--- title: 'How I Pack for a Weekend Trip: Travel Organization Tips' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-nM-Y4Fyc8' video_id: 'O-nM-Y4Fyc8' date: 2026-07-14 duration_sec: 0 --- # How I Pack for a Weekend Trip: Travel Organization Tips > Source: [How I Pack for a Weekend Trip: Travel Organization Tips](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-nM-Y4Fyc8) ## Summary The video is a detailed packing guide for a trip to Melbourne, showcasing the creator's travel organization system using Nomatic bags. It covers essential tech, toiletries, clothing, and clever packing techniques, with a focus on the Nomatic backpack's unique expandable and suitcase-style opening features. ### Key Points - **Travel to Melbourne** [00:00] — The creator is flying to Melbourne to make videos and packs his gear, sharing his organization system. - **Nomatic Bag Sponsorship** [00:15] — The bags used are from Nomatic, received as a sponsor. The creator has loved their gear since Peter McKinnon sent him a camera bag. Nomatic is doing a 10-bag giveaway for subscribers. - **Backpack Contents: Book and Tech** [00:45] — Packs 'The Courage to Be Disliked' book, AirPods, a three-way charger (phone, AirPods, Apple Watch), and a ratty eye mask. - **Note-Taking and Vitamins** [01:30] — Brings a highlighter and pen for annotating books (inspired by Ryan Holiday's note-taking system). Vitamins (multivitamins, vitamin C, melatonin) in a plastic baggie. Wallet is a binder clip. - **Top Pouch and Laptop Section** [02:15] — Top pouch holds glasses and lens cloth. Laptop and iPad in main compartment. Laptop charger and mouse stored. Keys clipped on ring, deodorant included. - **Camera Gear and Headphones** [03:00] — Sunglasses case used for small camera gear: card reader, remote photo trigger, three batteries. Headphones stored. Camera goes inside. - **Bag Expansion and Suitcase Mode** [03:45] — The bag can expand via a center zipper for more room. It can also open like a suitcase, revealing a compartment for shoes or dirty laundry. - **14L vs 20L Bag Preference** [04:30] — Prefers the 14L bag for its sufficient compartments and better fit for smaller body. 20L has too many unused pouches and is bulkier. - **Carry-On Roller Bag and Compression Bags** [05:15] — Uses compression bags to compartmentalize clothes in the roller bag. Packs black jeans, shorts, and a new shirt from Academy (looser fit, thicker). - **Shoes and Toiletry Bag** [06:30] — Shoes packed in a shoe bag. Toiletry bag (old Dagne Dover) contains ear trimmer, beard trimmer, face lotion, hair product (Mitch reformer), travel toothpaste, floss, nail clippers, tweezers, toothbrush, lip balm, deodorant, razor. - **Jacket and Gym Towels** [08:00] — Ultralight down jacket from Uniqlo packed by flipping inside out into its internal pocket. Gym towels (since Australian gyms don't provide them), hat, and jumper. - **Final Thoughts and Giveaway** [08:45] — Giveaway closes 3 days after upload. Encourages viewers not to buy a new bag if current one works fine; wear it out first. ### Conclusion The creator packs efficiently for a weekend trip, emphasizing organization and versatility with Nomatic bags. He advises viewers to only upgrade when necessary and promotes a limited-time giveaway. ## Transcript so I'm flying to Melbourne this week Melbourne Melbourne melbour I'm flying to melbs this week to make a few videos down there so I thought I'd pack with you to show you how I stay organized for travel sharing everything from my Essential Tech to my toiletries full disclosure the bags that I use every day are ones I received from my sponsor nomadic I've loved their gear ever since Peter McKinnon sent me his camera bag a few years ago the bags that I currently use are from their travel lineup if you're interested in getting one of these bags for yourself nomatic is actually doing an exclusive 10 bag giveaway for my subscribers click the link in the description to learn more about that cool offer let's start with my backpack this is a new book that I've been reading called the courage to be disliked incredible highly recommended going to make a video about it soon tuck this right in here got my airpods this right here is a great three-way charger I can charge my phone I can charge my airpods on that pad and then I can charge my Apple watch on that one I got on Amazon I can leave a link in the description below took this Bo right here I've got this ratty old eye mask that I probably need to replace nurin I probably need to get more oops so ever in uh so ever since interviewing Ryan holiday about his note taking system I've been highlighting and annotating and taking notes inside of all my books so I usually bring a highlighter with me and a pen this is just a plastic baggie with my vitamins multivitamins V vitamin C and melatonin I kind of want to keep this in sight so I don't forget about them so I'll put that in that pouch and then of course I've got my wallet which is just a binder clip let's make this look real smooth wow that was pretty good except it's out of focus okay so this top pouch here is I think technically for your phone but I like to put my glasses in here since I'm always holding onto my phone in my pocket it's got a nice fabricyellow get scratched and then a lens cloth laptop in there and then my iPad so there are two ways to access like the main large compartment one way is just to unzip this part and you can just flip it fully open like that which is cool my laptop