Looking for some advice from the frequent flyers on CP.
My new position will require me to travel a bit. Mostly within Alberta, but I will be flying to other provinces. I'm actually flying out tomorrow to Quebec for some training this coming week.
I've looked up a few ways to pack my suits, but I wanted to see if anyone had any advice or tips.
I'm thinking of packing this way:
But then I also saw this:
I usually have no problem packing, but packing my suits is a whole different game for me. Someone also told me to roll them up. Not entirely sure about that.
Because I travel a lot and wear suits, I held onto a suit bag as part of my luggage part.
The newer style compact luggage really ravages a suit, at least with a suit bag it keeps your suit in a natural condition.
When I get to my hotel I just make sure that the first thing that I do is hang them. If your suit is of decent quality any wrinkles along the back will come right out.
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It is a lightweight carry-on bag that has a garment suiter, allowing you to carry 1-2 suits in your carry-on luggage. It also has a full lifetime warranty (unlike other brands, which only cover certain parts of the luggage and for a certain number of years), so it is well worth the investment if you are a frequent flyer.
I bought one of these earlier this year and love it for short business trips.
It is a lightweight carry-on bag that has a garment suiter, allowing you to carry 1-2 suits in your carry-on luggage. It also has a full lifetime warranty (unlike other brands, which only cover certain parts of the luggage and for a certain number of years), so it is well worth the investment if you are a frequent flyer.
I bought one of these earlier this year and love it for short business trips.
That looks great. But I am flying out tomorrow. So no time to pick it up. I'll look into it for sure.
Because I travel a lot and wear suits, I held onto a suit bag as part of my luggage part.
The newer style compact luggage really ravages a suit, at least with a suit bag it keeps your suit in a natural condition.
When I get to my hotel I just make sure that the first thing that I do is hang them. If your suit is of decent quality any wrinkles along the back will come right out.
Good stuff. In the past I have put my suits in the washroom at the hotel right away. Cranked the hot water in the shower and let them steam for a good 15 to 20 mins (insert upset CP tree hugging hippie here).
Because I travel a lot and wear suits, I held onto a suit bag as part of my luggage part.
The newer style compact luggage really ravages a suit, at least with a suit bag it keeps your suit in a natural condition.
When I get to my hotel I just make sure that the first thing that I do is hang them. If your suit is of decent quality any wrinkles along the back will come right out.
Most hotels will have an iron and ironing board in the room as well.
I use a suit bag as well most of the time, but either way i get to the room, pull the suits and shirts out of the bag and hang them. First thing.
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I would not roll a suit. That person is messing with you. You will likely have a crushed suit on arrival.
What I typically do absent a garment bag is place my suit jacket into my suitcase with the lower portion flat on the bottom of the lying down case and the top portion of the suit jacket outside the case. I then pack on top of the suit jacket's bottom portion and when the case is getting full fold the top portion of the suit jacket over the rest of what I have packed, creating something of a luggage taco inside the suitcase with a suit jacket as the shell. I've had to do this on several occasions and have never had any problems with wrinkles.
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There is no good way to pack a suit, so that you can wear it wrinkleless right out of the suitcase, unfortunately. I deal with this by wearing a jacket into the plain and then storing it in the overhead bin folded once inside out. Suit pants are easier to transport. Just fold them in half and either put them in top of your other staff in a suitcase or carry them on a hanger in a portable garment bag as a carry-on. These portable garment bags are cheap and sometimes come as part of a suitcase. If you don't have one, use a garbage bag or dryleaning clear plastic bag. Also, buy a travel steamer at London Drugs for $20-30. Great and useful thing when traveling.
I would not roll a suit. That person is messing with you. You will likely have a crushed suit on arrival.
I have 'rolled' my suits often for travel and it works pretty well. It works great for pants...I'd say average for jackets. If I hang my jacket as soon as I get to the hotel, it's usually good to go for next morning. A suit garment bag does work best but if you're flying, I definitely recommend that you try rolling. I didn't watch the video above but I just start at the bottom of the pants or jacket and roll them up so they look like a jelly roll (can't think of a better example) and pack them. Not sure if the video above recommends it this way but it works pretty well for me.
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Most hotels will have an iron and ironing board in the room as well.
I use a suit bag as well most of the time, but either way i get to the room, pull the suits and shirts out of the bag and hang them. First thing.
Personally I'm not a good enough ironer to iron a suit.
the steaming idea works as well, you just don't want to leave it in the steam for too long, I was told that it eventually stresses the material and fades the coloring.
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Well I made it. Unpacked. I used the method on the first video I linked. My suits look just fine.
The bundle method is tried and true, works well. I have also done that approach with shirts too, you just alternate them perpendicularly to the pants and then fold the sleeves up with the pant legs and fold the shirt tails up at the end to avoid creases.
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I've worn a suit a few times I had to travel with one. Probably not the most comfortable thing to wear on a long a trip, but boy did I ever feel like a pro all decked out at the airport!
It is a lightweight carry-on bag that has a garment suiter, allowing you to carry 1-2 suits in your carry-on luggage. It also has a full lifetime warranty (unlike other brands, which only cover certain parts of the luggage and for a certain number of years), so it is well worth the investment if you are a frequent flyer.
I bought one of these earlier this year and love it for short business trips.
I have a similar-style suitcase that i usually check. The problem with the garment compartment I find is that it isn't wide enough. The shoulder width of my suit jackets are wider than the compartment and the suit just ends up "squashed" in. I don't use it anymore. Too bad, I liked the idea.
How do you pack a suit?
