{"id":683,"date":"2026-03-19T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?p=683"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:43:05","slug":"how-to-choose-the-best-backpack-for-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"How To Choose The Best Backpack For Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These days, there are so many backpacks out there that it can be confusing knowing how to pick the right one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s actually a science to knowing what the best travel backpack is \u2014 and how to pick it! When I first started traveling, I spent weeks picking out my first travel backpack. I tried on dozens, did hours of online research, and tested them in the store to get a feel for what they would be like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a time-consuming process. However, that research paid off though as&nbsp;my first backpack lasted me 8 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the only reason I bought a new backpack was because an airline lost that bag. Otherwise, that backpack would still be around today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many travel backpacks in the world \u2014 and even more&nbsp;places where you can purchase one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you pick the best backpack for traveling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I\u2019m going to teach you how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, there are so many backpacks out there that it can be confusing knowing how to pick the right one.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s actually a science to knowing what the best travel backpack is \u2014 and how to pick it! When I first started traveling, I spent weeks picking out my first travel backpack. I tried on dozens, did hours of online research, and tested them in the store to get a feel for what they would be like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-gear","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}