Always Room To Pack A CandleAlways Room To Pack A Candle

Even the lightest packers reserve room for those items that make them feel peaceful and at home wherever they are. Rita Selvaggi, VP of sales and business development for 724 Solutions, a mobile computing company in Austin, Texas, and Toronto, chooses scented votive candles and her favorite jewelry.

Meanwhile, professional speaker Steve Waterhouse, who travels up to 200 days per year, opts for a screensaver on his computer, with a photo of his wife and two teens in Paris.

When it comes to the nuts and bolts of packing, Ron Reed, the chairman of Fullscope, a manufacturing application service provider in Ann Arbor, Mich., offers this as his top tip: Roll your clothes instead of folding them (a tip from designer/marketer Ralph Lauren; clothes are less wrinkled and take up less space).

And about that carry-on: Don't go cheap if you're going high miles. The last thing you need is for the extension tubes to bend or break in the middle of one of your multicity tours.

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