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Packing Tips Everyone Should Know

10 Basic Packing Tips
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Packing is pivotal. Forget an essential item and you’re left disappointed and scrambling to find the nearest store in your destination. Pack too much and you end up disorganized, burdened with heavy bags, and hemorrhaging money to pay for pricey airline baggage fees. So we thought it best to revisit the most basic—and most useful—packing tips. Here are 10 fundamental packing tips that every traveler should learn.

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