{"id":11425,"date":"2017-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashpack.preview.uk.com\/2017\/10\/16\/how-to-travel-the-world-on-hand-luggage-only\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:49:28","slug":"travel-world-hand-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.flashpack.com\/us\/solo\/travel\/travel-world-hand-luggage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to travel the world on hand luggage only"},"content":{"rendered":"

Too much choice weighs us down in life – and in travel, this burden is literal. We’d all like to be that person who flies easy and light, zipping through the baggage carousel area before hopping on a Vespa into town. Not for them a frantic last-minute tussle to rearrange their backpack weight. Nor do they ever require the services of an unwieldy airport trolley. But how to combine this fantasy with the very real demands of a global adventure?<\/p>\n

Australian author Sarah Wilson has done exactly that, and she’s here to spread the knowledge. The 42-year-old writer recently travelled the world on just 8kg of hand luggage. Her four-month foray took her from LA to London and Eastern Europe, and covered activities such as hiking, work presentations and even a 50th fancy dress bash. Yet, as she documents in a fresh blog post<\/a>, she survived on one bag “happy and easily”. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

1. Wear the same clothes every day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Me and all my belongings on my back. 8kg. And the coffee Stella at Hotel Off made for me in a cup for the cab to Heraklion airport…they don't do disposable !! Ps cab driver returned the cup ??<\/a><\/p>\n

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