# How to beat Ryanair’s hand luggage rules by packing just NINE garments

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-to-beat-ryanairs-hand-luggage-rules-by-packing-just-nine-garments/
- Published: 2026-07-30T10:05:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T10:12:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-16014553/Beat-Ryanairs-hand-luggage-rules-NINE-garments.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Europe, Food, Travel, World

## Key points

- Sudoku Packing uses nine versatile garments for compact travel.
- It targets Ryanair’s small free-bag allowance.
- The method claims to create up to 27 outfits.

## Summary

A travel writer tested “Sudoku Packing”, a social-media trend designed to help passengers comply with Ryanair’s restrictive free hand-luggage allowance. The method limits travellers to nine co-ordinating garments, aiming to create numerous outfits without paying extra baggage fees.

Ryanair permits one free under-seat bag measuring 40 x 30 x 20cm, while easyJet’s equivalent allowance is 45 x 36 x 20cm. The approach uses three tops, three bottoms and three layers arranged in a 3x3 grid, which supporters say can produce up to 27 top-bottom-layer combinations; influencer Natalie Shaquer’s tutorial received more than four million TikTok views.

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