How to pack for Ryan Air cabin bag!

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3 night city break next week in Paris. Only got that super small Ryanair baggage allowance. How can I pack???

We’re mainly walking about sightseeing so I’m thinking one pair trainers, the trousers I fly in plus one more, couple of t shirts and a hoodie? Will wear some sort of jacket on the plane. Would love to take a dress but it would get creased to hell, unless someone can suggest one to buy that won’t crease? Maybe shorts if there is room? Don’t want to look a mess in Paris!

Seasoned travellers please help! Also if anyone can suggest decent non crease travel wear I would be pleased to hear it as have further city breaks lined up.

pack an extra carrier bag of stuff, then buy sometning little from duty free after security (or boots/ WH Smith etc), get a new carrier bag with your purchase & put your stuff in. You’re allowed a duty free bag on top of the baggage allowance.

@TizerorFizz which is great if you live close to London but lots of us can be in Paris on a plane quicker than they can get to Eurostar!!

Wear the hoodie as well as the coat - check the weather the day before as you might not need both

roll a dress up to avoid creases

You can wear the same clothes for three days, you just need clean knickers/socks/tights. If you can't normally re-wear a top, use the strong deodorants and you will be able to. Alternatively one pair of trousers and one or two tops.

You can also wear lots of the clothes to go into the plane and take them off once on the plane to put them into a foldable bag you have with you. I always think of Heidi going up the mountain to her grandfather's with ALL her clothes on. They weight bags, but they don't weight people.

Don't use compression things, they seriously crease your clothes.

Eurostar is just much more expensive than Ryan Air. I personally can cope with a few hours on the train UK side, but not the current cost of the Eurostar.

I travel on Ryanair with cabin sized bag and use an empty neck pillow cover for my undies /t shirt. It has the capacity of an extra small bag and I use it as a neck pillow during the flight 🙂

If you hang the dress up in the bathroom while you take a shower, the steam will take the wrinkles out.

I bought a Ryanair size “under the seat” bag off Amazon and it fits a surprising amount in. Roll things rather than fold, stuff undies into shoes. Buy toiletries at airport. Lightweight jersey trousers are a good option for non crease.

If you have a handbag buy a bag at the airport as you’re allowed a duty free bag.

Oof that IS tiny!!

This has never ever worked for me!

Our Eurostar tickets were £35 each way. I don’t think that’s expensive. We have to get to St Pancras but we go on the underground. I’d rather do that than go to Luton or Gatwick and - I’m not restricted to silly luggage limits and I get into central Paris. For anyone who can get to St Pancras, it’s a no brainer.

Get one of those small cross body bags from Uniqlo because you can’t take your rucksack and a handbag.

The cross body bag you can basically hide under your coat as you go through. And they are like a tardis so you can shove a few bits and pieces in there (like a hairbrush) which will help avoid your racksack being over stuffed.

And either take crease free clothes or accept you will have creases and just style it out!

Just back from a 3 night break with same bag. I bought plastic compression bags, 2 for £2 in savers, like vacuum packing without the vacuum, you just roll them up and squeeze the air out, v effective.
Also wore trainers and chunky jumper to travel so they weren't in my bag. Stuffed sandals full of little things, I think it was pyjamas and socks.
Travelled with my kids and we shared the toiletries so eg one person had the shampoo, one the toothpaste etc.
Wore long jersey t-shirt dresses which were comfy, not too scruffy looking and easy to dress up or down

For three days I would only take trousers that you travel in, one or maybe two extra tops and a going out dress for the evening and undies.
Buy toiletries there if not provided at your accommodation.

Thanks all

Or just use a decent airline and not buy anything at all!!

I got a bag like this

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/fold-down-fitness-bag-30l-black/_/R-p-11233?mc=8200579&c=smoked%20black_smoked%20black

It’s light in itself, you can easily get clothes in for a long weekend, if not a week, and it squashes under the seat more easily than any other type of bag

Not easy to carry though. Surely it doesn’t squash down if fully packed?

I always do this - it’s a great way to carry handbags and jacket

I carry it over my shoulder, not difficult at all. And it obviously doesn’t squash flat when it’s got things in it, but it squashes into small spaces in a way that a stiffer bag can’t.

It's going to be 24 degrees in Paris next week.

For 3 nights I'd wear trousers, hoodie, decent looking trainers and T-shirt on the plane (plus undies).

2 decent tshirts that you could also wear out for dinner. One pair of leggings. Dress that I can wear by itself or over leggings (see decent looking trainers to wear with dress). Pair of linen shorts. Socks, pants, extra bra.

Floaty scarf that you can use to keep the sun off/wear as a shawl in evening.

I stick to white basics - the trousers and dress, then different colours and patterns/plain for the other bits to mix it up.

Really basic make-up (if you must, I generally take a lippy, blusher, mascara and eyeshadow in a pencil case), travel size shampoo/conditioner and small tube of suncream.

Make sure the bag you pack it in is nice enough to use during the day/evening so you don't need an extra handbag.

I miss Paris.

@TerrifiedPassenger I was there last week and it was 30 degrees! Very warm in the evenings too. Very busy everywhere. Book tickets for exhibitions in advance.

Hotsquash dresses don't crease and are good for packing

Drop the spare trainers. They will take up a lot of space. Basically if I was going for a weekend with that luggage allowance I'd just take tops and undies and re wear the jeans and wear my coat etc. No shoes and minimal toiletries.
It is a very small bag allowance. Make sure its a soft bag so you can squash it right down if they challenge at the gate.