in today's video i'm going to be giving you guys all the tips and tricks that i have learned over
the years when it comes to traveling efficiently bringing a duffel bag for a carry-on and still
allowing yourself to have space to buy souvenirs when you're on the trip to bring things back home
as well in the line of work that i have been in i have been traveling a lot over the past 10 years
and trust me when i tell you i have learned a lot of things along the way so hopefully i can make
your process just a little bit smoother for you as well and if you didn't know by now my name is dj
and this is the dna show on this channel i love talking about sneakers giving you guys tips and
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us there so step number one you're gonna need to establish what type of trip is this where are you
going and how long is the duration of the trip so for example this could be a vacation with the
family where you do a lot of different things or it could be a relaxing vacation where you don't
do that many things at all or like me it's kind of a mix between the two i still have to worry
about business but i'm also able to have a good time on the trip as well so once you know what
type of trip you're going on next thing you need to do is check the weather on your phone for the
destination and see what the weather is going to be like in the daytime and at nighttime if
it's expected to rain what the humidity is like because on some trips you don't even have to pack
a pair of sweats or a hoodie at all because it's just going to be hot the whole time and you might
only need that for your travel outfit so now that we got the general bases on how our trip
is going to be and we're understanding what type of items we're going to pack we need to understand
what to pack and how we're going to pack it in the bag that we have so for me in particular
i'm a sneaker head so obviously i like to use the kicks k sneaker duffel bag i really love this bag
because it's under 100 bucks and i'm a size 13 and i can stand my shoes up in here and actually fit
four pairs of shoes in this bag depending on the trip on where i'm going and what i'm doing and if
i decide to do a check in or not but besides that this has been a really good bag for me if i go on
a weekend or a one week trip i can fit everything in here that i need so what i love to do first is
understand what sneakers i'm going to be wearing on the trip and then i can kind of curate my vibe
with my outfits along those lines based off of the sneakers that i decide to wear now a lot of
people always wonder what sneakers do i pack on my trips again they're all going to vary depending on
the trip whether it maybe i'm going to be out of disneyland or something like that and i'm walking
around all day and i'm going to be on my feet i'm definitely going to want to make sure that i pack
a nice good looking comfy shoe i love to rock prestos that's one of my favorite go-to rockers
for comfy shoes and all day vibes and feeling good on my feet everybody has different preferences but
i definitely love the presto so on a quick weekend trip like this i'm gonna pack two pairs of shoes
plus the pair of shoes that are on my feet to give me three pairs of sneakers in total so when
it comes to packing these three types of sneakers i always love to wear my bulkiest sneaker because
that gives me the opportunity to have more space in my bag to fit maybe an extra t-shirt
or more socks or small trinkets depending on what i plan on buying on the trip or simply just having
a lighter bag as i carry it through the airport now this is going to be another huge tip that
i know not everybody has but i'm pretty sure most people will have the opportunity to get if you are
watching this video and i have tsa pre-check and i'm telling you right now especially for a sneaker
head or truly anybody who just wants to make their life a lot simpler when it comes to going through
tsa and being able to get to the airport a little bit later especially knowing that you don't have
a check-in bag when you have just a duffel bag and everything that you need you don't have to
worry about taking your shoes off you don't have to worry about taking your laptop out your bag
all those other things are so annoying it just takes extra time you can literally just drop
your bag run it through the belt walk through the beeper your everything's good to go and you're out
of there really fast and another thing is when you're going through tsa typically you have to
take your sneakers off so for me like a sneaker head sometimes they put your shoes on the belt
and they let it run through and it can actually scuff your sneakers and people are like oh who
cares but i had a thousand dollar pair of sneakers that ran through the belt one time and the people
made me run it through and they ended up scuffing the entire side of my sneaker and then i had to
go through a whole six month process to try to get reimbursement from tsa for my sneakers which again
is a whole nother story but at the end of the day like i said if you have pre-check which now i do
i never have to worry about that anymore so now that we know what sneakers we plan on taking on
the trip we need to pack those sneakers so what are the best ways to pack the shoes one thing
that i love about the duffel bag here is you can see there's different compartments where
i can put the shoes in individually and separate them from rubbing on each other and another way
to prevent creasing on the shoes is going to be making sure that you stuff the sneakers with your
socks and your underwear because you're going to have to pack them in the bag anyways so it might
as well make sense to stick them inside of there that way you can prevent creases on the shoes
still feel that space and not take up other space that is not needed so basically what i do is fold
all my clothes up into squares some people like to roll their clothes up a lot of people have
different methods but what i have found just folding my clothes into squares neatly piled up
having my jeans on the bottom and then the shirts on top and then making sure i don't have a white
shirt with anything that could potentially get it dirty and leave a stain on it and then all those
different factors but as i stack the shirts in there it still gives me an opportunity to leave
room to maybe throw a couple hats inside of my bag and typically when it's a weekend trip like
this i have extra room in the bag so i can now potentially you know buy a piece of merchandise
whether it may be an extra shirt or some pants or go shopping at the store and pick something
up something like that so it's always cool to know that i got a little bit of extra space in there
even if i do end up deciding to throw my hats or other things in there as accessories that go
along with my outfit now some people are probably wondering why i think it's so important to fit all
of my stuff inside of my carry-on bag and not worry about checking bags now typically when
it comes to checking in your bags that's gonna be an item that you have to either pay for or
if you have a status depending on where you're at i get two free check bags whenever i fly so
i don't have to pay for it but i know everybody doesn't have that status when it comes to flying
it so sometimes you have to pay you know 30 40 50 60 bucks for a bag to check that in and that adds
to your additional cost when you could bring it in as a carry-on item like we're saying here and
then now you don't have to worry about paying for that fee and another thing that i get so scared
of if i'm wearing expensive sneakers or i have my valuable items that i love and share so much
and i love rocking these things and my outfits and all that stuff what if they lose my bag well
now i have no clothes no extra stuff all my shoes are gone i got nothing to wear i'm gonna have to
buy stuff when i get there hopefully they can find my bag in time and it's going to ruin my whole day
well i never have to worry about that because i got everything in my duffel bag so typically if
i'm going on a trip like this i never check it in a bag and i'm always using my duffel bag and
then as my personal bag i always have that on my back and that's the bag that you typically
put underneath your seat when you're flying on the plane they always want you to put one in the
overhead band the larger bag and then the small bag like a purse or a backpack or something like
that those usually go underneath the seat where your feet are at and inside that bag that's why i
have all my camera gear my microphones my chargers my cables my extra mask my different things like
that my laptop you name it all that type of technical stuff that i need for my trips as i
go and make videos i always keep everything inside of there now another essential item that i think
every sneaker head must have or even just anybody who wants to keep their stuff fresh and clean
is going to be sneaker wipes i think you need to make sure that you have those inside your bag
that way you can always make sure you can wipe down your shoes whenever you're on a trip and
something happens you may scuff it and you're on your way to a meeting or you got a party or
something like that and then next thing you know your shoes get messed up so having sneaker wipes
is always convenient they don't take up too much space it always keeps your shoes fresh
so at the end of the day i hope this video was helpful and gave you guys more tips and tricks
and again if you're ever interested in the kicks case back i make sure that i got a link for you
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to use the code dna show and that'll get you guys a discount on your orders i'm excited to see you
guys travel processes and hopefully you guys can send me some pics on your journeys as well
and have in your travel bags and how it looks on your setup and everything like that
shoot me a dm on ig and i'd love to see it i appreciate you guys as always all right y'all
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