The Best Ways To Travel Like a Minimalist

Ditch the baggage and enjoy the stuff that matters with these adventure hacks

Viki Fernandez-Hines
6 min readJan 17, 2021
Photo by Timo Stern on Unsplash

When it comes to traveling, many are searching for new ways to minimize their travel footprint and focus more on the freedom to enjoy the adventure. The best way to achieve this is to analyze what you think you really need.

I recently took a very spontaneous road trip across the country from Seattle to Atlanta. The trip was more or less a business trip (if you count transporting an awesome service-dog as business), so I hopped on board as a chance to visit parts of the US that I’d never seen. It seemed like a great travel opp with one caveat:

I was given one day’s notice.

Luckily, since I frequently fly back and forth from South Florida (where I live), to Atlanta (where my kids live), I’ve become very savvy in learning to travel as minimalistic as possible. The following are some of the best tactics I’ve used to experience the ultimate freedom in my adventures, and travel like a minimalist boss.

Start with the luggage

Being unemployed was the catalyst for my minimalist life. With very little money, I was forced to purchase the cheapest airfare when flying to Atlanta to see my kids. This meant I would be…

--

--

Viki Fernandez-Hines

Free-floating centrist, writer of inspirational stories, middle-aged “woke”-ness, loss, mental health, travel and minimalism. https://bit.ly/3o8eKfv