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Fall
Carry-on packing, shopping and testing for fall trips.
Packing guides
All fall packing guides
Packing Guide3 min read
2 Nights: Date Night + Brunch
A two-night wardrobe that moves from a candlelit dinner to a long Saturday brunch in any city, without a single checked bag.
- Destination
- Any destination
- Occasion
- Date night + brunch weekend
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Packing Guide3 min read
Tokyo: The Hiking Day Trip
Three autumn nights in Tokyo with one day on a mountain path, packed so the city wardrobe and the hike share almost everything.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Occasion
- City break with a day hike
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Packing Guide2 min read
Lisbon: The Wedding-Guest Weekend
A three-night Lisbon wedding weekend in a carry-on, from the welcome drinks to the dancing, with shoes that can handle the hills.
- Destination
- Lisbon
- Occasion
- Wedding-guest weekend
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Packing Guide2 min read
New York: The Three-Night Business Trip
Three nights of meetings and dinners in New York, in one carry-on that keeps a suit presentable and the security line quick.
- Destination
- New York
- Occasion
- 3-night business trip
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Packing Guide2 min read
Tokyo in Autumn: A One-Bag City Week
Six nights across Tokyo's neighbourhoods with a single backpack, built for trains, long walks and changeable October weather.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Occasion
- Autumn city week
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Shopping edits
All fall shopping edits
Shopping Edit2 min read
The Lisbon Edit: Heritage Soap and Shoes for the Hills
What to buy in Lisbon, from wrapped Portuguese soap to shoes that grip polished stone.
- Destination
- Lisbon
- Trip intent
- A Lisbon city break in early autumn.
- Category
- Skincare
- Updated
Shopping Edit2 min read
The Copenhagen Edit: Dressing for Wind, Rain and Bikes
What Copenhagen wears when the weather turns, edited into a carry-on that works from autumn into winter.
- Destination
- Copenhagen
- Trip intent
- An autumn or early-winter weekend in Copenhagen, dressing the way locals do.
- Category
- Travel Apparel
- Updated
Shopping Edit2 min read
The New York Edit: Sneakers and the Apothecary
Two New York shopping traditions — the grey sneaker and the East Village apothecary — edited for a carry-on.
- Destination
- New York
- Trip intent
- A New York trip, for work or pleasure, with an afternoon kept free for shopping.
- Category
- Skincare
- Updated
Shopping Edit2 min read
The Tokyo Edit: Drugstore Sunscreen, Technical Basics, Heritage Sneakers
The Tokyo shopping list for a carry-on traveller: drugstore skincare, Japanese basics and two sneakers worth buying there.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Trip intent
- An autumn city week in Tokyo with room left in the bag for shopping.
- Category
- Travel Apparel
- Updated
Shopping Edit3 min read
The Paris Edit: French Pharmacy and the Bags to Carry It Home
What to buy in a Paris pharmacy, and the foldable bags and cases that get it home in a carry-on.
- Destination
- Paris
- Trip intent
- A short Paris city break where the shopping is part of the itinerary.
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Reviews
All fall reviews
In-Trip Review2 min read
Aesop Departure Travel Kit Review
Our review of Aesop's travel set is in progress; here is what we'll measure on a planned Tokyo city break.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Product
- Departure Travel Kit
- Category
- Skincare
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Allbirds Wool Runners Review
We're testing Allbirds' merino sneakers on Lisbon's hills and polished stone; this review is in progress.
- Destination
- Lisbon
- Product
- Wool Runners
- Category
- Shoes
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Bellroy Travel Wallet Review
We're testing Bellroy's passport-and-cards wallet on a three-night New York business trip; the review is in progress.
- Destination
- New York
- Product
- Travel Wallet
- Category
- Accessories
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Peak Design Travel Backpack 45L Review
We're testing Peak Design's expandable travel backpack on a planned Tokyo city week; the review is in progress.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Product
- Travel Backpack 45L
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Anker 735 Charger (Nano II 65W) Review
We're testing whether Anker's compact multi-port charger can be the only charger in the bag; the review is in progress.
- Destination
- Tokyo
- Product
- 735 Charger (Nano II 65W)
- Category
- Tech
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+ Review
We're testing the French pharmacy's favourite multipurpose balm as a single travel product; the review is in progress.
- Destination
- Paris
- Product
- Cicaplast Baume B5+
- Category
- Skincare
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Eagle Creek Pack-It Reveal Cube Set Review
We're putting Eagle Creek's graduated cube set through a planned two-night trip; the review is in progress.
- Destination
- Paris
- Product
- Pack-It Reveal Cube Set
- Category
- Packing Organizers
- Updated
In-Trip Review2 min read
Away The Carry-On Review
Our review of Away's best-known hard-shell spinner is in progress; here is what we'll measure on a planned Paris city break.
- Destination
- Paris
- Product
- The Carry-On
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Works year-round
Packing Guide2 min read
One Bag, Three Outfits
A constraint worth trying: three nights, one bag, three outfits that recombine, and nothing packed that doesn't work with everything else.
- Destination
- Any destination
- Occasion
- Three-night one-bag trip
- Category
- Bags
- Updated
Packing Guide3 min read
Work Trip, Tech-Lite
Two nights of meetings and one client dinner, packed around a single laptop, a single charger and a phone that does the camera's job.
- Destination
- Any destination
- Occasion
- Two-night work trip
- Category
- Bags
- Updated