How do you pack your shoes?

[Ballatician]

Whenever I have a short trip (1 week or less), I check-in a suitcase and carry-on my backpack. Sometimes I put a pair or two in my backpack so they don't get all crushed but is there a better way to go about this?

I've been thinking of adding a wooden divider or something into my suitcase so the shoes can sit at the bottom when it is standing up but not get crushed.

 

[Crono]

I usually just use a plastic bag, and wrap my towel around it and put it in suitcase.

Divider sounds good, though.

 

[Phoenix86]

I'm going to assume these are nice dress shoes you are talking about and you probably want to get some of those wooden shoe trees I think they are called. One sec, I'll search it.

edit: http://www.shoetreemarketplace...Toe_Woodard_p/6011.htm

No idea if that website/price is good, just the first one in the search with a pic...

 

[coldmeat]

I only have 1 pair.

 

[wiredspider]

I wear them on my feet

Or I would throw socks inside, so they don't crush in luggage.

 

[BoomerD]

Depends on the type of shoe. Sandals I wrap in a plastic bag, pack with everything else. "Tennis shoes" I stuff with socks to retain most of their shape, wrap in plastic bags and pack. Dress shoes I pack in a hard-sided box so they don't get smashed.

 

[TallBill]

Open bag, place shoes in bag, done?

 

[xanis]

I usually take ~3 depending on where I'm going: Sneakers, which I wear on the flight/drive; sandals, which I throw in the pocked of the suitcase/bag; and semi-dress shoes, which I put in the main part of the suitcase. I don't wrap them in anything, I just separate them and put them to the side to save room.

 

[LS21]

shoe trees to support structure of the shoes
put shoes in a shoe bag to keep them from getting clothes dirty

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I pack them with explosives. Just in case.

 

[EvilYoda]

My 22" has little mesh pockets for one pair at the "bottom" (large side). I'll usually have at least one or two more pairs with me, so I just put them in a plastic bag and pack them properly. It's only a few hours and I hardly ever travel with my best shoes, so I'm not that concerned.

 

[alkemyst]

I will have to ask my people how they do this. When I arrive where I am heading they are already unpacked and lined up for me.

I am assuming some kind of cedar insert, then wrapped in velvet and placed in individual corinthian leather pouches.

 

[brtspears2]

Each shoe in plastic grocery bag, stuff socks inside shoe.

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
Or I would throw socks inside, so they don't crush in luggage.

That's what I do.

 

[Safeway]

In satin bags. These shoes are expensive, okay.

 

[DaWhim]

what kind of shoes?

 

[octopus41092]

Put the shoes in a plastic bag then into the suitcase.

 

[secretanchitman]

plastic bag most of the time, but i usually stuff socks in them so they dont get crushed in the luggage.

 

[Eos]

My fucking shoes take up too much room (size 17), so they stay out of the suitcase. The wife packs hers in a small bag containing all toiletries, no clothes.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I only have 1 pair.

This.