Official and business trips are too formal, we have to stay suited, booted, and well-fitted all the time; but when it’s a matter of leisure or adventure travel, we all prefer feeling free with comfortable casual clothes, especially if it’s a beach trip or camping to comfortable climate. In addition, when you are heading for a longer trip, you have to take care of your luggage weight; firstly to meet the airlines’ luggage regulations, and secondly, for your hassle-free carrying experience. In this article, I’m introducing some fruitful suggestions on choosing lightweight travel clothes for women that I personally follow on every trip.

The below-listed clothing options not only offer you a comfortable and hassle-free travel experience but also help you to reduce the luggage weight remarkably; more interestingly, some of the listed fabrics provide you the ultimate hygiene which is crucial for longer trips.

Firstly, the proper packing is important…

You need not worry much about a one or two days trip to the local area, because you know the local climate; you can easily complete your packing with a few hours for that purpose. But the same is not true when you are planning a long trip away from home, especially to overseas destinations. I have seen most people pack in excess with unwanted stuff, leading to increase in luggage weight, while some people load lesser than requirements, facing issues in the middle of their trips. Equipping the backpack (or suitcase) with the right stuff is an art, and every traveler should learn the art for a joyful travel experience.

Last-minute packing is another bad practice that I have seen many backpackers do, either due to their busy schedules, or lazy mind. Without proper planning, if you start dumping your clothes and accessories in a hurry, you are going to spoil your vacation for sure; you will face only the hassle throughout your trip instead of refreshment. Truthfully, this practice spoiled my several vacations in the early days; I suffered and learn the lesson to manage my backpack, clothes, and accessories.

The major awful situations that arise due to unplanned packaging are as follows:

Well, these aren’t mandates but probabilities. To avoid any such circumstances, it’s better to arrange and accumulate the required clothes in advance, so that you can pack your backpack in an organized way with proper accessories and lightweight but effective clothes; you will be the gainer ultimately.

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Choosing Lightweight Travel Clothes for Women: The Formula

Whatever the destination is, mountain, sea beach, desert, or forest, climate-wise selection of perfect clothes always puts you in your comfort zone during your trip. However, it’s not so easy to perfectly predict the climate of an away destination. Then how can you select your clothes?

The trick is hidden behind the BEDTREL formula:

• Breathable
• Easy-drying
• Temperature-regulating
• Lightweight

Yes, I personally follow this trick, and believe me, the results are incredible. If you include these four categories of clothes in your backpack (or suitcase), you can cover almost every place on the earth comfortably. Most importantly, all the first three categories lie under the fourth one (lightweight travel clothes), so you don’t need to put extra focus on the last one.

Definitely, there are extreme cases. If you are planning for a trip in extreme cold one heavy-duty lightweight jacket is essential, or for an extremely wet climate like Amazon forest or Cherrapunji, you need to include a lightweight raincoat, and so on.

In the following sections, I’m highlighting some lightweight travel clothes for women, that will be pretty helpful to you, offering you hassle-free hours during your whole trip.

Comfortable clothes for Long Travel in Public Transports

Our travels involve journeys on a bus/car, train, or flight, and this is mandatory for any tour. In addition, sometimes you may experience a long delay in the departure of your flight or train, offering you boring hours at the airport/rail station.

Under such situations, you must prefer to feel comfortable with the best quality breathable, loose-fitting, and smart-looking clothes; and think what happens if those are not available in your collection.

Below, there are a few suggestions for breathable and lightweight travel clothes for women, offering the smart look as well:

• Breathable tunics by Sarin Mathews , Iwollence, or St. Jubileens.
• T-shirts by Popyoung, casual flare dress by Auselily, and ultralight jeans leggings.
• Comfortable and relaxed fit pants by Lee  etc.
• ExOfficio offer excellent travel-friendly bra with moisture-wicking/evaporating technology, that keeps you cool by adjusting body heat. Fruit of the Loom, Warner’s, and Glamorise also produce awesome travel bras.
• Tops by Miusey, Mayamang, or Viishow; and sleeveless summer dresses by holihut
• Excellent embroidered and printed tops by Eytino, Chase Secret, Sakkas Talulla, etc.

Wrinkle resistance clothes are not 100% wrinkle-free, but resist wrinkling to some extent than other dresses and at the same time offer you comfort if you choose the right fabric. These types of dresses are quite useful for long journeys.

Calvin Klein sleeveless and long sleeve blouse, Hopapei short sleeve shirts, and Dickies twill pants are some suggestive options of high-quality wrinkle resistance lightweight travel clothes for female travelers: Also check out lightweight wrinkle resistance pullover made of merino wool.

Women’s lightweight Clothes for Hotter Climate

In the season of summer or spring, it is wonderful to visit the islands or coastal destinations. The market is overflowing with a variety of lightweight summer dresses, but you should be very selective to experience the best comfort, especially in terms of fabric quality.

Breathable Dresses that offer you a relaxed feeling are always recommended for the hot climate. The following are some top-class lightweight travel clothes for women, offering the best comfort as well as appearance. Let’s check out.

• Casual beach summer mini by Weaczzy, ForeMode, Zesica, Soliloquy, or Women’s midi by .
• Bluetime short jumpsuit.
• Midi dresses by Relipop and Angashion.
• Short sundresses by Asvivid or kimono by HoliHut.
• Casual dresses by Auselily, Molerani, AlvaQ, and Nanfangli.
• Maxi dresses by Yesno, Lilbetter, and Angashion.
• Lightweight Bohemian Maxi Dresses by holihut.

