Day bag – Bring a lightweight backpack or cross-body bag to hold all your daily essentials and souvenirs. Reusable water bottle – This will help you save money and plastic waste, plus keep you hydrated. Sun protection – Including a hat, sunglasses and high SPF sunscreen.
Should you take a suitcase Travelling?
Also clothes and other belongings are more easily accessible via a suitcase, (with most backpacks you have to empty the whole contents just to get dressed!). You also have the added bonus of not losing your favourite top for 6 months only to discover it was at the bottom of your backpack all along.
Should you bring a suitcase to Greece?
Should you take a suitcase to Europe?
I used a suitcase and small bag traveling for 3 months in europe. Yes it can get slightly annoying with stairs and metro but as long as you don't pack it too heavy it's not bad. I've had to walk 30 min to train/bus stations and I don't think my back would handle that weight , but to each it's own.
What can I use instead of a suitcase?
Conclusions. Using cardboard boxes instead of suitcases sounds certainly very attractive to me at this point 🙂 This also helps saving space in my little house when not traveling (no need for a suitcase hanging around), and relieves the stress of having to choose / replace / fix the suitcase when broken.