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Sometimes I travel with carry on and other times with checked luggage. The part of travelling with one bag that I don't like is having to do laundry more often

Sometimes I travel with carry on and other times with checked luggage. The part of travelling with one bag that I don't like is having to do laundry more often. Like, I gain 30 minutes by not waiting for luggage at the airport, but sometimes that offset by the time spent doing laundry.

Jtsummers 5y ago
That's reasonable, but I've found that switching out my cotton (entirely) and synthetics (mostly) for wool (lasts longer without odor than both, dries faster than cotton) lets me pack 2 pairs of pants, 2 shirts, 3 pairs of socks, and enough underwear to last a week if my goal is to do laundry only once a week, and even then I could go longer if I absolutely needed to without doing a wash of everything. Underwear and socks wash easily in a sink and dry quickly, so I can get by with 1-2 pairs of packed socks and 2-4 pairs of packed underwear with only 5-10 minutes of time spent in the evening washing things every 2-3 days, and a bigger wash once a week for shirts and pants. All of that comfortably fits into most backpacks, I only take a larger backpack because I often pack a camera. I would be annoyed if it took me an hour or more at a laundromat every few days, but I haven't experienced that since my clothes dry fast enough, I can just spend 30 minutes or so once a week in the hotel room (morning or evening, I don't normally sleep in when traveling so I have time to kill when I wake up). Admittedly, I don't travel to hot and humid climates, that would change things (especially the way I sweat).