| Shoes:
Stuff your socks, underwear and small items such as makeup in your shoes.
Put the shoes in plastic bags to keep them from rubbing off on your clothes.
Place the shoes in pockets around the suitcase with the sole facing down.
Make sure nothing heavy is pressing directly on the shoes otherwise you
might get shoes so smashed you'll need to bind your feet to get in them.
(For a real space saver, wear your heaviest shoes on the plane.)
Tuck
ties in your jacket pockets.
Belts
aren't rolled up but laid around the inner edge of the bag.
If you
have something that absolutely must not wrinkle, hang it in its own cellophane
bag, with the arms crossed across the breast. Fold it as few times as possible.
Toiletries: Should
be travel size. When flying, don't fill the bottles to the top, because
the pressure may cause contents to expand. Pack bottles in plastic bags
in case of leakage. Try a small hanging toiletry bag with pockets. These
are handy to hang on a towel rack and they are great for your medicine
and miscellaneous items (bandages, corn pads, extra contact lenses and
so on). If you can fit your toiletries in your carry-on, try to put them
in an easily accessible compartment.
If your
bag has a space for hanging clothes, use metal hangers. Keep the outfits
together in dry-cleaning bags. |