packing my bag for 4 months of travel (CARRY-ON ONLY) + packing hacks 🎒
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- in this packing video i show you exactly what i'm taking on my four month backpacking trip around Southeast Asia, as well as sharing my tips for packing it all into a carry-on only! i have been travelling hand-luggage only pretty much my whole life so i hope you find my tips useful. who's ready for the travel vlogs?!
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- timestamps
00:00 intro
00:34 my backpack
04:05 clothes
09:21 shoes
10:25 toiletries
11:05 make up
11:55 extra toiletries bits
12:58 electronics
15:23 miscellaneous bits i always take
21:08 my bumbag
22:52 how i pack it into my carry-on backpack
25:13 outro
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osprey backpack (not mine but similar) | amzn.to/3U7fqSg
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where are you from? i'm british chinese, grew up in london and currently living in lisbon!!
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Thanks for this tips! I hope you've had fun on your trip!!
using an extension lead is so smart!! trying (and often times failing) to charge several devices at once while travelling is the bane of my existence
yessss it’s the best lil travel hack!!
This video saved my life cause I am preparing my first backpacking now! Thank you so much for valuable information
this makes my heart happy!! so glad you found it useful :)
Ryanair in Paris asked me to do the same!!! In that case make sure you get there early so you can purchase a priority pass for an extra 8 euros!
I’m also going to SE Asia for around 4 months in a month so this was v helpful! I hope you have a great trip:)
eee thank you so much! where are you planning on going?
@@violahelen_ I'm first flying to Bangkok and taking a night train to Chiang Mai. I haven't booked anything from there but definitely wanna see more of Thailand and Vietnam:) so excited
You're so right about not wanting the brexit passport T_T I had to renew mine last autumn and aside from the brexity-ness of it, it's the worst quality passport I've ever seen, they definitely cheaped out on the materials and I literally took it home and put it in a drawer and it already had a nick on the side of it. It's the first time I'm considering getting a cover for my passport cause I feel like it could just crumple to bits otherwise.
I have the same backpack and it's the best!
I’m currently planning a 4 month journey through se Asia and your video was so useful! Do you have a link for your sneakers and Skechers sandals? I love those sandals and can’t find them anywhere 😢
Thank you. Great information
So many SEA airlines limit you to 7KG. People who do these videos don't tell you how much their luggage weighs but there is no way this bag weighs 7KG. If they weigh it, you would have to check it.
i feel lucky that i've never been asked to weigh my bag, and i've travelled many, many times with these budget airlines that have these restrictions. i think it's a combination of luck and the way you pack your bag (the way i pack means it looks more compact and small than other people who have smaller bags that are fatter).
100% agree! I’ve never had my bag weighed. I always recommend getting a bag that’s slightly bigger than what you need so that your bag doesn’t look like it’s bulging full. If your bag looks rammed full or you look like your struggling to carry it and keep it on your back, that’s when they will ask to weigh it. People who use compression packing cubes (myself included) almost always have overweight bags lol.
I’ve found that if you have a backpack that weighs over 7kg, the trick is to make sure that 1) it looks small 2) you carry it like it weighs nothing. Confidence is key!
how do you deal with wearing contacts when going in the water since it’s technically not supposed to get wet? i’m traveling to se asia and am worried about that haha
I AM DEAD. I have this exact bag and barely fits my items for a one night stay 😂😂😂 good on you girl
I was contemplating packing white trainers because I’m worried they will get super dirty! Did you do any hiking? Did you regret white?
This is random, but I love your nails. They're so long and clean. Mine would break already trying to pack things into my luggage 😂
haha thank you so much :')
Brand-new subscriber here...thanks for the helpful content! 🧳💺😊❤️
thank you for your video! i plan on backpacking asia in 2024 and you are such an inspiration. also i recognize the bumbag from @backpacking bananas!! i love her channel as well :)
Did you have to get shots before you left? If so which ones?
Did you find the clothing you bought to be too hot?
