Ten Great Packing Tips: #1 - Ditch the George Foreman…
You’re setting off backpacking. And even if you’ve spent a fair bit of time on the road before, it’s almost always necessary to put together a packing list. Otherwise (as a hostel manager recently told HostelBloggers) you can end up lugging a George Foreman Grill around Europe with you, all the while wondering why the hell you decided to bring it along…
Along with digging out a crumpled list of travel gear essentials, it’s never a bad idea to jog your memory by thinking of ways you can make that backpack just a little bit lighter. A good place to start is Indietravelpodcast.com’s Ten Ways to Reduce Your Toiletries on Long Trips.
There are some travel staples in there, such as buying a mini-towel (or travel towel) and using two-in-one shampoo. But there are also a handful of other handy hints in an article, which (like the site in general) is a great source of on the road travel information.
