How to Pack a Suitcase Butler Style, Part 2

It may seem surprising, but there are techniques and tools to packing a suitcase that butlers have used for centuries, all designed to avoid damage, wrinkles, creases, & waste of limited space. This 16-minute video describes each step. There is more to learn, but these basics are brought to you by the International Institute of Modern Butlers.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• pack
• suitcase
• butler
• suit
• clothing
• wrinkles
• creases
• bag

[ScriptSupervisorSand]

This is fantastic information to have. I would love to see you do one for women's items. Especially ball gowns etc.

[ModernButlers]

@ScriptSupervisorSand

Thank you. We do have this on the list of videos t make, as this is not the first such request. The principles are basically the same, however.

[arthurnudge]

My only quibble with this method is that it assumes that you will fully un-pack at the other end. If, like me, you tend to live out of the suitcase with many short stops on a trip, I find it is easier (although less neat and tidy) to fold items tightly and stack like items together.

[ModernButlers]

@arthurnudge I agree with you. If there is one rule that should rarely be broken, it is that no rule should trump common sense and workability. Your system works, stick to it.

[rachaelkawaii]

this is not environmentally friendly at all

[ModernButlers]

I understand your concern. However, I could say that neither is toilet paper environmentally friendly. At least this tissue paper is reused multiple times and then recycled. When used properly for packing, in fact, ironing is not needed, saving on electricity generation. So maybe there is a net environmental gain. Care to calculate it?

[PhoenixSF90]

Absolutely brilliant work! Thank you for sharing this with us. As a student, I have many other essentials to pack in my suitcase, such as books and particularly stationary.

For students going to university, particularly international students it can be quite a hassle.

Would you be so kind as to make a student-centered video on packing? It will be most appreciated!

[vygotsky17]

Can't one simply bring one's butler with one?

[egarrulo]

Awesome way to pack neckties and belt. Thank you.

[egarrulo]

@mrdipallins Paper will preserve your clothes; without it your clothes will rub one against the other and deteriorate.

[egarrulo]

@rachaelkawaii Why not? They are using just paper, which will be reused. It's not like they are using throwaway plastic bags.

[DarkangelKat]

i expect my things to be packed this way from henceforth!

[INQM5]

Great information. Thank you.

[daisygurl4]

And what do you do if TSA chooses your bag to open up for their random checks? LOL