Appreciate all the responses. I did not even know about these packing cubes. I will look into them. With traditional way of packing, clothes will fill in any remaining space/gap inside suitcase and also act as cushion against sharp protruding objects (plugs) or various devices (eg, camera) from moving about. If you pack everything into these cubes, how do you manage those issues? Or you don't? Also, do you guys toss the used/dirty clothes back into these cubes? If so, I presume you need to wash these cubes on a regular basis?<br /><br />I'm surprised to find that so many of you actually take the time to do laundry during the trip. While traveling light and minimizing the number of suitcases to take would be very ideal, I just can't imagine having to worry about laundry during precious vacation time. Trade-off is that I'm having to take lots of suitcases for each trip. If I'm going to Jpn or HKG in the summer time, I assume needing two sets of clothes (shirt, underwear, socks) per day. For a family of 4, that adds up. A 25" suitcase typically holds about 6 sets of clothes for a family of 4, which is good for ~3 hot days (eg, summer in Jpn) or 6 normal days (eg, spring in Jpn), but I still need additional space for jackets, toiletries, electrical devices, etc. Plus, with our ~4 annual trips to Asia, we always bring back a bunch of purchases for ourselves and some gifts for few people. I tried the vacuum-sealable bags a while back to deal with this, but it didn't work out. Hence, one checked luggage is never enough for a week-long trip. For our recent week-long trip, we ended up taking 2 checked bags, 1 carry-on. I know that may sound crazy to some of you. On the way there, each checked bag had a lot of empty spaces and I had to stuff packing paper. On the way back, though, every bag was packed.<br /><br />I think another policy of mine that maybe complicates the packing process is that I insist on packing all the essentials and one day's worth of clothes in the carry-on in case the checked bag doesn't make it to the destination. As I'm writing this, I'm realizing all of these personal policies that are making things more complicated. Precaution against checked bag not making it, allowing space for purchases abroad to bring back, not wanting to have to do laundry while traveling, not able to justify keeping an entirely separate set of travel-specific clothes/devices (since I'm only on the road ~50 days out of the year) .....<br /><br /><br /><br />Almost everything I pack for trips are things I use at home and each thing has its own rightful place in different area of the house for everyday use. My laptop is my one and only home computer, and just walking to my study, unpacking and restoring that alone takes a good minute or more. There're all these other things that I have to do the same for... electric toothbrush, noise-cancelling headphone, jacket, swim goggles, sunglasses, electric shaver, etc, etc. So it really adds up. Having said that, I realize that 90min still seems too long, and I can't figure out why it takes me so long.<br /><br /><br /><br />For me, the only set of items that are travel-specific would be passport, Nexus card, foreign money, toiletry bags, laptop case, adaptor, printout of Star Alliance lounge access policies. I do keep them altogether. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That is amazing.<br /><br /><br /><br />My toiletry stuff has a 1-week pill case for daily vitamins/supplements, as well as a subcomponent that has little containers to hold skin care lotions and cream to facilitate bringing onboard the carry-on. For me, it's not as simple as just grabbing my toiletry bag, as the liquid skin care product containers and pill cases need to be refilled for each trip.<br /><br /><br /><br />I really hate spending extras at hotels, but maybe hotel laundry service is something I need to start looking into. What would be the normal range of price for laundry at a Hilton or a Conrad in, say, Tokyo, Hawaii, Hong Kong?<br />(Most Hiltons/Conrads in Asia I've stayed at offer free pressing service for certain # of clothes for those on executive floors. I wish they offered free laundry instead.)