charger can go here and then my mouse once I fly I can clip my key onto that ring uh I'm going to put my deodorant in there as well just cuz you need some do on the go you know this is meant to be a sunglasses case right here but what I've been using this for is actually small pieces of gear camera gear this is my card reader for my camera this would be a card but I'm actually filming with it now so just use your imagination this is my remote photo trigger and then three batteries 1 2 3 headphones in here and then also this camera that I'm filming on just imagine the camera is going to go inside so that is one way to open and pack your bag but there is another cooler way let me show you so you can actually expand this bag to be a little bit larger by unzipping this Center zipper and so then the bag just naturally expands and you get a little bit more room but what you can also do is and this blew my mind when I first realized it you can unzip this Center zipper and then you can open the bag like a suitcase look at that what the heck that's amazing see that's the the headphones that I put in there this is like a magic trick it's amazing I think this is meant to be for shoes but I just don't think I'd have room for shoes in the bag you could probably use this as kind of like a little laundry dirty clothes section as well but that's pretty nifty so I've thoroughly tested out both the 14 L and 20 L nomadic bags for months and I have to say that I very much prefer the 14 lit bag I find that it has just enough organizational compartments for my stuff but not too much the 20 L bag seemed to just have a lot of compartments and pouches that I wasn't using and I also like the size as a smaller person I find that this bag just fits my body a little bit better the 20 L version being a little bit too bulky for me that said if you are a larger human being and you have more stuff than I do the 20 L one is probably the one for you moving along to my carry-on roll roller bag there we go nice and symmetrical uh I really like using these compression bags they help to just compartmentalize stuff within a large carry-on roller bag got my trusty pair of black jeans as well as my shorts I should have probably told you guys this sooner but I got a new shirt I know I've been wearing the same exact shirt for the past 10 years and I finally decided to give it a change so much has changed in my life over the years but one thing always remained constant and that was my charcoal t-shirt but now it's time to say goodbye this is a new chapter a new chapter for me a new chapter for my shirt and my old shirts will now find a new home so yeah I got a new shirt it's like a little bit like of a looser fit it's from a company called Academy I think they're based in Australia only but it's just so comfy it's a little bit thicker than my old shirt I like it let's pack my shirts under and socks one 2 3 4 whoops oh no my alarm just rang off I've got to go to the podiatrist I went to the podiatrist a couple months ago and he said I have wonky feet I'm getting these like Orthopedic inserts in there's no inserts here when I come back there's going to be inserts it's really screwed up my [Music] day my pediatrist took my shoes he needed to work on them I've got these shoes that I'm going to pack up instead just for demonstrative purposes if you're just throwing your shoes into your bag without putting them in a shoe bag there's a special place in hell for people like that so yeah I've got my shoes in my shoe bag may flip that upside down that fits better like that so this is my toiletry bag it's an old dagner do bag you can see this bag has just been through the ringer I've been using this for like the past 8 years I think my ear trimmer cable beard trimmer face lotion this is the hair product that I use Mitch reformer travel toothpaste which is almost ran out floss I don't even floss at home so I don't know why I bring this with me when I travel it's very optimistic when I travel I guess nail clippers tweezers probably don't need this I could just do it before I go but hey I use an electric toothbrush at home but when I travel I just pack this one to go they give away toothbrushes on international flights usually between the US and Australia and I picked up this little cover on one of those trips lip balm an extra deodorant and a razor cleaning up my beard look at that perfect fit going to be expecting some rain so I'm going to bring my ultr light down from Unico this jacket came with a little pouch to fold it into but I lost it so what I do now which I think is pretty clever is there's an internal pocket here kind of flip it inside of itself that's my jacket all rolled up got a couple towels for the gym cuz in Australia they don't give you towels at the gym my hat and my jumper so yeah that's it that's everything that I'm packing for my trip this weekend to Melbourne Melbourne Mel Melbourne if you want a chance to win a free bag from nomadic then click the link in the description below the window for the giveaway is going to close just 3 days after uploading this video so go do that now and one last thing if you have a bag if you just bought a bag if your bag's working just fine then probably don't buy one of these bags the last thing I want is for you to feel pressured to buy a new bag or to replace a bag that's working perfectly fine wear your current bag out and when you're ready for an upgrade these bags are great thanks for watching see you guys soon