This article is a part of CNN Underscored’s Summer Travel Week, a weeklong focus on how to travel smarter and save money during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year. Luckily, many airlines ...

Luxury travel doesn’t always mean steamer trunks and bellhops. Sometimes, the chicest move is to breeze through the airport or train station with nothing but a sleek leather backpack slung over your ...

Backpacks are the perfect portable luggage that you can take almost everywhere, but do you need a top-loading pack, or a ...

If you’ve ever found yourself unpacking half your kit in a hurry—to find your rain cover during a squall, mosquito repellent in early evening, first aid kit after a nasty fall—then you understand why ...

We’ve already talked you through how to pack a backpack for backpacking trips when you’re carrying your tent, sleeping bag and sleeping pad on your back, but what about how to pack a daypack? Do you ...

IF THERE’S ONE season that makes packing a nightmare, it’s fall. The weather’s unpredictable—you could wake up to crisp, 50-degree mornings and end the day sweating through your flannel. It’s too ...

First make sure you have the tools: a muddler (good excuse to get one, or you can always use a pestle), sieve, cheese cloth ...

In most cases, I think a pack with anywhere from 4,000 to 4,500 cubic inches (about 68 to 73 liters) should be adequate. That should be enough room for several changes of clothing, toiletries, maybe ...

Traveling with just one bag will keep you unburdened. But you’ll need to be strategic about your packing list and the compromises you’re willing to make. The truth is, the easiest way to pack in a ...

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In life as in travel, it is easiest to learn by doing. Anyone can extoll the virtues of carry-on luggage to you, but you won’t understand them until you’re watching the baggage claim belt circle for ...