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Lugging around an iron with you during your travels to keep your clothing wrinkle free is not the most appropriate or desirable thing to do. Yet there are many of us who do not know what else to do to keep our clothes looking wrinkle free during our travels.

By following these quick, simple steps your clothes will have less chance of wrinkling and more chance of coming of coming out the way we want.

Roll your clothes. Rolling your clothes keeps wrinkles from setting into your clothes, and keeps creases from strongly forming so all you have to do is give your clothes a little shake and you will be ready to go.

If you choose not to roll all your clothes, you can also give your garments added protection by folding them together. When you fold two or more clothing articles together it decreases the likelihood that strong creases or wrinkles will form.

Another way of protecting your clothing from wrinkles is using tissue paper. For your delicate items place tissue paper on top of the item and fold it up with the tissue paper inside. It is a more gentle way of folding your clothes with something else by adding more cushion to that article of clothing.

Pack your jeans or other clothing you choose not to roll on the bottom of your suitcase. It is a good idea to place your heavier items on the bottom of the suitcase too because you do not want to place them on top to wrinkle or press down on your other clothing.

Rolled up clothing should go on the top layers of your suitcase. You need to place your most delicate clothing articles on the top.

Once you are finally packed, be sure that it does not have too much free room to move your clothing around too much in the suitcase. If it does, fill up the extra space with something lightweight that will keep your clothing you packed in place so it does not unroll and become undone.

Generally speaking, cushioning is used in packaging to protect fragile items during their transportation. Packages are often dropped or kicked accidentally or generally impacted somehow during their transportation and so cushioning the packaging is a step that must be taken to ensure fragile objects are not harmed.

An effective way of achieving this is to use bubble wrap. Bubble wrap has been put to good use in this way since it was invented around 50 years ago and still does just as good a job today.

In essence, bubble wrap is a plastic, see through sheet with regularly spaced out bubbles of air in it which provide the cushioning for the item.

In 1957, two engineers (Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding) invented bubbled wrap and the name was a trademark of their company The Sealed Air Corporation and technically speaking, still is.

The bubbles that make up the cushion will usually be available in a range of sizes for bigger and smaller items that need packing as different amounts of cushioning are required for each item. Multiple layers will usually be used on fragile objects, but for objects that arent likely to break, but have easily damageable/scratchable surfaces, a single layer would be enough.

The bubbles can be as small as a quarter of an inch in diameter, and then can usually go up to an inch in diameter but, depending on where you buy it from, you can usually make a customised size request. The reason for this is of course, the bigger the air bubbles, the greater protection the bubble wrap provides.

Bubble wrap comes in different materials because some delicate objects may require wrapping in a specific material to avoid damage, such as sensitive electronic parts that would be damaged by the static of the standard bubble wrap material.

Bubble wrap, as we all know can be played with for entertainment. Popping the bubbles makes a somewhat satisfying popping noise that delights children. Some websites have whats known as virtual bubble wrap which pops when you click on it. Some people may call this pointless, some people may call it fantastic, I think its both.