Be strategic when arranging your contents. Place a trash bag on the bottom of your suitcase and one on the top to keep wrinkles to a minimum. Then pack in this order:
- Footwear
- Stuff socks or stockings inside shoes
- Any other heavy objects or items that won’t wrinkle
- Jewelry inside small Ziploc bags in side pockets
- Undergarments in zipped section on top (if there is one) – otherwise add to packing cubes or inside a plastic bag if you don’t use cubes
- Add packing cubes if you use them (highly recommended)
- Rolled garments go next (knits, t-shirts, light sweaters, nightgown, etc.)
- Then add folded clothes (trousers, jackets)
- Lastly – items most likely to get wrinkled or creased
