If you arent familiar with one-bagging , its the practice of packing so light and minimalist for travel that everything can be carried on your body in a single wheelless bag that meets international size and weight requirements, whether youre gone for a weekend or a month.

Devotees wash their underwear in sinks , opine on the merits of various travel packs and ruthlessly whittle down their gear to carry as little as possible. Some extremely committed one-baggers even melt down deodorant into old lip balm containers to save room and weight.

Although some of us (ahem) arent willing to go that far or we left our backpacking days behind several decades ago those fees for checking luggage do add up fast. So we scoured the internet to assemble great packing tips for everybody from the one-bag community.