How To Pack Your Clothes & Save Space [0:00:00]
[Music] In today's video, gents, I'm sharing with
you my secrets on how to travel light, how to arrive at your destination with everything
you need, and how to look good doing it. We're talking space-saving packing hacks for the
well-dressed man. Hack number one. Take a minute to create a
checklist. So, if you don't know what you're packing, you're going to end up packing things
you don't need and not packing the things that you do.
So, I learned this hack from a wise gunnery sergeant when I was in the Marine Corps. And,
he would have a list of everything that would be going into his pack. Because when you're
going out into the field in the military, you're going to usually be carrying everything
about a 15-mile forced march. The key with the checklist is you create it once and then,
when you're packing, you don't have to think. Hack number two. Check the weather. I know
this one seems obvious, but so many people don't do it. They end up traveling at some
place like Chicago or New York, and all of a sudden it's unseasonably warm, it’s unseasonably
cold. And the items they packed in their bag are the wrong pieces of clothing, so they
end up having to buy items when they're there. Again, the goal is to pack nothing extra,
only what you need. Make sure to do the recon. The next hack, make sure all the clothing
you pack is interchangeable. By interchangeable, I mean all of your jackets, all of your shirts,
all of your trousers, all of your shoes will match with each other.
This is key because you can pack less clothing, yet you can maximize the total number of outfits.
So, if you've got four interchangeable shirts with three interchangeable pairs of trousers
with two interchangeable pair of shoes with two interchangeable jackets, you've got eleven
items that yield you forty eight different outfits.
The next packing hack, put everything into a personal item, not a carry-on. Now, the
difference between the two is defined differently by every airline out there. But in general,
what we're going to see is carry-on luggage is going to be larger 21 inches by 15 inches
by about 10 inches. Also, we're going to see that's the wheel luggage that's the hard luggage
that's the rectangle luggage that is made to actually be put above the passengers.
Now, when it comes to personal items, most airlines don't give specific measurements.
What they do say though is it should be able to fit underneath the seat in front of you.
So, why does this matter? First up, fees. A lot of airlines now are charging for the
carry-on. We're talking an extra 50 bucks for having the privilege to take your luggage
with you. Now, the second reason which I think is even more important, that's the forced
check. There's no room on the airplane, so they're making everyone put it below the airplane.
So, you have the privilege of after you get off the airplane waiting ten minutes for them
to bring your luggage to you. Think about this. You can miss your connection.
It could be something they can always lose your luggage. I don't know about you, but
I like to keep my bags with me when I'm traveling. So, this begs the question what are the key
characteristics to look for in a good bag? First up, the bag needs to be functional.
It needs to be able to do its job which is to carry things without breaking.
So, you want to look at the handles first, you want to make sure that they're well sewn
on. Look at the stitching, then make sure that there are rivets. Look at the hardware.
Give a good tug on the bag and make sure when you load it when you put a lot of weight in
here, you can actually pick items up. Next up, I want to look at the material that's
used. I like leather because it's durable and over time, it actually can develop a really
nice patina and it looks even better with time.
Now, let's look at the size. Okay. So, this is going to be fine for a day trip, a briefcase
like this maybe even overnight, but if I'm going to be going for more than one night,
I want something larger. A good-looking leather duffel I think is a
great option. What I love about this relatively lightweight, professional looking, and you
can crush it down to fit in the seat in front of you. Or you can even go with the [0:03:27
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absolutely love. Check this out. So, you open up the bottom pouch and, boom, you've got
your dress shirt right there folded ready to go not going to get wrinkled.
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An amazing company. Now, this next hack is for you watch fanatics
out there. Yes, you know who you are. You're traveling just for two days, but you've got
to have an extra watch with you. So, instead of putting it in your travel case and adding
a bit of bulk to your luggage, how about you just wear both watches when you're traveling?
So, when you arrive at your destination, put one in the hotel safe and, yeah, just wear
and change up your watches. [0:05:12]
The next hack, consolidate your equipment. Always ask can I go smaller? Can I save weight?
So, I've got a relatively light laptop, but when you throw in the power cord, it's a lot
bulkier than a simple iPad. And, also the advantage of the iPad is it uses the same
power cord as my iPhone. A few ounces here a few ounces there adds up, gentlemen, the
pounds you don't need to be putting into your bag.
The next hack, beware of the large dopp kit because a large dopp kit, you're going to
fill it. If I'm traveling in my vehicle with my family, yeah, I'm going to take something
like this. I can recreate my bathroom, boom, just like that. But, if I'm traveling lightweight,
I'm going to put everything into a small bag. Remember, the size of your dopp kit you're
going to fill it whether it’s large or small, so keep it small and travel light.
