travelling light

travelling with little luggage

TRANSLATION

travelling light = mit wenig Gepäck reisen

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

“TRAVELLING LIGHT to faraway places is a result of the democratisation of travel, which began in the late 19th century, and the ascendancy of the aeroplane.”

Rebecca Willis - ‘The psychology of the suitcase’
The Economist

Did you
know?

travelling light (US: traveling light)
phrasal verb

- to travel with a minimal amount of luggage


Most of us have been guilty of packing too much for a trip, particularly clothes. Travelling light, as the expression implies, means taking a trip with only the bare, or minimum, necessities.

Back in the days when only rich people travelled for leisure it was a process not much different to moving house, with porters and staff to do the carrying and the packing, and dozens of pieces of luggage each with a specific function, from vast trunks to hat boxes. The suitcase, then two separate words (suit case), was simply the one dedicated to holding men’s dress suits.

International traveller Edward de Bono found the ultimate solution to travelling light. He left identical, ready-packed suitcases in the hotels of major cities he frequently visited, thus avoiding the necessity of taking any baggage at all.


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