Vacuum bags for travel: optimize your luggage and save valuable space in your suitcase

Do you know that? You are looking forward to the long-awaited vacation, you want to pack your suitcase and wonder how to get all the clothes inside. Before you have to leave part of your wardrobe at home, just try vacuuming the clothes. Thanks to vacuum bags especially for travel, you not only save a lot of space in your suitcase, the vacuum travel bags offer you even more advantages. In this article you will find all information about vacuuming your clothes especially for the holidays. 

Advantages of vacuum bags when traveling

As mentioned in the introduction, there are a number of benefits to vacuuming your clothes, both at home and when you travel. Of course, the space-saving effect is particularly important when travelling, but even if you have enough space in your suitcase or backpack, the vacuum bags offer you further advantages for your trip:

• Order: Because vacuum bags are transparent, you can quickly keep track of everything in the case. 
• Protection: When vacuuming, your clothes are protected from dirt, water and moisture, which is particularly suitable for backpackers.
• insects: Travel vacuum bags also protect the wardrobe from insects and mites.
• dirty laundry: Separating dirty and clean clothes with the compression bags for travel is very practical on holiday. So no smells from dirty clothes can be transferred to the clean ones. 
• Place: As mentioned, the space-saving aspect is the biggest advantage of the vacuum bag for rolling, because you can reduce the packed size of your laundry by up to 80%. Things can easily be stored in hand luggage, suitcases or backpacks. 

What are travel vacuum bags best for?

There are two types of bags for vacuuming clothing. On the one hand there are vacuum bags for vacuum cleaners, on the other hand there are bags that can be rolled up manually. The roll-on vacuum bags are best used on vacation, as you seldom have a vacuum cleaner handy on tour. In addition, the compression bags for travel are usually available in smaller formats, which makes it easier to roll them up, since you can press as much air as possible out of the bag with your own strength. 

In principle, you can vacuum any clothing or laundry with the compression bags for travel, but the most suitable are t-shirts, pants, sweaters or sweatshirts, towels, socks, light jackets and dirty laundry. For larger items of clothing such as a winter jacket or thick sweater, travel vacuum bags with a valve, in which the air is sucked out with a vacuum cleaner, are more suitable. 

Instructions for correctly filling the travel vacuum bags

Basically, vacuum sealing your clothes is very easy. As mentioned above, there are two different types of vacuum bags – with a valve or with a roll-up. Accordingly, the operation is slightly different. 

Vacuum bags for vacuum cleaners

is properly airtight.

1. Unscrew the cap.
2. Press the vacuum cleaner vertically onto the valve.
3. Carefully suck out the air in the vacuum bag.
4. Close the valve.

Vacuum bag to roll up

Travel compression bag as a solution for the way back

Since almost everyone has a vacuum cleaner at home, vacuum bags with a valve are particularly suitable for vacuuming laundry, because this is the easiest way for the air to escape and the best result is also achieved. 

MyHodo offers you extra for your Travel vacuum bag for the suitcase or backpack as a package with different sizes.

If you have a vacuum cleaner on vacation, vacuum bags with a valve are also suitable for vacation.

Space-saving transport of souvenirs and gifts

The vacuum bags for travel are particularly suitable if you bring a lot of souvenirs or gifts from your vacation. By compressing your laundry, you naturally have a lot more space in your suitcase. Likewise, if you're buying clothes while on vacation, such as at bargain markets, it makes sense to vacuum seal them and separate them from your vacation clothes before you wash them at home.

Separate packaging of clean and dirty laundry

A big advantage of vacuum bags when traveling is the separation of clean and dirty laundry. That makes especially for long-term travelers with different stays or as Backpacker with the backpack sense. Not only is the dirty clothes clearly separated from the clean laundry, no odors can be passed on through vacuuming, which means that the clean laundry still smells fresh after a while.

Hygienic and odor-free storage of used clothing

As already mentioned, the hygienic and odor-free storage of used clothing is a big trump card for travel vacuum bags. Vacuum sealing dirty clothes is particularly useful if you frequently change quarters on vacation and mainly live out of a suitcase. So you always have order in your suitcase or backpack and your clean laundry stays fresh.

How do I vacuum my bags on the return journey?

There are two different types of travel vacuum bags - roll up and vacuum pack. Since nobody takes a vacuum cleaner with them on vacation and only a few accommodations have a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum bags to roll are best suited for vacations. Above you will be informed about the handling.

You'll need some strength to roll it up to squeeze as much air out of the bag as possible. But the extra space in the suitcase makes it worth the effort.

Conclusion - organized and stress-free travel with vacuum bags

If you can't decide what clothes to take with you before you go on holiday and your suitcase doesn't have enough space, vacuuming your clothes is a great way to save space when packing. As you learned in this article, there are different types of vacuum bags for travel.