Travelling with Suits
Discussion
Question for the frequent flyers:
What do you do when you need to pack for a holiday (eg. holdall full of flip flops, shorts etc.) but also want to carry some smart stuff with you?
I have a very nice suit bag and a very nice leather holdall and I would ideally check the holdall and carry on the suit bag but both are too big for carry on. I can't check the suit bag as it barely holds anything else and multiple bits of luggage are a faff...
Is there a clever way to fit suits/shirts into a checkable bag and just take a rucksack as carry on?
I appreciate your thoughts...
What do you do when you need to pack for a holiday (eg. holdall full of flip flops, shorts etc.) but also want to carry some smart stuff with you?
I have a very nice suit bag and a very nice leather holdall and I would ideally check the holdall and carry on the suit bag but both are too big for carry on. I can't check the suit bag as it barely holds anything else and multiple bits of luggage are a faff...
Is there a clever way to fit suits/shirts into a checkable bag and just take a rucksack as carry on?
I appreciate your thoughts...
Either that, or pack it rolled up. Rolling is a trick I was taught years ago and really helps to keep things crease free - roll everything now, pack travel iron - all bases then covered.
Also, get it dry-cleaned or at least pressed by the hotel or yourself at the other end - job done.
Also, get it dry-cleaned or at least pressed by the hotel or yourself at the other end - job done.
Doug86 said:
Wear the suit to travel in and if needed get it dry cleaned at the hotel?
Unfortunately, we're staying in a villa so no dry cleaning. Also, it's more that I want to carry a few things (smart shirt for a mean out, shoes etc.) that aren't part of my 'normal' holiday bag so don't really want to crumple them in with my boardies and wife-beaters 
Do you really need a suit on holiday? Suits look very out of place in most countries at the best of times.
If you really want to take one I wouldn't recommend wearing it to travel. Plane seats and lap belts etc will make it look dreadful.
Pack it carefully (the rolling idea is one I haven't heard of before but will certainly try) but when I get to my destintion I hang the jacket and trousers up straight away, hang them in the bathroom, put the shower on as hot as it will go and let it run for 20 minutes or so (bathroom door shut)
The steam drops any of the short-term packing creases straight out
If you really want to take one I wouldn't recommend wearing it to travel. Plane seats and lap belts etc will make it look dreadful.
Pack it carefully (the rolling idea is one I haven't heard of before but will certainly try) but when I get to my destintion I hang the jacket and trousers up straight away, hang them in the bathroom, put the shower on as hot as it will go and let it run for 20 minutes or so (bathroom door shut)
The steam drops any of the short-term packing creases straight out
Rolling stuff up and steaming it sounds like a good bet then...
It somehow, doesn't seem to typify the PH approach though, I was expecting someone to recommend a beautiful Italian leather holdall with a clever pouch that stores shirts etc. without creases and a fold out suit transporter. Anything else would be positively common...
It somehow, doesn't seem to typify the PH approach though, I was expecting someone to recommend a beautiful Italian leather holdall with a clever pouch that stores shirts etc. without creases and a fold out suit transporter. Anything else would be positively common...
Gylen said:
Rolling stuff up and steaming it sounds like a good bet then...
It somehow, doesn't seem to typify the PH approach though, I was expecting someone to recommend a beautiful Italian leather holdall with a clever pouch that stores shirts etc. without creases and a fold out suit transporter. Anything else would be positively common...
No matter how good the container, clothes don't like being folded upIt somehow, doesn't seem to typify the PH approach though, I was expecting someone to recommend a beautiful Italian leather holdall with a clever pouch that stores shirts etc. without creases and a fold out suit transporter. Anything else would be positively common...
In my experience Suit Bags are a dissaster for putting shirts and suits in, When you open them up at your destination the suit and shirts will be creased to death.
Get a HARD suitcase not a canvas cloth one.
Put the suit jacken on the bed, Front facing up,close the jacket but dont fasten the buttons.Fold the sleaves over towards the opposite shoulder.
Then put the trousers on top..
lye the trosers on the bed as they came of the hanger ie on there side and Knee up to the waistband and the calf on top of the knee then lay the trousers on top of the suit (sleeves should be folded now)
Flip the bottom of the suit jacket up over the trousers and pack on the bottom of the case. The trousers should be in the middle of the jacket now. THIS is the oly way to pack a suit.
Shirts should be ironed like they just came out the bag as new and placed on top of the suit, Shoes should go down the edge of the case.
I have done this for years and my suits are allways fit for wearing as soon as I arrive at destination.
Get a HARD suitcase not a canvas cloth one.
Put the suit jacken on the bed, Front facing up,close the jacket but dont fasten the buttons.Fold the sleaves over towards the opposite shoulder.
Then put the trousers on top..
lye the trosers on the bed as they came of the hanger ie on there side and Knee up to the waistband and the calf on top of the knee then lay the trousers on top of the suit (sleeves should be folded now)
Flip the bottom of the suit jacket up over the trousers and pack on the bottom of the case. The trousers should be in the middle of the jacket now. THIS is the oly way to pack a suit.
Shirts should be ironed like they just came out the bag as new and placed on top of the suit, Shoes should go down the edge of the case.
I have done this for years and my suits are allways fit for wearing as soon as I arrive at destination.
I've got a good Tumi suit carrier that does a pretty good job of keeping erveything sorted - cost a bloody fortune though.
The other thing I do if there isn't an express dry cleaning service is hang it up on the shower curtain rail and blast hot water out of the shower so that the bathroom becomes a mini steam-room and that will get all but the most stubborn creases out.
Then hang it back up in the room to get rid of any moisture - not perfect but a good fall back.
The other thing I do if there isn't an express dry cleaning service is hang it up on the shower curtain rail and blast hot water out of the shower so that the bathroom becomes a mini steam-room and that will get all but the most stubborn creases out.
Then hang it back up in the room to get rid of any moisture - not perfect but a good fall back.
I do it all the time.
Get a hard suitcase.
Mine has a metal frame thing that the suit folds over and clips into one of the hard 'shells'. Suit is in a lightweight bag.
At destination hang it in the bathroom and leave hot shower on for a few minutes.
Don't bother folding shirts, they will crease anyway. Just iron them when you get to destination.
Get a hard suitcase.
Mine has a metal frame thing that the suit folds over and clips into one of the hard 'shells'. Suit is in a lightweight bag.
At destination hang it in the bathroom and leave hot shower on for a few minutes.
Don't bother folding shirts, they will crease anyway. Just iron them when you get to destination.
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