{"id":4925,"date":"2019-06-07T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T02:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2019-06-07T22:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T02:32:27","slug":"travel-tips-about-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/07\/travel-tips-about-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel tips about clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would benefit greatly from a PhD\/early career researcher seminar on how to correctly iron\/pack shirts in order to not look like a total riot at conferences <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transferableskills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#transferableskills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Clark (@JordanDoesFlu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanDoesFlu\/status\/1136898948805906432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanDoesFlu\/status\/1136898948805906432\">the twitter thread above<\/a>. Here are some travel tips about clothing. Hopefully one or more will be useful to you.<\/p>\n<li>Minimize the amount of time the clothes are packed up. Don&#8217;t pack too early, and <strong>unpack as soon as you get to the room<\/strong>. Hang up your clothes immediately.<\/li>\n<li>People in the thread mentioned how the <strong>steam from the shower<\/strong> can help get some wrinkles out. True. It works well. But <strong>don&#8217;t be afraid of an ironing board<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hotels will dry clean or launder and press your clothes for you<\/strong>, and often offer same-day turnaround. It&#8217;s not that expensive and it&#8217;s reliable. Shoe shine service is also often available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pack with structure.<\/strong> Layers, rolls, whatever works for you. Just don&#8217;t cram stuff in at random. Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cubes-Compression-Organizer-Travel-Bag-Travel-Laundry-Organizer-Clothing\/dp\/B06XSZHV69\">small packing bags<\/a> and rigid folding things are helpful. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dot-Packing-Folder-Travel-Garment\/dp\/B00JKJIHRK\/\">These things<\/a> work for dress shirts. But don&#8217;t expect them to be completely free of wrinkles.<\/li>\n<li>Not all &#8220;non-iron&#8221; clothes are created equal. Usually some <strong>synthetic blend will resist wrinkles better<\/strong> than 100% cotton. <\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t worry about <strong>wearing the same clothes multiple times<\/strong> in a visit. No one cares as long as you&#8217;re clean and look nice (sometimes they don&#8217;t even care about that). For a long visit, let the hotel do your cleaning (see the third item).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dress for the right level of formality<\/strong>. If you&#8217;re the main talk, e.g. giving a job talk or you&#8217;re the weekly speaker in a seminar series, err on the side of formality. It&#8217;s okay if you&#8217;re dressed better than your hosts. It shows that you&#8217;re taking the visit seriously and respect their time. If it&#8217;s meeting where you&#8217;re just part of the team (meetings, grant reviews, etc.), be more careful to match the customary level of formality as you know it in your field. If it&#8217;s just your style to be barefoot and in t-shirts all the time, that&#8217;s cool. But then why are you reading this blog post?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Have a checklist.<\/strong> You probably travel with basically the same stuff each time. Instead of forgetting one thing every once in a while, just make a list and refer to it when packing. This also decreases the cognitive load and planning time when packing. It&#8217;s a small thing, but it can help.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dress in layers.<\/strong> For example, plan outfits that work with or without a sweater NO MATTER WHAT. Sure, you&#8217;re going to Miami in July, but the meeting room will be air conditioned to 3 degrees C.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Additional travel tips:<\/h3>\n<li><strong>Using a soft-side duffle bag<\/strong> (e.g., &#8220;weekender&#8221; size) is convenient because it never needs to be checked. Not even gate-checked. Even on very small planes, it will fit under the seat or in small overhead compartments. Sometimes waiting for a gate-checked bag is just the delay that will make for a missed connection.<\/li>\n<li>Travel with <strong>a mini sewing kit<\/strong>. You won&#8217;t need it often, but when you do, you&#8217;ll be thankful. Extra shoe laces also come in handy.<\/li>\n<li>Get some sort of <strong>expedited security screening status<\/strong> (Global Entry, Clear, or whatever works for you). Again, it saves valuable time.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would benefit greatly from a PhD\/early career researcher seminar on how to correctly iron\/pack shirts in order to not look like a total riot at conferences <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transferableskills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#transferableskills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Clark (@JordanDoesFlu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanDoesFlu\/status\/1136898948805906432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanDoesFlu\/status\/1136898948805906432\">the twitter thread above<\/a>. Here are some travel tips about clothing. Hopefully one&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/07\/travel-tips-about-clothing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}