A Thrifty TikTok travel blogger shares tips on how to pack more luggage without spending extra. This includes rolling a DIY neck pillow and hiding souvenirs inside a hat

  • TikTok user goes viral with her solution for avoiding expensive baggage fees 
  • She shared how Ryanair, a low-cost carrier, flies her with only hand luggage
  • She puts her clothes in a neck pillow, and even her hat is used for storage.










One TikTok user’s genius solution to avoiding expensive baggage allowance fees has become viral. 

Kristen Black is a well-traveled artist who splits her time in Paris and Atlanta. She took to social media to show how she flew on Ryanair low-cost carrier with just hand luggage.

The clever video by the travel influencer has had over 6,000,000 views. It shows how she folds her clothes into neck pillows and uses her hat to store her clothes.

Kristen Black, a well-travelled artist who splits her time between Paris and Atlanta, took to the social media platform to reveal how she flies on low-cost carrier Ryanair with just hand luggage

Kristen Black is a well-traveled artist who splits her time in Paris and Atlanta. She took to the social media platform for details about how she flew on Ryanair low-cost carrier Ryanair using only hand luggage

The travel influencer, who has racked up over 6 million views with her clever video, showed how she folds her clothes into a neck pillow

The video she created showing how she folds her clothes into neck pillows has been viewed over 6 million times.

Kristen can seen kneeling on the ground of the airport while she looks through her bag.

Kristen shows how to pack for Ryanair flights by packing smaller clothes into a large knitted sweater.

Then, she rolls it up again and folds it into an emergency neck pillow.

She captions the first move with triumphantly, “DIY neck pillow”

In the comments section she later makes clear that she had done this after going through security

She later clarified in the comments section that she had done it after she had gone through security

She then rolls her clothes up folds them into a makeshift neck pillow, before placing it around her neck

Then she rolls up her clothes and folds them into a neck pillow.

Kristen then moves onto her next hat trick, placing a soft toy souvenir bought in London on top of her head

Kristen then moves on to her next trick: she places a soft toy souvenir from London on her head

Kristen then moves on to her next trick: she places a soft toy souvenir from London on her head.

She covered it with a hat and wrote: ‘Use the hat to store souvenirs you bought on your trip. (sic)

Lastly, Kristen is pictured filling her  pockets with leftover items, writing: ‘Stuff those pockets’.

Kristen poses in layers and concludes: “Ready for Paris Fashion Week + saving money so win-win!” 

Lastly, Kristen is pictured filling her pockets with leftover items, writing: 'Stuff your pockets'

Kristen is seen filling her pockets and writing: “Stuff your pockets!”

Posing in a number of layers, Kristen concludes 'Ready for Paris fashion week + saving money so win win.'

Kristen poses in several layers and concludes, “Ready for Paris Fashion Week + Saving Money so Win Win!”

Later, she made it clear in the comments that she did this after passing security.

And followers were thrilled with the tips, with one writing: ‘Stoppp I have a Ryanair flight tomorrow and I only have cabin bags, I’m gunna be wearing three t-shirts.  (sic)

Another admitted: ‘ ‘Literally stuffed a small pillow up my hoodie and pretended I was pregnant so my sister could get her pillow home on the plane.’

And even Ryanair’s official TikTok account responded to the clip and wrote: ‘Bestie I’m scared.’

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