Could You share the link for the sandals
I’m going to Vietnam for 3 weeks and I’m lost with packing. Idk how many tops I should take, how many shorts, trousers, shoes I have no clue where to even start 😭🤣
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I’m curious, how much did your Osprey Porter 46L weigh when packed out? My husband and I both had Osprey Farpoint 40’s. We were made to weigh our bags. I was 1 kg over the 10 kg weight limit and he was 1 kg under but Aeromexico made both of us check our bags. I was so disappointed; we were really trying to go carry-on, or hand luggage only, on that trip.
unsure but definitely over 10kg due to all my electronics and the tripod haha... i think because i pack it so compactly and use the straps to tighten it so it doesn't look so fat, it looks like a 'smaller' backpack and i've never been asked to weigh it
I travel with a Fairmont 40 where the maximum weight is 7 kilo. The bag is a perfect size.
How unfortunate!! Is it normal in the region where you are? You flew in Mexico? I flew around 100 times (long distance relation..) within Europe in my life and never ever handluggage is weighted..
@@d.6593 I’m in Canada. In my experience, all bags except for my personal item have been weighed at check-in. Weight limits and how strictly they’re adhered to can vary from airline to airline.
In the incident I wrote about, the first leg of our journey was from Vancouver to Mexico City (CDMX). I managed to sweet talk the Aeromexico check-in agent into allowing me to carry on my 1kg over the limit backpack. However, for some reason we were not issued boarding passes for the second leg of our journey, from CDMX to Lima. We had to check in again after arrival at CDMX. The check in agent there made both my husband and I check our backpacks, even though his bag was well under the weight limit. There was a significant language barrier and we didn’t have sufficient Spanish to mount any kind of argument.
The following year we flew on Air New Zealand from Vancouver to Auckland. There was a 7 kg carryon limit. All carryon bags were being weighed at check-in but personal items were not. I had been careful to pack well under the limit. When my husband’s bag was found to be a bit overweight, he transferred one of his camera lenses to my bag. Everything evened out so we were good to go.
The trip to NZ was four months before the pandemic lockdowns. I haven’t travelled internationally since, so I don’t know what the current situation is. However, I have flown on Air Canada domestically several times and they no longer have a weight limit for carryon except to state “your bag must be light enough that you can store it in the overhead bin unassisted.”
@@amiek9226Air Canada is the best despite those that complain about their inefficiencies!
Great😊
HAHA I was just thinking of the Kanken 😂
ahahah can you imagine!! can def travel with only that for a weekend away in Europe :')
Nice vid
I m just going to pay more ie priority or whatever as they always weigh my bags and maje me put them in to measure... I want tocarry on a 30l plus personal daypack both of which tgether weigh 1 kilo unpacked. Never checking in aftr bag got lost costing me 2 weeks waiting around paying agrncy to find it ..where I am whether it be a bus train plane so will my bag be..❤Am asthmatic so for longterm ned a stock of meds and extra warm clothes for mixed climates. No more laptop which weighed way too much inc charger plug etc...
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How heavy is your bag? I know i personally could easily fit all my things in a carry on but it would definitely be over the 7kg carry on limit…
definitely over 10kg due to all my electronics and tripod! but i think because i pack it so compactly and make it look a lot thinner than it could be, i've never been asked to weigh it (presumably because they think there's a lot less in it than there actually is!)
@@violahelen_ interesting! I live in New Zealand and all the airlines i know have a weight limit of 7kg for carry on so while i could physically pack everything i need, i can’t practically take it because it’s too heavy and so i need check it in :(
@@emma472 do they really weigh it? 😢
@@d.6593 yes they do, after checking in checked baggage and going through customs etc, they have a scale at the gate and weigh your carry-on as you go through. Good luck to you at that point, because its way too late to move anything into your checked bag and if its overweight they make you pay for an extra checked bag. So you just have to be sure to follow the 7 kg rule!
May Buddha blessed you on your travel to all your destinations...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦
thank you!!
Good
What's your budget for 4 months in Southeast Asia?
Do you know if your contacts count as liquid products?:)
i always thought they would but packing them in the way i've shown, i've never been questioned about them or asked to take them out and put them in the liquids bag!!
It's not liquids! 🎉
Can you fit your computer?
yes!
Not to be pessimistic, but it could quite easily kick off big time in China very soon. Something's brewing and it ain't tea. Wouldn't want to get caught up in anything dangerous 😕
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