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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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I could probably "make do" with nothing. I took survival training and actually had to do that for a weekend. Well, I got to carry a knife and a compass. Not exactly my idea of a vacation though. Besides, they wouldn't let me take the knife on a plane these days. I once met a Japanese guy walking across the border from Nepal to India who was traveling with a toothbrush in a plastic bag. That was all his luggage. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:23:26 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
wrote: Some shade of brown? Almost all my luggage is black. The only advantage of black is that you can match luggage from different manufacturers without any problem. With other colors it would be impossible to get a match. I'd imagine that any light color would be not so good since it would show dirt and wear. Whether my luggage matches is not very high on my list of priorities. -- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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erilar wrote: B wrote: I don't understand the public transport thing. The human body is less bulky around the legs than around the chest. In a packed tram, you can always find a bit of unused real estate on the floor, while a backpack on your back will be punching people in the face. In which case you remove the pack from your back and do the same. Miguel Cruz had said that a backpack was MORE convenient on cowded public transport than a wheeled suitcase. If you're going to do the same thing with it that you do with a suitcase, but you also have to take it off (no mean feat in a crowded tram) and put it back on, then it's less convenient on public transport, not more. The major advantage comes from your ability to move around the station, through turnstiles, up and down stairs and escalators, around crowds on the platform, and so on. On the train it depends on the situation. If it's so empty that there are seats, well, then obviously no big deal at all. If there aren't seats but still it's not that crowded, I can just find a wall and lean against it, with my pack as a nice bit of padding. If it is crowded, I pop the waist strap, and it's then possible to spin the pack around to my front without using any extra space, by grabbing the top handle and angling my body slightly away from the pack. Then I can lower it to the floor and leave it between my legs. On the way out of the train, I lift it by the top handle, and wait until I'm on the platform to swing it around onto my back again. After a while all of this can be done without breaking one's stride. I definitely don't bang people in the face with it, as I'm aware that's both rude and potentially painful. Welcome back to r.t.e., Miguel, even if you're just looking over the fence. Thanks! miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
"Donald Newcomb" wrote ... Some shade of brown? Almost all my luggage is black. The only advantage of black is that you can match luggage from different manufacturers without any problem. With other colors it would be impossible to get a match. I'd imagine that any light color would be not so good since it would show dirt and wear. Black is the color of my true love's heart.... For years I had a roll of "Day-Glow" orange duct tape which yielded small pieces for each side of a series of family travel bag(s) for a couple of decades. Finally, the roll ran out, but I adjourned to a nearby auto supply store for a package with 4 small narrow rolls of brightly colored plastic "electrician's" tape. Pick a color combo and apply a few pieces in visible locations (especially around the "pull-out" handle of a wheeled bag). A black bag will literally jump off the carrousel into your hands (and the visible ID may cause a purloin artiste to stay his hand, not knowing whether I'm looking on, ready to impale him on my swordless cane. I'll echo the comment on Travel Pro wheels. I carry a shoulder strap rigged for mine, the "sling swivels" firmly sewed by a cobbler to the bag's long upper edge, but recollect only a couple of occasions, one in tiny Cittadella d'Agliano, where the cobbles defeated the wheels. At some conference I attended, the "giveaway" party favor was a black nylon soft sided briefcase, the sort of which convention goers receive a steady flow. This one was different and came with a compartment on the flat side with semi-padded back straps, actually positioned to provide comfort with modest weight loading. Even unloaded and stuffed in a front compartment of one of my two sizes of Travel Pros (gifts of my road warrior daughter), it goes most everywhere with me, makes a serviceable day pack or shoulder bag or informal brief case as circumstances require. A big flap with two audible-click buckles provides at least an inference of security, but obviously no "back pack" is safe on the bus in Marseilles, etc.. Knock on wood and bless the fickle finger of Fate, but in a half century of "traveling" since I left high school, I don't recall ever having been pick-pocketed, to have lost "stuff" from a hotel room, or to have been the victim of theft, from baggage or otherwise, a better record than experienced at the hand of local burglars, car & residential. On one occasion, Denver by Braniff's second incarnation, a checked bag was delayed for two days (but I don't count late bags returning home from a trip, just as long as they arrive before the dirty clothes in them become too strong). Some folks are simply "Marks", giving off a pheromone which attracts scavengers and snake oil salesmen. TMO |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
