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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with a lot of the comments here except that I don't rewear a bunch of stuff when I travel. I love the idea of a "capsule wardrobe" and rewearing items so you can pack less. And of course there are certain items that can be worn multiple times -- jeans, most jackets or cardigans, certain dressier clothes you are just wearing for a few hours at a time. But I mostly pack so that I can wear a different outfit every day. Especially because travel days tend to be pretty active -- walking around, cabs or public transit, in and out of buildings with AC or heat. I don't want to wear clothes that I wore for 8 hours of sight seeing, sat on public benches in, sweat all over while walking around the city or whatever. I

Even stuff like jeans or cardigans -- they will get gross after two wears, I've found. Heck, even my jean jacket, which at home stays reasonably clean for a couple weeks at a time, starts to smell a bit after 3 or 4 days of touristy vacation stuff. It's the difference between wearing it a few times a week for my easy commute or as an extra layer in the office or a restaurant, and airing it out between wears, and wearing it every day while doing tons of walking.

So what I do is make sure to pack clothes that don't take up a ton of space, and utilize packing cubes strategically. Also for any trip over 5 or 6 days, I figure out how to do laundry. Sometimes it just means making sure my AirBnB has a washing machine, or the hotel has a laundry service. But sometimes you have to get creative -- travel detergent sheets you can use in a hotel sink, finding a laundromat close enough to your hotel to not be a huge inconvenience, etc. it's a bit of a pain but worth it on longer trips so I don't have to bring so much luggage, and can still feel fresh and clean and not gross and bedraggled by the end of the trip.[/quote]

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