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Minimalist Packing for Digital Nomads

How to travel the world full-time with carry-on luggage only...without Sacrificing Fashion & Style!

For over a decade I’ve been traveling the world as a full-time digital nomad with no permanent base, and I’ve been studying the art of “stylish minimalist packing”. I’ve spent time (and run my business) in over 65 countries on 6 continents, immersed in very different climates and cultures, and I’ve done it all with carry-on luggage.

In this video training, I show you how I pack for both the beach and the ski slopes, dressy nights out and local cultural events, and how I fit a podcasting studio, an espresso maker and a 3-piece suit in my carry-on luggage! I’ve been conducting workshops on stylish minimalist packing all over the world, and I’ve now condensed it into a 60-minute video training. As a thank you for signing up for the Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter, you’ll get immediate access to the video training.

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When I first started out, I had a huge amount of luggage...

In addition to checking a massive suitcase with tons of clothes that I rarely wore, “just in case I might want them”, I thought it would be a good idea to bring a counter-top expresso maker with me…so I packed that too!

After lugging all of this around for a year, I was motivated to downsize for many reasons, but I didn’t want to sacrifice fashion and style….so I began studying the art of “stylish minimalism”.

This video explains WHY you may want to consider a minimalist packing approach, as well as HOW to downsize to carry-on luggage without sacrificing fashion and style. It also goes through WHAT to pack (as well as what NOT to pack) and I share my top recommended travel brands for both men and women. I also do a full luggage audit, starting with the suitcase I use and then itemizing out the specific apparel, accessories, and electronics I pack (including my travel-espresso-maker and my wine aerator.

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About The Maverick Show

The Maverick Show is a global travel podcast about what really happens when people cross borders. Hosted by Matt Bowles, a full-time world traveler since 2013, each episode features intimate, unfiltered conversations (often over a bottle of wine) with digital nomads, worldschooling families, women and diaspora storytellers, and human rights advocates who share real travel stories that are funny, moving, and deeply human. In addition to hearing about extraordinary places and the people who live there, you’ll learn how travel shapes identity in an unequal world as guests open up about their personal journeys navigating culture, race, power, and belonging beyond borders. If you’ve ever felt that travel changes you in ways no one talks about, you’re in the right place.

The Maverick Show hit the Top 100 on Apple Podcasts (including #1 in Places & Travel), was ranked in the Top 1% of podcasts globally by Listen Notes, and was named the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast and #1 Remote Work Podcast by Million Podcasts — with hundreds of five-star listener reviews.