frankfrank69
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I'm leaving for a wedding tomorrow. It's in Mexico City, about a 5 hour flight from NYC where I live. The wedding is black-tie, and the rehearsal the night before will also require "cocktail" dress. That means I need at least 1 set of clothes additional to the tux I'm bringing. As I was packing today I realized I don't really know how to do this very well, despite ~100 work-related flights over the last 2 years, all of which meant packing some amount of business-casual clothing.
Normally my packing looks like:
Ideally I could bring on a garment bag in addition to my laptop-carrying-work-bag and my luggage. A garment bag won't fit in my luggage, meaning I have to carry one separately. I've gotten away with this when flying biz/first, but doing this in economy in the past has meant unexpectedly gate-checking my luggage. I've looked into those convertible duffle/garment bags, but haven't seen one that seemed high quality.
I know checking a bag is typically the go-to advice here, but flying for work means I don't have time to wait for checked luggage, plus the risk of lost luggage is way worse than packing lighter or having wrinkled clothes when I land.
So the question is: How do you all pack?
Normally my packing looks like:
- 1 set of gym clothes, including running shoes
- toiletries
- 1 pair of pants
- 3-5 shirts
- socks, underwear
Ideally I could bring on a garment bag in addition to my laptop-carrying-work-bag and my luggage. A garment bag won't fit in my luggage, meaning I have to carry one separately. I've gotten away with this when flying biz/first, but doing this in economy in the past has meant unexpectedly gate-checking my luggage. I've looked into those convertible duffle/garment bags, but haven't seen one that seemed high quality.
I know checking a bag is typically the go-to advice here, but flying for work means I don't have time to wait for checked luggage, plus the risk of lost luggage is way worse than packing lighter or having wrinkled clothes when I land.
So the question is: How do you all pack?