WE’VE ALL HAD THAT DREAM about backpacking around Europe on a budget, living off of whatever we can carry on our back. But if you’ve ever actually tried backpacking, you may have realized that it’s a bit trickier than it seems to cram all of your stuff into that relatively tiny piece of luggage you strap to your back.

How to get it to fit? How to keep it from being overwhelmingly heavy? How to keep it from being painful or uncomfortable? Cheapflights.ca put together this infographic answering all of the above. Now go to Europe.

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Infographic by Cheapflights.ca