How to Pack Light: The Tech Edition

Unzipping an overstuffed carry-on almost always reveals that cables, charging blocks, and gadgets account for the bulk. Between redundant cords, extra tablets, and thick portable batteries, travel organizers quickly turn into lead weights.

Adopt a streamlined formula instead: a compact multi-port charging brick, one wire per interface standard, a solitary e-reader, and a tiny backup battery. Purging secondary gadgets easily sheds a kilogram of dead weight from your luggage.

Strangely enough, that lingering worry about leaving a spare device behind never ruined a vacation. What truly ruined trips was hauling a heavy bag through terminals, a burden that vanished the moment I cut back.