Naked Traveling

If it means I won't have to worry about fighting for overhead space on the plane, then I'm all for other people doing it.

This sounds familiar to those of us who have read the Jack Reacher books. But even he carries a toothbrush!

Actually pretty silly IMHO. Sure it might be possible but so what? You’ll spend a lot of time buying the necessities, replacing stuff you already own.

Well, laughing, it sounds like almost anyone who has checked luggage and had it go walkabout for a few days or longer. Of course they will likely have had a personal item....

I am laughing only because both my brother and husband had to do this after their bags went missing. My brother only had his laptop with him, nothing else, and he was headed to the the Camino. He was able to borrow clothes from friends and buy a few things along the way. My husbands bag went missing last month and the only thing he had was 1 extra pair of underwear. The problem with that trip was there were not flights every day, so his bag didn't come until 5 days later, and the town was very small so it was hard to find clothing. We found him a toothbrush, but not a comb.

As idiotic a concept as 'rawdogging'. What will 'influencers' come up with next? However, I do travel as lightly as possible - two carry-ons.

Only the clothes on one's back?! How liberating! I love this idea!

It sure makes deciding what to wear to the opera a lot easier!

Samantha Brown's idea? Wow. Sure seems she's writing about cutting edge travel more so than Rick. He's gonna have to take it up a notch.

Happy travels

No and a bigger NO.
Even though we travel light, this is too crazy for us. Even Rick had a backpack on his Hippie Trail trip.

And yes, it does remind me of the Jack Reacher books.

Sounds like a concept for the Ryanair crowd. Do they charge extra for toothbrushes?

Not my idea of a good time. Like I’d want to spend my time in Paris shopping for toothpaste and underwear? Uh, no thanks. Came close however, the time Air France lost my luggage for three days. Not fun.

I actually met Samantha Brown filming a segment in Greece a number of years ago. Unfortunately at that time she did not subscribe to nakedness.

But seriously, (well, I did meet her) I have from time to time mentioned that I could land in any country in Europe and survive easily with just what I had on and a credit card. These days, I would probably add a phone, and I would be fine.

Would I do it on a dare? Sure. Do it as a choice? No

The closest my wife and I came, is we landed in Athens, with a ticket out of Milan 3 1/2 weeks later. And absolutely no confirmed arrangements ahead of time. It still ranks up there with one of our best trips ever.

SCOTTeVEST did a publicity campaign like this years ago where a spokesperson traveled around the world for three months with no hand luggage or daypack of any kind, just a sleeveless Scott e vest.

This was before iPhones caught on, so he was using an iPod touch with a foldable bluetooth keyboard to post about his adventures.

Stuffed in the vest were a change of shirt and underwear, the iPod , and his preferred toiletries, but I recall that he dumped those when he discovered those neat deodorant stones in North Africa.

It's been on my mind for so long b/c I am attracted to the benefits of through-traveling as a supplement to hub-and-spoke traveling, and this guy tells a story of how he had a garbled exchange with a taxi driver somewhere near the Sahara and ended up in the wrong town. -- It didn't matter, because the town had food and wifi, and there was nothing for him to retrieve or to meet up with, so he just went with the flow. Imagine really following your 'druthers continuously over a long trip! Of course, this is possible with a very light backpack if you don't mind carrying it around everywhere. And you have a large, flexible budget for last-minute lodging and transport.

I recall him noting that the only gate agent who ever remarked about his lack of baggage was when he was flying from Australia to New Zealand. Maybe because people going to New Zealand in those days usually had a lot of gear? Nobody else seemed to notice or question.