Packing Light Pt. 1

It's summer once again and many will be going out of town and going to the beach other resorts. If your a light packer like I am, here are some tips on how to determine how much clothing you're going to bring. This is assuming, of course, that you'll be staying in a hotel on your own. If you have someone else in the room, I hope they don't mind you walking around in your underwear. With that in mind, these tips would most likely apply to the men but I'll try my best to give variations or adjustments for the women.

For shirts, it is always better to choose those with light colors and light fabrics. Light fabrics take less space. That goes for everything.

Number of Shirts:
For Men: Number of days out of town (includes travel days)
For Women: Number of days out of town (includes travel days) + 2

Number of pairs of underwear:
For Men: Number of days out of town (ditto)
For Women: Number of days out of town (ditto) x 2

Number of pairs of pants:
For Men: Number of weeks out of town (truncated, so 1.5 is 1, and 2.2 is 2)
For Women: Number of weeks out of town (rounded to the next, so 1.5 is 2, and 2.2 is 3) x 2

In case you'll go swimming (which is likely), Number of swimwear:
For Men: Number of days out of town - 1
For Women: (Number of days out of town - 1) x 1.5 (rounded to the next)

Number of Face towels or handkerchiefs (the big bandana ones):
For Men and Women: Number of days out of town (if possible x 2)

Number of bath towels (if the hotel does not provide one or if you prefer to use your own)
For Men and Women: 1 (it doesn't matter how long it takes you, towels are bulky)

Take note that the number of clothes above only covers those that you will wear when you go outside your room. Like I said, if you and your roommate don't mind walking around in your underwear. You may use pants that can be converted into short pants, the ones with the detachable leg parts, in case you'd like to go strolling in shorts. Also, you may want to use sandals instead of shoes. So you could avoid bringing a pair of shoes and a pair of flip flops. The trick here is to use two-for-one or all-in-one things in order to travel light.