wrote in message ups.com... Dan Stephenson wrote: I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack. I could probably "make do" with nothing. I took survival training and actually had to do that for a weekend. Well, I got to carry a knife and a compass. Not exactly my idea of a vacation though. Besides, they wouldn't let me take the knife on a plane these days. A knife and a compass? Jeez, just give me a credit card and I don't need anything else.... |
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"TOliver" wrote in message
... A black bag will literally jump off the carrousel into your hands (and the visible ID may cause a purloin artiste to stay his hand, not knowing whether I'm looking on, ready to impale him on my swordless cane. That's an interesting thought. I've never had any trouble picking out my particular black back on the carrousel. I've never even seen another of the same model TravelPro bag on the carrousel. But how could one accuse a thief who "accidentally" picks up your black bag from among the hundreds going 'round and 'round. After all, they all look the same, right? Knock on wood and bless the fickle finger of Fate, but in a half century of "traveling" since I left high school, I don't recall ever having been pick-pocketed, to have lost "stuff" from a hotel room, or to have been the victim of theft, from baggage or otherwise, a better record than experienced at the hand of local burglars, car & residential. My problem is forgetting and misplacing stuff. If you call me "absent minded" I must own to it. This is why I generally travel with exactly the same set of stuff or one of a couple of variations. With a strict routine I tend to have a feeling for when something is missing, even when I've been 24 hours without much sleep. One time I spent about 5 minutes at the check-in counter furiously looking for my lost tickets, only to eventually find them in the spot I had looked at least twice before. They were in my black leather ticket organizer in the black pocket of my black computer case. Since then I found and purchased a shocking day-glow orange ticket organizer which always goes in the same pocket of the same boarding bag. My luggage not only has to carry my stuff to the other end of the trip; it also has to help me actually get to the other end. -- Donald R. Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:33:45 -0400, B wrote:
I like matching luggage alot, I just don't like the watermelon color. You are right though, the size and shape is exactly what should be in mind. I want a skinnier size. in a different color than watermelon. |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On 3 Aug 2006 22:25:26 -0700, "Tchiowa" wrote:
What bank is issuing ATM cards that expire? My ATM never does. And no need to carry more than one. I also carry a few Credit Cards that you can always use to withdraw cash. King County Credit Union (Seattle area) - mine expires 7/08. |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:32:06 +0200, B wrote:
I had a medium-sized backpack (actually called a travel pack) whose backpack straps could be tucked away behind a zippered panel. Then it could be carried like a suitcase, or by attaching a shoulder strap. This pack didn't have any frame, neither internal nor external, but being smallish, it didn't really need any. It was light and comfortable. I don't think they make it any more. I got it from campmor, which has good inexpensive hiking and camping gear. (www.campmor.com). They only ship within the US though. -- The original Rick Steves pack is like that - you can tuck the straps in and carry it on the shoulder with a longer strap, or pull out the padded straps and wear it on your back. I have used mine for 11 years, both to Europe and domestically, my sister used it for Israel and Ecuador and my son used it for travel a half-dozen times in the states. The bag has held up well, looks as good as the day I bought it. It has perhaps held up better than I have, as I bought one of the small wheeled bags made by Victorinox last year, and have found it easy to use, especially with that swivel handle thing it has going on - it doesn't tip over. |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
"Carole Allen" wrote in message ... On 3 Aug 2006 22:25:26 -0700, "Tchiowa" wrote: What bank is issuing ATM cards that expire? My ATM never does. And no need to carry more than one. I also carry a few Credit Cards that you can always use to withdraw cash. King County Credit Union (Seattle area) - mine expires 7/08. Cahoot Debit Card - expires 01/08. JohnT |
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