Packing tips: If you want to hit the beach faster when on holiday and free up space in your luggage, then rolling your clothes is our top packing tip and the way to go.
Rolling your clothes will decrease the amount of space they take up, leaving more room in your luggage for other things.
Besides that, rolling your clothes can also help prevent wrinkling.
When you unpack your cases, as you get to your room, this will reduce the need for ironing, just hang up and go, you are on holiday after all..
Here’s how to roll your clothes:
- Lay the item flat on a hard surface.
- Fold it in half.
- Fold in the sleeves (or for trousers- jeans – bring the legs together)
- Begin rolling from the bottom
- Finally Smooth out the creases as you work your way up.
If you roll your clothes, you can save almost 40% of the space in your cases for all the other things your buy on holiday.
No only that, if you using a bergen to travel light, your clothes will need next to no ironing if you roll them.

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