Best way to pack linen?
I am leaving Mon. and I have plenty of linen.<BR>Any packing tips? We have duffle bags that are also backpacks.
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Use tissue paper and the plastic bags from the dry cleaners. Wrap each item individually. Upon arrival, to get the wrinkles out immediately put each piece of apparel on a hanger and leave them in the bathroom while you are taking a long steaming shower.
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Hi,<BR><BR>I also take a lot of linen when I travel in the summer. I figure it is suppose to wrinkled, becasue no matter how careful you are after 5 minutes of wearing it, it is wrinkled. When I pack I fold the slacks or blouse in two and then roll the garments. It really works out ok. This method is great for your type of suit case.
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Laura,<BR><BR>I, too, LOVE linen and have lots of it. Here's my hint: Buy a bottle of Downy Spray Wrinkle Resease, found with dryer sheets, etc in grocery, Target, WalMart, etc. Then fill small travel spray bottle and bring along.<BR><BR>Here's how it works: put garment on bed, spray all over lightly with Downy, then smooth with hands. Voila!<BR>The operative word is "lightly."
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Wrap linen garments around travel iron and pack in center of suitcase.<BR><BR>Seriously, I have found that some linen wrinkles badly, but other linen, the heavier stuff, actually travels quite well. I have a pair of heavy linen elastic-waist pants that can be worn many times and never seem to get too badly wrinkled. Unfortunately they are actually wearing out...
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Last year I ordered "travel" dresses from every catalog I could find and sent them all back because they were just terrible looking on me and/or made of polyester that made me feel hot even in winter. I ended up packing all my linen dresses for my trip to Italy in June. I could not believe how well the dry-cleaner bag method worked! I put each dress in its own dry cleaner bag and packed them last, on top of everything else, with a minimum number of folds. They came out ready to wear, especially the heavy linen ones, and I was cool and comfortable on the hottest days. They did have to be ironed after they were laundered, but I didn't find that too much of a burden. I also used the ziplock bag system for shirts and sweaters and miscellaneous other items, with equally good results.
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Thanks for the help. I've gotten the items listed above and I'm ready to pack. We're leaving in 2 days.
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sounds like a hasle too me.. I try too bring darker colors that don't show the wrinkles that much.. if I mess UP and bring some shirt that wrinkles too much. I just geve them away too the locals. travaling is hard enough as it is..
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It's not a hassle at all. I use tissue paper (paper that you pack gifts in) and plastic bags from the dry cleaners and pack them last. <BR>I never get any wrinkles and they come out of the suitcase in wrinkle-free condition.
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laura.. seems too be backpacking.. and the backpackers creto is never bring anythng you don't need... <BR>We've all broght crap we ddn't need but as we travel more often we start learning how too pack smartly .. I bought a couple of those compressor bags where you place a clothes in it then you take the air out.. you save tons of room..
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