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Packing styles: fold or roll?
Roll or fold? A new survey reveals the packing habits of US and Canadian travellers. – AFP/Relaxnews pic, November 7, 2015.American and Canadian travellers, it seems, are folders, not rollers.
In the long-running debate on the merits of folding versus clothing for optimising luggage space, the results of a new Cheapflights survey reveal a definite preference in packing habits, with rollers falling in the minority.
In the US, for example, 30% of American travellers identify themselves as rollers, while that figure spikes marginally to 33% in Canada.
The rest subscribe to the age-old tradition of folding, with men showing a slight preference to the fold than women.
For the survey, Cheapflights surveyed 1,000 Americans and 1,000 Canadians and went so far as to poll respondents on their dirty laundry.
In both countries respondents revealed similar packing habits for their skivvies, with a little less than half (45% in the US, 42% in Canada) saying they normally pack a pair of underwear a day, plus a spare.
With ubiquitous checked baggage fees, more than half (57%) of US respondents said they make it their mission to stuff everything into a single carry-on bag.
The most common time frame for packing in the US, meanwhile, is two to three days ahead of the departure date (42%).
An organised and proactive 30% of travellers pack a full week before they leave for holiday.
A few gender differences also emerged from the US survey, with more women than men saying they tend to make a packing list (63%), and planning out their outfits (85%).
But both men and women seem to share the same shoe packing habit, with about 75% of both saying that two to three pairs are what they average when packing for a holiday.
Meanwhile, though opinions are split on the fold versus roll theory, Cosmopolitan magazine subscribes to the roll method as one of 20 space-saving hacks list.
However, contrary to what some preach, the article states that wrinkles are best avoided when clothing is folded, and tucked into plastic dry cleaning bags.
For more packing hacks, check out the list http://bit.ly/1RXZStU. – AFP/Relaxnews, November 7, 2015.
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