There seems to be a trend with travelers, the more you travel, the less you own. At least, anecdotally that has how it’s been for me. Less really is more when traveling and I adopted the philosophy of onebagging many years ago. Not only one bag, but carry-on only.
\n\n\n\nIt sounds mental at first if you haven’t heard this concept but just hear me out. If you own higher quality items, you will probably need less of them. If you’re resourceful and realize you buy items on the journey, then why overpack your bag or bring multiple bags?
\n\n\n\nThink about this:
\n\n\n\nYou can view my one bag packing list here. Below are some quick items and tips that can help you achieve fitting everything into one bag though:
\n\n\n\nThis one is hard and there are a lot of factors. I’m not going to recommend brands because all of them kinda do the same thing. I will give you some tips on picking the right one
\n\n\n\nMake sure to get fitted your backpack if you’re going to buy online (which I recommend below.) You can go into an REI or any outdoor store and ask them to measure you. You can even try some on and take a look at them, just don’t buy one yet. For carry on only, you are going to want to be between 35-45L. Mine is 40L and I’ve had zero issues bringing it on airlines around the globe.
\n\n\n\nThere are a lot of second-hand bags being sold online. I got a $300 bag for $100 bucks because someone was upgrading to the newest edition. This was four years ago and I still have it. You can look on:
\n\n\n\nDitch the unnecessary and join the one bag team.
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