More cruise packing tips. This time we’ve got the low down on two packing methods rolling and folding. What to packing and how to pack for your cruise. See Part 2 here:
Hey Cruisers, it’s Sheri with CruiseTipsTV with some more packing tips!
Frankly; packing isn’t my favorite part of cruising. Me, I just want to get it done. Grab everything I need, toss it in the bag, and boom! I’m done. But … yeah, that method comes with a few … wrinklely consequences. So today we are going to look at, and compare, two less wrinkley methods; folding and rolling. Now, here’s a little tease; in our next packing episode we are going to look at a third cutting edge packing method. (What?! A third method? – I know, right.) So stick around, and we’ll let know what that’s all about.
Now, let’s cover some basics -! lets starting with rolling.
Rolling works well for:
• Packing a duffel, backpack, tote or similar soft bag
• Using all available bag space – rolled clothes are just easier to CRAM into nooks and crannies.
• And for Clothes that don’t wrinkle easily – like knits, jeans, t-shirts etc’
Rolling supposedly leaves less creases, but in our experience rolling can turn some clothes into to wrinklely little nightmares. Now we know there is a technique for rolling clothes, that when strictly followed can eliminate or minimize wrinkles, but really …. I mean really. I’m not going to do that.
We typically reserve rolling for tanks, T’s, and smaller items like socks. You can roll these things up and just MASH them in anywhere.
Now lets move on to folding.
Folding works well for:
• Your good old hard-sided, shell or structured suitcase.
• Rayon, silk, linen, or basically anything that wrinkles easily
• and, Elegant night gear – Dress shirts, pants, skirts etc’
Folding is the tried and true traditional method, and typically works well. If you take the time to fold at the creases, you’ll likely still get wrinkles, but they’ll be in places people expect to see them … if that makes sense.
Ultimately, we’ve found a combination of both methods seems to fit our style the best! For us, it just comes down to what gets folded and what gets rolled.
So now, what was this “third method” stuff all about? In our next packing episode we’re going to take a look at something called “Bundle Wrapping.” Sounds fun right? Well, no not to us either, but we’ll try to make it fun. So check back in for more packing excitement.
That’s it for this episode. As always, thank you so much for watching and subscribing. If you like this video, please remember to hit that like button. Until next time, we’ll see you on the high seas!
