I like the idea of using non-stiff containers to hold all the pills. So maybe 1 month of daily pill bags (then you could restock for the next month and so on?) with the back up pill bags (single pill, larger bag) could be put into gallon ziplocs or fabric compression bags or packing cubes or dry sacs or.....yeah, anything but a solid kitchen storage container would be easier to pack. And if you have a few you can better squeeze into the space you have? (I personally like the idea of a stuff sac sort of bag - vvery thin, can re-use, heck you could put souvenirs in them and ship back home when you're done with it? Or just keep it stuffed in a corner with dirty socks until you can launder ;-)