In my vacation travel of SEA countries (no more than 7 days) my whole packing takes no more than 5 minutes. It is just underwear, socks, and duo-dry/athletic shirts. For business trips in EU/US, replace duo-dry with dress shirts and reave other stuff the same, plus add one more jacket. Travel suitcase (IT Luggage) weights no more than 5-7kg (with notebook computer), carry-on only.
Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
Rebelyell and sbm12, I use the 'Rule of 3s' for packing. It refers to items where you pack multiples like shirts, pants, socks, underwear, t-shirts, etc. The Rule is, 'one to wear, one to wash, one to spare.' It makes no difference how long you plan to be gone for, 3 days or 3 months, you pack the same amount.
I have the same approach as well, but I pack 4, because unfortunately most/sometimes it is not enough time washed pair to get it dry. In Vietnam and Bali cotton underwear did not get dry during the 24h.
Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
Learning to wash socks and underwear in a hotel sink in 5 minutes is a necessary life skill for a frequent traveller who travels for more than a few days at a time. It's just like getting into the habit of brushing your teeth before going to bed. Once it's a habit, you don't even notice it.
Thank you mom to forcing me to learn how to wash of my own underwear/socks in sink when I was 10.. Helped me a lot.