When you get ready for your travel you want to bring all the things you need. It is good to pack smart when you travel to avoid exceeding the luggage weight limit that will cost more. Consider these smart packing tips.

Old case of your sunglasses. Your old sunglasses case can be useful. You can use it to store loose cables and chargers.

Smart packing of clothes. Packing techniques are helpful when you know what to do. Roll, don’t fold to save space when packing clothes in your luggage. However, if you must fold, use newspaper sheets inside clothes to avoid wrinkling. 

Save extra space when packing socks. You can make more room for your socks. Simply roll the socks together, wrap the end around the roll. Then pack them in shoes. You can put three rolls of socks in a shoe.

Make a copy of important documents. Important documents like your passport, ID and your itinerary should be scanned or emailed to you for safekeeping. Having extra copies of these important documents can be very useful during your travel.

Use Google Maps offline. Simply type “ok maps” and the current map will save for later. This can be useful in case you need a map in areas where wifi connection is not available.

Prepare emergency cash. You should always have some emergency cash stored no matter where you are travelling in the world. You can use an empty lip balm tube to hide emergency cash.

Early booking. Consider booking flights 8 weeks in advance. It will allow you to have a better chance of getting cheaper airline tickets when you book well in advance of your target date. Use the best flight search engines and compare and get the best fare. You may want to check some of the flight search engines like Skyscanner, Airfare Watchdog and Kiwi.com for they are great sources of finding good deals.