The humble daybag, is often an afterthought in the whole “choosing the right travel gear” process. When you think about it, in the course of your travels, you’ll spend many hours each day lugging around your daybag but only a few hours, or maybe only minutes carrying your main, large backpack .

Here’s the first of our travel hacks, a quick, easy, and inexpensive DIY projects to get ready for your next trip! It’s often difficult to keep a constant eye on your backpack when traveling on trains or buses, especially on overnight transport. A simple steel cable, with loops on each end and a padlock can be used to secure your backpack to a luggage rack, seat leg, pipe or post…

First of an 8 part series on packing starting with packing philosophy and important things to consider when choosing a backpack. Even the long time traveler struggles with packing, trying to find that sweet spot between packing too little and, more often that not, bringing too much…