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This is a simple one. It seems obvious and dumb, but I’ve never read it anywhere else, so I thought I’d share.

While traveling, I carry my own towel. Hostels and other places I stay don’t always have them or they want to charge for them. When hopping from hostel to hostel, hotel to hotel, hotel to plane, you may not want to put a soaking wet towel in your bag. You can put it in a plastic bag for keeping your things dry temporarily, but this isn’t the greatest solution. Also, if you plan to shower multiple times in a day, try this to ensure you’ll always have a dry towel:

Wipe the water off your body with your hands. Start with your head. Press the water out of your hair by flattening it against your head. Brush off your shoulders like you’re brushing off dirt.
Keep going down your body and you’ll find that, especially if you’re not super hairy, you can remove most of the water without a towel.

Also, I use a quick dry towel from MSR. Packs small, dries super quick. I’ve got the XL size because I like to wrap my towel around me.