Now, how to fit all the toiletries you need into a small bag like this? Travel sizes.
Now, travel size items can save you a lot of room. A lot of people don't buy them though
because they feel they're a rip off. Literally, this little toothpaste right here if you go
buy it at a store, it could cost as much as this one right here, so what do you do?
So, this size I get for free every time I visit the dentist. Not technically free, I'm
paying for the dentist visit. This size right here, you can get free from a lot of hotels.
Just simply ask them for their free toothpaste, boom, they're going to hand these things out
to you like candy. Keep them around because when you're traveling, they are lightweight
they're handy and, yeah, they're good for almost two uses.
When it comes to fragrances, you don't want to travel with the big bottle like this. Instead,
look to travel with smaller containers. A lot of these you can actually buy from the
manufacturers or you could actually even get as free samples. This one right here has about
five uses. This one right here probably about ten uses.
And, with shaving you've got a lot of options. Now, you need to take ninety days worth of
shaving cream? No, that's way too much especially for a four day trip. So, go ahead and take
your favorite shaving cream and put it in a small travel container.
Don't have something like this? Maybe you want to try a shaving oil. These come in smaller
containers, look at a shaving soap. So this right here, just add a bit of water. It actually
travels as a solid comes in its own tin. There are so many options when it comes to shaving,
you don't have to travel big. And, when it comes to razors, yes, I like
a great safety razor, but the issue here is weight and expense. If were to lose this when
I'm traveling, I'm going to be crying. This right here is disposable. I can throw it away
and, yeah, if I were to lose this I'm not going to be upset.
The next hack, transform that hard sunglass case into a catch all for all of your delicate
electronics, so when you pack them into your bag you're not going to be worried about breaking
or damaging anything. The next hack, if you're only traveling for
a couple days, leave the athletic gear, instead wake up early workout right before you leave.
Plan a workout right when you get back because I can tell you these add a lot of bulk, they
add a lot of weight. Plus, your athletic clothing, yeah, it just gets in the way. If you're only
going away, again, for a couple days, use this time to actually have your body rest.
The next travel hack, only takes slip-ons. You'd be surprised how you can dress these
up how you can dress them down. Point being is you've got shoes that slip on slip off
when you're going through security and you don't even have to worry about laces ever
breaking. The next hack is to wear your heaviest clothing.
So, wear your heavy boots your jacket, don't pack this. Maybe you're going to be going
from a warm area to a cooler area, well, go ahead and start dressing for it. Wear it on
the airplane. It's not going to count against you as your carry-on or your personal items.
The next packing hack, use your belt to protect your shirt collar. Tightly wind up your belt
put it right in next to the collar. You're going to protect your collar from getting
crushed whenever items get thrown on top of it.
Now, this next hack is more of a travel hack than a packing hack, but label everything.
These green labels make it easy for my important electronic items to be able to find me when
I lose them. Yes. I have left this laptop on a plane and guess what? It made it back
to me because I had my contact information on it.
The next packing hack, learn to roll your clothing. So, I find that tightly rolling
items like t-shirts, socks, underwear can really save you a lot of space especially
when you get into those tight rolls and then you stuff them into your shoes.
Now, check out this video right here where I teach you how to roll a t-shirt like a US
Marine. I use this technique whenever I was packing my C bag whenever I wanted to keep
my items tightly compressed and in place. Now, you can't roll everything and that's
where you want to use this next hack which is to fold in layers, you're going to have
less wrinkles. This is because you've got softer creases because you've got multiple
pieces of clothing folding over on itself, you're not going to have that hard press which,
again, means less wrinkles and less work with the iron when you get to the hotel.
What you want to do is place your pants and jackets inside with one end hanging out. Next,
lay the item facing the opposite way and keep alternating until you have all your items
laid out. Now, fold each item inside the suitcase one by one. This results in an efficient use
of space and also won't cause your clothing to wrinkle as much.
The next hack, protect your razor blade when you're traveling. Most razor blades they come
with some form of protection. Why? Because that razor can be bent. If that razor bends
and you use it on your face, you're going to cut yourself and that's not going to be
good. So, how to protect this if you lose the protective
case? So, you want to just simply take a clip binder and put it right on there and it's
going to do a good job of protecting the razor from getting bent.
So, what video to watch next? How about looking good without spending much money? Guys, ten
frugal fashion hacks you can't ignore. Check out the video right here which by the way
I will link to it down in the description. [0:10:27] End of audio