Pack lightly…because baggage gets heavier with each step.
When I traveled recently, I did my very best to pack lightly and be reasonable in my choices of clothing and accessories. I wanted to be sure I had what I needed. After all, we were traveling across the world and it was unlikely there would be a Walmart I could run out to if I’d forgotten a necessity. I definitely wanted to include the necessary toiletries, and medications and I comfortably had the room in my luggage for them.
Overall, I felt pretty proud of myself that I’d managed to carefully select appropriate outfits I would need, wisely planning to interchange tops and pants, creating more ensembles out of few items. Travel tip side note: A handy tipster enlightened me that Parisians often wear outfits two days in a row, so mixing and matching would certainly suffice. But even as sparingly as I had managed to pack, the day we left I threw in extra pants and dress boots “just in case.” For eight days and two countries, I felt I had done nicely packing one decent-sized suitcase, a carry on, and a messenger bag that I would carry everywhere with the super essentials like Passport, Euros, ID, debit card, camera, and phone.