Nothing is more annoying than excess baggage when you are travelling. Moreover, if you have a long route, excess baggage is not friendly thing for your pocket. Here are some easy ways you can do to avoid excess baggage.
First thing first, when you want to travel, either the destination is far away of close enough, you should bring extra carrying bag. Try to bring the perfect one that fits to airplane cabin. For common airplane, the maximum weight of its cabin up to 7 kg. Then you can put some important items in that additional bag, such as clothes you will use right after your arrival or souvenirs while traveling back home.
Furthermore, to reduce baggage weight, you should wear heavy clothes that running a lot of spaces on your suitcase or luggage, such as denim, sweater and boots. Other lighter clothes can be put on your suitcase or luggage.
Last but not least, other easy ways to avoid excess baggage is bring enough clothes. Bring the one that perfect with season in country or destination you are headed. For example, bring more cotton shirts when visiting tropical countries or turtlenecks while visiting raining countries.