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I guess this subreddit's wiki gives a good overview of what onebagging is: Anyone can one-bag travel, whether with expensive gear or their everyday kit. The se

by qnsi 5y ago

I guess this subreddit's wiki gives a good overview of what onebagging is: Anyone can one-bag travel, whether with expensive gear or their everyday kit. The secret: pack light, don’t pack your fears, take only what you need for about a week, and do laundry along the way. Plan the laundry into your trip. For some people this means booking an airbnb with a washer, and for others it could mean only bringing quick-drying clothing to make sink washing easier, and for some it might mean washing clothes in the shower. Once your clothing is down to a week’s worth, pare down your toiletries and your electronics to only what you absolutely need to take with you. Now everything you’re bringing should fit in a backpack or a small duffle/suitcase. If it doesn’t, pare everything down again. A good goal is to shoot for a 25L-35L bag. Onebagging is a trade-off between the convenience of living like you do everyday, and the convenience of being mobile, traveling light, and fully experiencing the environment you are traveling in. A big saving is often electronics: do you really need huge headphones, that gaming device, or even a laptop? Remember, people almost certainly live wherever you’re traveling to. If you absolutely need something, it’ll be available when you get there. You may even have an adventure getting it!

ghaff 5y ago
That's a good summary. I do carry a second small bag but that's in part because I want the bag anyway for walking around once I arrive at my destination. So why not compartmentalize? I also don't pare my electronics and just in case stuff to the absolute minimum but that's partly because I like to have standard "grab kits" that I can just grab and throw in my bag most of the time. (With some exceptions, e.g. plug converters which I don't carry everywhere.) But it's all mostly small repair, medical, and other stuff that has been useful from time to time. I periodically revisit as otherwise it grows over time. Fully agree on the large headphones. Never got the over the ear Bose noice canceling for that reason. I do mostly travel with a laptop. Never been able to get into working on a tablet. But I do have a strict rule of no more than one laptop-type device and one tablet-like device (iPad or Kindle).

by qnsi 5y ago

ghaff 5y ago

That's a good summary. I do carry a second small bag but that's in part because I want the bag anyway for walking around once I arrive at my destination. So why not compartmentalize? I also don't pare my electronics and just in case stuff to the absolute minimum but that's partly because I like to have standard "grab kits" that I can just grab and throw in my bag most of the time. (With some exceptions, e.g. plug converters which I don't carry everywhere.) But it's all mostly small repair, medical, and other stuff that has been useful from time to time. I periodically revisit as otherwise it grows over time. Fully agree on the large headphones. Never got the over the ear Bose noice canceling for that reason. I do mostly travel with a laptop. Never been able to get into working on a tablet. But I do have a strict rule of no more than one laptop-type device and one tablet-like device (iPad or Kindle).