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How many clothes to pack for 12 days?

About 4-5 clothes are plenty for a 2-week trip assuming you will be doing laundry. If not, I recommend at least eight clothes, including what you wear on the flight. This should be enough, assuming you can wear the same clothes a few times.



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For trips that are two weeks long, you will need 10 outfits. Wear one outfit per day, and then repeat four of the outfits.

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Do the clothing countdown: If you need a mantra to help streamline your wardrobe, use the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 rule for a weeklong trip: Limit yourself to no more than five sets of socks and underwear, four tops, three bottoms, two pairs of shoes and one hat. The list should be adjusted to suit your needs.

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If you have unlimited suitcase space and don't want to do any laundry, a two-week trip means packing 14/2 = 7 bras and at least 14 pairs of underwear. That consumes a lot of valuable suitcase space! To reduce the number of pieces that need to be packed, simply commit to doing laundry on the road.

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You can pack more efficiently by either rolling your clothes individually or packing everything into a bundle. Rewear your clothing more than once, use travel-sized toiletries, and avoid packing a suitcase. Take a rollaboard or carry-on bag instead.

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Though with under-packing, it seems there are more benefits as with making travelling easier as well as being able to have room for your purchases you buy when away from home. As long as you are strategic with what you pack and the necessities, underpacking is probably the better option of the two!

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Glasses, contacts, contact solution. While many people won't forget glasses or contacts if they wear them on a daily basis, contact solution often gets left behind.

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If you're notorious for paying excess / overweight baggage fees at the airport, buddy, you're packing too much! One should never pack to full capacity because you're bound to probably pick up a few things while travelling, too – pros recommend only packing a tiny bit over half-capacity at most.

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From a few days to a few weeks, you can fit everything you need in a carry on. It all comes down to packing efficiently.

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