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Travel Without Luggage
Avoid carry-on fees by leaving your bags at home
By Kate Greene
Jonathan Yevin heads off on trips with just the shirt on his back and a toothbrush in his pocket. Traveling without bags, says the New York City-based travel writer, 33, gives him the freedom "to improvise spontaneously" and more opportunities to interact with locals when, say, borrowing toothpaste. He opts for dark clothes and pants with a secret pocket for money and passport. His smartphone acts as a notepad, music player, Internet connection, and camera; he picks up a local SIM card to text and make calls.
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It may be premature to call "minimalist" travel a full-fledged trend, but observers swear that baggage fees, which typically run $15 to $35 per checked bag on domestic flights and up to $75 for a second checked bag internationally, have given the movement life. This is "like people getting fuel-efficient cars when gas prices go up," says Rolf Potts, 41, a travel writer now living in Philadelphia who spent six weeks in 2010 country-hopping without luggage.
Marketers are offering bag-free travelers some clever clothing choices: There's the $100 Scottevest travel vest, for example ("With 22 pockets, it's like a bonus carry-on!"),
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