(This means collared shirts, jackets and nice slacks for men ... You can also pack each outfit into a packing cube. If you don't have cubes, gallon-size zip-style bags work well, too.

I can divide my life into two main eras: before I traveled with packing cubes, and after. Pre-cube, I tended to just stuff all of my items chaotically into my suitcase, which meant I was in a ...