Popsugar Fashion Travel Style Best Foldable Travel Bags I Don't Travel Without This Packing Hack — It's Saved Me Time, Money, and My Sanity 18 May 2019 by India Yaffe Image Source: Nordstrom As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Here's the situation: I'm a shopping editor, so it should come as no surprise that I like to shop. I really love to shop when I travel because it's my opportunity to find something unique that I wouldn't normally be able to buy. I also have no idea how this happens, but every time I travel, it is always more difficult to pack my suitcase going home than it was when I left, even if I didn't actually purchase anything. So, on the advice of my genius mother, I started packing a foldable tote bag in my suitcase. It has changed the way I travel, and here's why. 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