How to bring a suit with me overseas?

Bernhard wrote on 18 Jul 2005 08:31:52 -0700:


BM wrote:
?? I'm going to a wedding in France next month (I live in the
?? USA). I've never taken a suit with me on a plane before,
?? so I'm wondering how I will do that. I will be flying in
?? coach class. Will I be able to bring one of those
?? long suit bags on as carry-on baggage? Somehow I doubt I
?? will be able to do that. So how do people bring suits when
?? flying? Do they have their suit bag be checked baggage?
?? Or do they just fold the suits up and pack them into their
?? regular luggage?

BM You can use a garment bag, but unless they will hang it in
BM the plane (which they'll only do if you fly business class)
BM it's useless.

The zippered holder with hangers that is part of the nylon
suitcase that I check in seems to work very well for up to two
suits even if it is folded once. I do take it out and hang up
the holder on arrival at my hotel. The last time I used it, the
suit survived two wearings and four flights (two of them
transatlantic) without even needing recourse to the pants
presser in my hotel rooms. The suit was still wearable on my
return home. (By the way, doesn't cleaning cost an arm and a
leg?)

There is another approach which is to fold the components of a
suit around a thin flat board and remove the board before
packing. A version of this with a mesh holder that I use for
dress shirts worked very well with board uppermost. The things
are available at REI among other places.


James Silverton.

I'm going to a wedding in France next month (I live in the USA). I've
never
taken a suit with me on a plane before, so I'm wondering how I will do
that.
I will be flying in coach class. Will I be able to bring one of those
long
suit bags on as carry-on baggage? Somehow I doubt I will be able to do
that.
So how do people bring suits when flying? Do they have their suit bag be
checked baggage? Or do they just fold the suits up and pack them into
their
regular luggage?

Put the suit in a carrier, then roll it carfully around the hanger. When you
arrive, hang the suit up and it will be fine.

Some suits travel better then others.
Polyester - wool bllends seem to be the best.

Some suitcases (hard side suitcases) are set up to hang a suit in them
while traveling.
If you have a less expensive suitcase, you can fold a suit. Either way
it is going to come out a bit wrinkled.

The thing to do - once you get to your destination, before wearing the
suit -

Turn the shower on hot and hang the suit in the bathroom for 10-15
minutes in the steam.
This will take out most of the wrinkles from traveling.

You can also purchase a "Travel Iron" and touch up the suit before
wearing it. Most the time the steam thing does the trick.

roland

wrote in message
ups.com...
Don't be cheap!

Just buy a business class ticket, then the cabin crew will hang it up
for you.

Economy is only for leisure travellers who don't mind being dressed
casually.


What a load of drivel.

MC

wrote:

I'm going to a wedding in France next month (I live in the USA).

It is a shame you're not going to a birthday, because you could then go in
your birthday suit and not worry about wrinkles (unless it is really cold :-(

I will be flying in coach class. Will I be able to bring one of those long
suit bags on as carry-on baggage?

It used to be allowed, and you'd stuff it in the overhead bin. Although I
recall some long haul planes, not sure if it was swissair or air france that
had buklheads in coach fitted with special racks to hang those bags from and
it would then be pulled up and the cover (projection screen) lowered during
flight. But that was almost 2 decades ago.

If you can stuff your overnight bag into the hand luggage sizers, then it is
allowed. On an overseas flight, expect to have other hand luggage placed on
top of it in the overhead bin.

In any event, your best bet is to plan to have it wrinkled and arrange to have
it ironed/pressed when you arrive. Most hotels now provide a ironing board and
iron on request. Once you relent and know you'll have it pressed, you can
pretty well stuff your suit any way you wish in a suitcase and not worry about
it getting wrinkled.

wrote in message
ups.com...
Don't be cheap!

Just buy a business class ticket, then the cabin crew will hang it up
for you.

Economy is only for leisure travellers who don't mind being dressed
casually.



That was one step BEYOND drivel........

LOL

Hahahahahaha.......................

Sure, now you open the debate:

Cost difference of business class versus buying a new suit upon
arrival..............

LOL

Hahahahahaha................

Treb

wrote:

I'm going to a wedding in France next month (I live in the USA). I've never
taken a suit with me on a plane before, so I'm wondering how I will do that.
I will be flying in coach class. Will I be able to bring one of those long
suit bags on as carry-on baggage? Somehow I doubt I will be able to do that.
So how do people bring suits when flying? Do they have their suit bag be
checked baggage? Or do they just fold the suits up and pack them into their
regular luggage?

Why not? (To all of the above.) Assuming you don't have
any other carry-on, like toiletries, and don't mind
scrunching a suitbag up in the overhead bin, you can carry
it on (although I think most people get a luggage-type
garment bag sturdy enough so they can check it through,
instead). My roll-on bag (which I generally check through,
although it's supposedly small enough to be "carry-on") has
a compartment designed for carrying a suit and yet having it
emerge wearable at the end of the journey. You might have
to invest in that type of suitcase, but mine was only about
$50, and I've seen similar cases for less. Folding garments
carefully (perhaps with tissue paper to protect them) works
just fine, too - it all boils down to how carefully you pack
it. (And hopefully you'll have enough time to have it
pressed after you arrive, if it really needs it.)

wrote:

Don't be cheap!

Just buy a business class ticket, then the cabin crew will hang it up
for you.

Economy is only for leisure travellers who don't mind being dressed
casually.

.....Also for those of us who can't AFFORD paying several
times the excursion rate for marginally better conditions
(and marginally better food)! (FWIW, "being dressed
casually" has nothing to do with it - how many travelers
from the U.S. to Europe do NOT dress "casually" for the
flight, however formal the occasions they expect to attend
after they arrive?)

The Reids wrote:

Following up to


So how do people bring suits when flying? Do they have their suit bag be
checked baggage?


I have a version of a suit bag that is more robust, in fact it
has become my main hold luggage, my clothes come out of the
wardrobe, into the bag on the hangers, out of the bag into the
hotel wardrobe still on hangers, all in seconds. for one night
stands, it just hooks on a door, no unpacking at all.

I had one of those, and in many ways I'd still prefer it -
trouble was, it was bulky, rather heavy even empty, and made
an additional case for sundries necessary. I'm somewhat
elderly, hence not as strong as I was when younger, so
decided it was better to have more compact luggage I can
manage by myself if necessary. Although the dress bag also
had wheels, my present suitcase is smaller, and my carry-on
bag will fit over the handle for transport through the
terminal and to and from my hotel room. Using it, I don't
have to worry about finding anyone to assist me.

James Silverton wrote:


The zippered holder with hangers that is part of the nylon suitcase that
I check in seems to work very well for up to two suits even if it is
folded once.

That's what I was trying to describe when I mentioned a
"compartment" in my roll-on case. I generally include a
nice pantsuit and a blazer in my travels - I've also used it
for a "dressy" dress, with satisfactory results.