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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
erilar wrote: In article 2008091503355843658-replytogroup@pleasethanks, Wambat wrote: I am going to experiment with doing away with checked luggage and try traveling with just one carry-on. Many airlines are now enforcing the old rule that a carryon may not weigh more than seven kilos. But they will check it if it does. You may want to be ready to take out anything that you do not want checked. Why not just wear almost all your clothes on to the plane? There's a simpler way to do it. The easiest is if you're allowed a purse or computer bag along with your carry-on: pack heavy things there. Another to go with that or instead of it: a jacket with lots of big pockets, or two jackets. I wear a light-weight jacket AND a rain jacket with good-sized pockets, and they make jackets with a HUGE assortment of pockets. You don't need many clothes if you're willing to wash socks and underwear regularly. You can't handwash jeans and get them dry in a day or two, though 8-) T-shirts, yes, particularly if you wring them in your towel after you've used it. I've traveled for a month with no checked luggage. That's why I never WEAR jeans! Nearly every garment I use for travel is poly- or poly-cotton knit. They don't wrinkle too badly, and except in EXTREMELY humid climates, they'll dry overnight, if wrapped in a towel for a few minutes before hanging them in the shower. (If necessary, they can be worn while still slightly damp - in hot climates they're likely to reach that state fairly fast, even if they are dry when you don them.) |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:36:43 -0500, erilar
wrote: In article 2008091503355843658-replytogroup@pleasethanks, Wambat wrote: I am going to experiment with doing away with checked luggage and try traveling with just one carry-on. Many airlines are now enforcing the old rule that a carryon may not weigh more than seven kilos. But they will check it if it does. You may want to be ready to take out anything that you do not want checked. Why not just wear almost all your clothes on to the plane? There's a simpler way to do it. The easiest is if you're allowed a purse or computer bag along with your carry-on: pack heavy things there. Another to go with that or instead of it: a jacket with lots of big pockets, or two jackets. I wear a light-weight jacket AND a rain jacket with good-sized pockets, and they make jackets with a HUGE assortment of pockets. You don't need many clothes if you're willing to wash socks and underwear regularly. You can't handwash jeans and get them dry in a day or two, though 8-) T-shirts, yes, particularly if you wring them in your towel after you've used it. I've traveled for a month with no checked luggage. I went 'round the world for a couple of months last March/April with two carry-ons. That easily held all I needed; the only times I checked luggage was when the airline restricted it to only one carry-on. For shorter trips, my wife and I just spent a week in Melbourne with one carry-on each. The limit was 10kg, but we only approached that on the trip down because they were full of presents for the grand-daughter. We each had sufficient clothing in those to have no need of a laundry over the week. Both budget domestic airlines here (Jetstar and Virgin Blue) now have discount fares for passengers with no checked bags. Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: Two Indian Hotels: to Sleep, Perchance... |
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