How to pack lightly for a family of five for long-term travel Ouch Ouch I'm a mother of three boys and we like to travel a lot. We tend to travel on a very very small budget So I'm going to show you what I packed in our backpacks We left for Mexico for one month that is three children to adults I'm going to show you how to pack your bags so that you have very lightweight bags You can put it and carry on and you don't need to wait for your luggage or anything We were going to be moving around from place to place so we were not actually going to a hotel and staying there for the entire time We need to have luggage that was easily transportable for myself, my husband and my three boys We also I also wanted to make sure that it was very lightweight since the kids will be carrying their own stuff We're lugging around our own clothes So I'm going to show you what I packed for 30 days in Mexico and how I packed it Now let me remind you this is budget travel so all these fancy packs and fancy packing cubes and all that I could not actually afford since everything is always time's five So I had to find alternatives The most cost efficient alternative to packing cubes are, believe it or not, it's a plug bag They can be compressed while you actually remove all the air from it They compress really really tight and they're very easily packable at that point So I used two extra large ziplock bags that were reused many times throughout numerous other trips and outings So they're not like even though yes it is a throwaway product You can reuse them over and over again they do not tear and they are just as good as they were when we first got them out of the box All the clothes we brought were able to be mix and match It's important to pick maybe three basic colors Let's say black, white and gray And add a splash of color of the next scent of any color that you choose For my wardrobe it was pink since I'm traveling with four boys Kind of needed to put in a little bit of femininity for myself I'm going to use all products as well as much as possible Bring only what's really necessary Wherever country you're going to you're going to be able to buy whatever products you need So if sometimes like if you actually happen to arrive in the country realizing you're out of a certain product like a sunscreen for example We didn't carry sunscreen with us We bought it in Mexico once we were down there And we actually left it at the last Airbnb that we stayed at so that way we were not carrying it back home with us You're allowed to carry on bags on the plane So one fairly large one I think up to 40 liters and a smaller handbag thing So the handbag that I brought I carried all the important documents like passports Are rental information, money and for state kit Another way to minimize space in your backpack is to wear your heaviest items while traveling from A to B That way you're not actually taking up that space If you like this video please subscribe and come visit us at travelbugs.ca