Merino wool is an amazingly lightweight fabric that keeps you warm in the cold season but can also provide you a cool feeling in moderately hot climates. Most importantly, this fabric is itch-free, cottony soft, and capable to resist the growth of fungus and bacteria. My personal suggestion is, you must keep merino wool-based clothes in your backpack if you are heading for a long trip. Some of the best merino wool products for women travelers are:

• T-shirt by Merino.tech and Meriwool;
• Dress by SmartWool;
• Merino wool bra by Icebreaker Merino, Eizniz;
• Panties/ briefs by EcoAble Apparel;
• Baselayer crews by Meriwool, bottom by Meriwool and Minus33 .

Hemp is another excellent fabric with anti-bacterial properties, which can regulate temperature like merino wool. This fabric also offers great comfort in either a cold or hot climate. To know more about magical hemp fabric you can see the following article.

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Quick-drying fabric is very essential if you are traveling to the coastal region, riverside, or waterfalls because you have to play with the water and swim anytime. For your trip, a quick-drying swimsuit or Bikini, Swimsuit cover-up, and shorts are must-have clothing accessories in your backpack. Nowadays varieties of quick-drying fabrics are available in the market; you can check directly at Amazon.

Summer or winter, ocean or hilltop, jeans are required on every occasion. Even though your trip is in a hot climate, you must have to carry at least a pair or 3 pieces of jeans to attend nearby bars or restaurants or other places, where you should not look like a backpacker.

When I head for a beach trip, I personally prefer to wear stretchable, buttery soft jeans that provide ultimate comfort; and of course, those are quick-drying and lightweight.

Many costal destinations are hot in day time but colder in night; for those places, it is a good idea to include a good quality lightweight jacket in your backpack.

Cold Climate-specific Lightweight Travel Clothes for Women

Most people think heavier clothes offer a warmer feel. During the adventure trip in the mountain, it’s highly necessary to manage the weight of the rucksack; and many hikers fail to manage it due to the inclusion of heavier winter clothes.

In the recent decade, many companies have launched very lightweight winter clothes which fulfill the requirements pretty well, even better than heavier ones, offering great comfort in cold destinations and at the same time reduce the weight of your backpack.

Lightweight jackets for cold-climate are the most important clothing accessories for trekking through the mountain (really cold). If you think heavy and bulky jackets restrict cold much better, it’s a totally wrong concept! Since the evaluation of high-quality feather-made lightweight jackets, heavier ones are massively denied by travelers. Based on specifications, the lightweight jackets can prevent the cold even up to -30 °C.

You can check out lightweight jackets by Wantdo, Columbia, and Camel Crown.

Hiking pants are must-have travel clothing accessories if you love trekking and camping activities. Your camping trip may include trekking, mountain climbing, gaming at waterfalls, river rafting, and several adventure activities; these hiking pants are ready to face every challenge.

They are very durable but also equipped with lightweight, water repellent, and quick-drying properties. Both local and reputed brands manufacture these pants, but it’s better to go with reputed brands when planning to buy hiking pants; Baleaf, BenBoy, and Libin are some of the best brands in this sector.

Other stuff those are equally essential in a cold and wet climate for mountain trips, such as lightweight rain jackets, quick-drying clothes, water-resistant socks, etc., are discussed in the following sections.

Lightweight Women’s Clothes for Wet Climate & Monsoon Destinations

If you are planning to visit wet destinations, such as Cerrapunji (India), Cropp River (New Zealand), or Big Bog (Hawaii), you need to carry lightweight quick-drying fabrics or clothes with water repellent properties and of course, a lightweight rain jacket instead of bulky rain gear.

Quick-drying clothes are made up of innovative fabrics, which are massively marketed by branded and non-branded companies. These are very useful in wet climates as you can get them in a dry condition within only a few hours after they get wet or after washing; thus even with limited clothes in your backpack, you never need to stop inside your hotel room because of wet clothes.

Notably, these quick-drying clothes are made of very lightweight materials that help you feel comfortable when you are traveling. Besides several of these fabrics afford anti-microbial and/or UV-ray resistance properties.

Quick-drying clothes are not only useful in a wet climate, but they are equally useful in cold climates as well as coastal destinations. For some good-quality quick-drying lightweight travel clothes for women, you may check the products highlighted above (Section: Hot Climate). The list includes dresses, tunics, pants, and leggings.

The importance of quick-drying hiking pants is also described in the earlier section; those are equally useful in monsoon weather.

Lightweight rain jackets are one of the most important clothing accessories if you are traveling to a monsoon destination. Just forget about bulky and heavy rain gear, there are many ultra-light rain jackets that take minimum place in your rucksack, offering excellent water repellent properties.

Also, water-resistant socks are very useful for the rainy season, allot of hassle-free hours for you in the monsoon climate. When you have 1-2 pairs of such socks in your backpack, you don’t need to hike with wet feet for hours, even though rainfall appears frequently. This is a great alternative to bulky hiking boots, making your backpack much lighter.

Conclusion

Based on my personal travel experiences I shared my suggestions with every women traveler. When traveling you expect to carry a lighter backpack (or suitcase), so it must be packed with sufficient but lighter clothes. For hot climates, things are manageable, but I have personally seen that, for a cold or wet-climate trip it’s not an easy job to manage it right away unless I had proper collections of perfectly specified lightweight clothes.

After the next trip, let me know if you are benefitted.

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Wish you a very Happy journey.

Subhra Das

High School Teacher at WBSSC | Home | Articles

Ms. Subhra Das is a biology teacher in high school. Besides she is a passionate traveler, science writer, and nature lover.

As a teacher, she never restricts herself to the four walls of the classroom, rather she loves exploring the crude science behind the natural facts that include human and animal health, critical diseases, typical characteristics of wildlife, and mother nature.

Ms. Subhra Das is also a passionate traveler and explorer; she always tries to uncover natural flora and fauna at every destination she travels.

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