Carry On Only Baggage Travel Tips and Tricks

I’ve been fortunate to travel ✈ a lot over the last 20 years, both professionally and personally.

One thing I’ve refined over many years is my so-called “carry on only” baggage game for work trips specifically. This is where you only take carry-onto-the-plane baggage and no checked-into-the-plane-hold baggage.

The idea being on busy trips you substantially reduce the chance of your checked baggage going missing, or not getting transferred onto a tight connection, which can throw a tightly planned itinerary into disarray.

First up, should acknowledge this is only feasible for some people and in some situations: if you’re travelling with your family, have a health condition that requires extra equipment, or need to take items on your trip that are only allowed in checked baggage, just for example, this is not viable. And what I need to take will be different to what others have to take.

But for when you can attempt carry on only, there’s a lot of simple tricks and items that can make your life that much easier, which I cover in this video, made “authentically” in my New York City hotel room, in the middle of my current two week work trip touring around the USA.

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🕒 Timestamps are as follows:

📌 (0:00) Introduction to Carry On Only
📌 (0:39) Key Motivations
📌 (1:20) Only Suitable in Some Situations
📌 (2:36) The Bag Situation
📌 (3:57) Vacuum Bags
📌 (5:15) Toiletries Bag and Contents
📌 (6:42) Passport Wallets
📌 (7:20) Noise Cancelling Headphones
📌 (7:58) Power Banks, Cables and Adaptors
📌 (9:03) Document Folder
📌 (9:25) Laundry Bag
📌 (9:52) Folding a Business Shirt
📌 (11:23) Folding Jackets
📌 (12:02) Comfortable Pants
📌 (13:12) Fabric Shopping Bag
📌 (13:44) Lip Balm
📌 (13:50) Backup Alarm
📌 (14:19) Pandemic and Health Items
📌 (15:03) Antibacterial Wipes
📌 (15:29) Antibacterial Wipes
📌 (15:54) Quickly Removable Footwear
📌 (16:08) Bags as Packed
📌 (16:15) Summary