Dennis Sherman

You can find other people’s techniques for this via Google.  I recently took a combined business and vacation trip that lasted two weeks, and I took only a “rollaboard” carry on bag. The business trip included a need for dress and business casual clothes.

This trip had an advantage over some hectic vacation trips in that I stayed in the same hotel for most of the two weeks I was gone. This let me find a laundry down the street, and have laundry done at the midpoint of the trip instead of hand washing in the hotel bathroom sink. Or paying exorbitant hotel laundry rates.

The weather was also an advantage toward light packing, late summer on the Mediterranean is very temperate, and warm (and bulky) clothes weren’t necessary.

My packing list:

3-1-1 bag

I carry this in the top outside pocket of the rollaboard, where it is easy to pull out and put back for security inspection.

hand sanitizer
moisturizer cream
mouthwash
shampoo
sunscreen
toothpaste

Toiletries Bag in Carryon

bandaids
comb
dental floss
diarrhea treatment
earplugs
mirror
moist towelettes
razor (disposable, replace every few trips)
soap
2 sporks
surgical rubber braid clothesline
toothbrush

Carryon Contents

3-1-1 and toiletries bags, above

belt
daypack (large enough to hold a water bottle)
laundry bag
long sleeved t-shirt (turned out I never wore it)
pajamas
2 dress shirts
3 casual shirts
2 polo shirts
shoes – dress
shoes – sport sandals
socks (7pr)
swimsuit
trousers, Dress (1pr)
trousers, Business Casual (1pr)
trousers, Casual (1pr)
underwear (8pr)
undershirts (4) (turned out to be too many, could have managed with 2)

Briefcase

Wear or Carry on my person

cash (US Dollars, use ATM in airport on arrival for local currency)
Cell phone
charge & ATM card
driver’s license
hat
iPod Touch (preloaded, there’s another post coming)
passport
pen & small notebook
shoes – walking
casual sport coat

I overpacked a little bit, but not too badly.  And it all really did fit in the rollaboard and briefcase, even with souvenirs on the way home.  (Buying small things helps.)

This was the first time I’ve gone this long in a single small bag.  Now that I’ve done it this will always be my goal.