My Ultimate One-Bag Travel Setup ✈️ Digital Nomad Packing Guide 2024

I've gotten loads of requests and questions about what I pack on my travels and how I pack for digital nomad trips all over the world, so here it is! This is my ultimate one-bag travel setup: Digital Nomad Packing Guide. Honed in over years of one-bag travel and optimising my gear. The only Digital Nomad packing list you need. Hope you find it useful!

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0:00 Intro
1:59 Backpack
4:21 Digital Nomad Gear
13:28 Fitness
15:04 Clothing and Related
17:45 Camera Gear + Electronics + Daypack
22:59 Lol rushing this because I GOTTA GO

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[ouvessvit]

There I was thinking at the beginning of the video, how calm and composed it is compared to your yousual chaos. And then.. 🤣 On Barclaycard, I'd go for an Avios one if you care about airline points :)

[zxcvb]

One thing I use with the reisistent band is that they are super handy as a DRYING RACK!
If you stay in a hotel, or a place without a drying rack, you can hook it onto chairs, door handles etc. to make a make shift drying rack.
You could fit a fair amount of clothes on it.

[Noorulabdeen]

Yayy ❤🎉 You know it’s a good day when Lashan posts!!

[SJMouldy]

The guts to record and pack within 80 minutes...

I got the Farpoint 55. Basically the same 40L backpack with a matching daypack strapped to the front.
It's cavernous! There was enough space for a tent, lots of water and all warm layers of clothing I brought for the trip.

[kaleid]

02:31 is that Transfagarasan in Romania?

[venturejay]

Great info. I’m off to Vietnam next month!

[gudwill]

you only bring 2 shirt, 1 base layer, and 1 pants that you wear?

[jooky]

I too take bands when I travel to workout. Do you do full body every day or different exercises?

[WeiFinder]

How heavy is your full back? I've gotten my bag weighed often, also at budget airlines. Some only allow 7kg

[nrylanb]

What is the orange/rust colored looking messenger bag in the thumbnail

[ark__ange]

Do you find the ac of the 5 Gen Sony earbuds to be better than the 3rs Gen headphones?

[bryan_ferrer]

I carried a power strip and got confiscated inside my carry-on. Is there a consideration on what power strip specification is safe for carry-on?

[sebparkes]

Love the absolute chaos at the end! 😂 Respect for filming this in such a tight time frame 👏

[adied]

So what did you bag finally weigh?, plesse

[atuljoshi]

nice review. two things. there is no question of "getting caught" by regional airlines (and as an Australian, a good example country, this should be very apparent). When you are going regionally (so w/in a country, there are smaller airlines...like between Melbourne and Sydney, or Tokyo to Osaka, or New Delhi to Mumbai, etc.) that have a VERY LIMITED weight limit - 7kg (a little over 15 pounds)....and every bag gets weighed (and increasingly, re-scanned) and this bag would scuttle your plans. Even if you got the weight down (a tried and true technique, at least in medium to cold weather, is to wear a jacket with lots of pockets and stuff all your weighty items into your jacket...which they don't weigh....but some places like in South and East Asia will also search your pockets, make you take things out and scan them through at multiple check points...so...a hassle...though not so in Australia and more western countries I guess), some airlines just look at it and say "no, too big, need to check it" or else have very very tiny metal cages that it needs to fit in, which this wouldn't. So you'll have to check this bag. I managed to avoided checking my one bag on my last one bag trip, BUT BUT BUT...I was traveling very light, I used the jacket stuffing method...and I cut down every gram/ounce (so there is a 28L Patagonia backpack I used that weights only 2 pounds....you'd need one of these vapor packs in these situations...and I didn't carry all the film gear etc that a long term one-bag nomad would need). This all said, I think this is a great backpack (though I don't love the "I'm just a student going on a field trip look", and prefer something a little more sleek, and sober, to fit my age), and I'm still struggling with carrying clothes for more formal occasions (and the holy grail...carrying shoes)....while there are work arounds with pack flat shoes etc, and roll up "reduced wrinkle" blazers and dress is very very nice to have decent clothes if you are going to a business meeting, or more formal event so you don't feel like a sweaty tourist traveler. Also, if you have arrived at a location, I am starting to want another smaller daypack (I have been packing a rolled up canvas messenger bag) so I can have supplies, batteries, places to put all the books and baked goods etc I end up buying during a day this again weights you down and adds to the highly support one bag travel.. I've found it makes zero sense if you are only going to one place for a week, or even not really necessary if you are going on a two week trip, for example, and you will be using 2-3 cities as a base for side day trips...where you can just take a wheeled carry on and park it at the hotel (this saves your bag). But if you have a sort of open-ended agenda...and want the freedom to pop around on a whim...then one-bagging is VERY nice, because (unless you've overpacked and weighed down your shoulders...which is a big risk for 40L backpacks...I'd keep it 30L and under for that sort of travel) you can just zip from train to plane to boat to subway to dinner to bookstore to long walks taking pictures...and its just a constant companion backpack that is along for the journey. ALSO - you don't really need the voltage converter (which is heavy) since all typical electronics like phones and backpacks have it built in...just need a dumb (light) plug adaptor...you only need the weighty adaptor for hair dryers and things like that. Lastly - I've found the noise cancelling on the ipods is so good that I don't need to pack a larger pair of headphones (but I agree noise cancelling is critical for flights I've found). Lastly Lastly - I don't pack more than 3-4 days of capsule clothes....I like to do laundry locally (for the most part, might not work in some places) by going to a laundromat - I find it helps to see the locals and get into the groove of a place...and makes you really feel like you've experienced it (like somewhat recently had a laundry morning scheduled, was in Melbourne, went to Fitzroy area and put in the laundry into a machine, then strolled around having some good coffee and pastries...etc etc...)...so don't pack to much clothing for longer trips. For 1 week trips, I'd just pack all my clothes since I'll be using a wheeled carry on anyway.

[driaan_louw]

STOP SHOWING US YOUR SHOES YOU GONNA MISS YOUR FLIGHT

[aawalwahid]

So what are you wearing? Just underwear and socks...😊