefully it'll work in the 12 countries I plan on visiting this
right here is an ND filter for my sigma 16 millimeter lens that goes with the a
6500 camera that I'm actually filming with now as my British friends would say
this bag has all kinds of bits and bobs in it it has extra camera batteries for
my a 6500 for my drone or my GoPro for every piece of camera equipment I have
this is where I've stuffed almost all the accessories I have for my electronic
so next is my DJI Mavic air I got this drone because it's really small and easy
to pack next for my trolla trees I'm actually probably going to cut these
down and just buy toiletries when I arrive in a country it just kind of
shows you that I'm able to fit this stuff in my bag if I want to this bag
has my beard trimmer in it so if you don't have a beard you won't need to
pack something like this next is another piece of electronic gear
it is my tripod for my age 65 I also have another smaller Manfrotto tripod
that my a 6500 is sitting on
before I get into the clothes I'm bringing I'll show you the second pair
of shoes I'm bringing I don't pack them in the main bag I packed them where the
shoulder straps of the bag can be stored that's a little space saver trick I'm
using so these are just a pair of Quicksilver
sandals that I'm sure I'll get a lot of use out of in South America and
Southeast Asia okay so now all that's left in my bag are the clothes I plan on
bringing and I fit all the clothes I'm bringing other than the stuff I'm
wearing into to Eagle Creek compression bags
so this bag is now computing so this doesn't look like a lot of clothes but
you're going to be surprised how much is in your anything so let's start with the
first one this bag has four shirts and two pair of underwear in it the first
shirt is an outliar merino wool t-shirt in my other videos I talked about merino
wool a lot and it's one of the main reasons I've been able to keep my
luggage down to carry-on only so if you're interested in learning more about
merino wool I'll put a link to a merino wool playlist I have right actually
review all these shirts the next one is another merino wool shirt actually these
are all gonna be readable shirts so quit say no this is a Henley by Louie the
next two shirts are by unbound merino this black one
and this gray one I roll almost all my clothing and that's
how I fit it in just two compression bags
lastly I have one pair of merino wool underwear of I own bow merino and one
pair of synthetic underwear by ex-officio and I also have the merino
wool underwear that wearing right now all that fit in this little beanie
compression sack so this is a big one this one has a lot of stuff in it I
think you're gonna be pretty surprised on how many things I have in this bag
and if you're traveling to only hot climates you actually be able to fit
more into this bag because believe it or not I have two coats in this bag
the first coat I have is one of those puppy travel coats I actually got this
on Amazon I think it was like $40 I try to find it and put a link below the
whole jacket folds up into its own pocket so that makes it really
convenient to pack and it's a puffy jacket so it compresses down really
easily the next item I have is another coat so this is a rain jacket it's made
by Columbia it's easy to roll up and it's important to me to have something
to wear when it's raining the next thing in this bag is a micro fiber towel this
is a normal sized towel so you can use this at the beach if you're staying at
an Airbnb or a hostel and they don't have towels you can use this as your
towel I hand wash all my merino wool after I wash my merino wool I can wring
it out in this towel and it's towel would pull out most of the moisture and
then whatever I wash dries much quicker
the next item I actually roll two pair of shorts into one these are my workout
shorts from a company called polliver these are some Quicksilver shorts that I
can also wear as swim trunks
these are just some regular shorts by untuck it and these are my second pair
of pants by bluff works
that's why four pair of socks in this bag as well so I have two pair of long
socks one that I'm wearing and this one and three pair of ankle socks okay so
that's everything in my 30 liter backpack and lastly I'm bringing a
camera bag this bag is gonna serve as a multi-purpose bag for me it's going to
be where I put my valuable camera gear when I travel as well as my macbook pro
but it's also going to be the bag I carry with me when I'm just going out
for a day on the town so like I mentioned I'm gonna be carrying my
laptop in this bag beside my macbook pro in this in case
cover just to make sure I've protected I should probably not cost this and right
now fill me with my a 6500 but normally buy a 6500 would be in this bag along
with the mic that's attached to so right now all I have in this bag are my GoPro
and a sigma 16 millimeter lens that I'll use at night my a 6500 has a 16
millimeter to 72 millimeter lens attached to it that I'll also be in this
bag I have nothing in the front compartment of this bag and this is the
way this bag protects my camera equipment with this little insert that's
cushioned so as you can see I'm bringing a lot of stuff with me I'm bringing two
pair of pants three pair of shorts six shirts two pair of shoes three pair of
underwear my pair of socks a laptop a drone a camera two lenses three tripods
a GoPro and a bunch of bits and bobs that make all that stuff work and I
still have space left I don't think I'm really traveling like
minimalist because I could definitely travel with less shirts one pair of
pants and one pair of shorts and be able to survive and I still have plenty of
room in my bag to pack other things if I need to if you enjoyed this video please
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