IF you’re lucky enough to be jetting abroad any time soon, you’ve come to the right place and will need to listen up.
According to one fan, it appears that we’ve been our all wrong.
Not only this, but if you want to fit as many into your case as possible without them getting creased, it might be time to ditch the , which are loved by many including and mum-of-22 .
Posting on , Annabelle Kate, who has spent the last three years travelling around the world, shared her to ensure you can take all the belongings you need on your next trip.
In a short clip shared online, Annabelle filmed herself packing her suitcase, as she wrote: “I’ve found the best way to fit everything in your case!”
According to this the key is to “keep everything as flat as possible.”
Not only this, but she urged to “throw away your packing cubes.”
Instead of folding items into piles, Annabelle puts her into her suitcase flat, as she explained: “By keeping everything flat you can fit so much more in your case.”
And that’s not the best part, as she then continued: “And of course your clothes don’t get or wrinkled.”
Thanks to Annabelle’s , she was able to fit numerous items of clothing into her small case, including a blazer, waistcoat, tops, shorts, dresses, as well as bikinis and underwear.
Annabelle’s clip, which was posted under the username @ annabellekateee , has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly gone viral and racked up 1.5 million views, 36,800 likes and 213 comments.
But social media users were left totally divided by Annabelle’s - while some thought it was “genius”, not everyone was as complimentary.
One user wrote: “This is what I do. I used packing cubes and could hardly fit anything.”
A second chimed in: “This is exactly how I pack and in my it’s better than using packing cubes.”
Someone else agreed: “Yes, packing cubes are a headache when packing!! It gets so bulky when using packing cubes.”
Respectfully, please don’t tell me how to pack
TikTok user
Whilst one travel fan gushed: “Omg this is so genius.”
But at the same time, one person snapped: “I’m not putting my clean clothes in a dirty . Packing cubes for the win.”
Another added: “Respectfully, please don’t tell me how to pack.”
A third commented: “Packing cubes also served as organisers. Easier to identify items/clothes in times of use.”
Meanwhile, someone else penned: “Vacuum sealer and packing cubes for the win.”
