A SEASONED traveller has revealed their hand luggage tip which will mean you never have to check in a bag again – but it might prove to be controversial.
Author, TV writer and producer Gary Janetti, dives into his travels around the world in his third book We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay.
In it, he details his family cruises on the Queen Mary 2, hotels in London and Paris that feel like homes away from home and his experiences at a wellness retreat in Italy.
He’s had a love of travelling ever since he can remember.
Gary told Who What Wear: “My dad worked in sales for a cruise line, and when I was growing up in Queens, we would go for one week a year on a cruise, and I became obsessed with travel.
“I’ve always either been planning a trip or had my next one on deck.”
His one big tip though is never, under any circumstances, check in a bag.
In his book he has a whole chapter dedicated to this topic called How to Pack.
He told the site: “Oh my God. Carry-on. Carry-on! How many exclamation points can you fit?”
When he spoke to the website he was on a three-week trip for his book tour and doing it all with a carry-on.
Gary said: “First of all, how many times have you checked a bag, only to come home and say, ‘I didn’t need to bring all this,’?
“I just don’t bring all that in the first place. I can visualise exactly what I’m gonna wear every day, and I mix and match.
“The other thing is to do laundry.
“You don’t need underwear for every day that you’re gone because I don’t like to travel with dirty laundry anyway.
“Who wants to travel the suitcase full of dirty clothes?
“It’s disgusting. Just wash your clothes when you’re gone, and don’t wash them in the hotel.
Other travel packing tips and hacks
Checking in suitcases can often lead to lengthy delays at baggage reclaim, or even to luggage getting lost or damaged
Content creator Chantel Mila recommends rolling up socks and placing them inside shoes.
Compression packing cubes are great at creating more space in your suitcase as they reduce the room taken up by clothes and other items.
Travel writer Sarah James also advised rolling your clothes into the cubes.
Marie Kondo recommends packing “vertically” to make everything accessible as well as maximising space.
Here are 11 other space saving techniques hat can help you make the most of the space in your case.
“Go to a local laundromat, and then you’ll have the experience of living like a local wherever it is you’re staying.”
Another flight tip Gary recommends is don’t be afraid to be one of the last people to board.
That way, you might get an upgrade.
He said: “I think the best way to get upgraded is to always wait.
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“Be willing to be the very last person to board the plane.
“Sometimes, they’ll do the cheaper upgrades that you can get very last-minute, so you never know what’ll come up.”
