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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
Calif Bill wrote:
wrote in message ... 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. Sure!! Maybe all he had after being robbed in Nepal? Or maybe a Sherpa is carrying his luggage. |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
Calif Bill wrote: wrote in message ... 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. Sure!! Maybe all he had after being robbed in Nepal? I just hope he didn't try to smuggle any toothpaste across!! B; |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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? If you plan you can wear your bigger clothes over the smaller clothes. This is just to get ON to the plane. As soon as the plane as taken off (perhaps before) you zip to the bathroom and remove everything and put it in a bag. When you leave you just carry the extra bag with your carry-on bag. What can they do? You're leaving the plane. For a few minutes of discomfort, surely its worth it to be able to bring a lot more stuff with you without the risks or expense of checked luggage. Another idea is a pack/bag that shrinks to fit carry-on airline specs, yet expands to much larger dimensions for ease of packing and storage when traveling by road. Another idea is to have a bag of heavier items hung around your neck that is the width of your chest/stomach area. This is under a baggy shirt or light jacket. Another way of sneaking stuff on the plane. In fact one could rig up a body bag sort of thing that wraps all the way around you under a loose jacket that could carry a lot of (non-bulky) weight with properly designed pockets. Certainly a laptop computer could be hanging on your chest. Remember, its only to get on the plane. Not for the entire flight. It would be a hassle at the scanner area of course and would raise a lot of eyebrows. Check out this guy: he takes 1300 items on his person packed in his jacket and pants. He's a nut but he's got some great ideas. I wonder how long it takes them to check 1300 items? http://ericlefou.net/MES_TRUCS/MESob...ernational.htm http://ericlefou.net/MES_TRUCS/MESob...ent/photos.htm |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
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. -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo* |
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"One bag" travel, which bag is best?
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:35:58 -0500, 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? If you plan you can wear your bigger clothes over the smaller clothes. This is just to get ON to the plane. As soon as the plane as taken off (perhaps before) you zip to the bathroom and remove everything and put it in a bag. When you leave you just carry the extra bag with your carry-on bag. What can they do? You're leaving the plane. For a few minutes of discomfort, surely its worth it to be able to bring a lot more stuff with you without the risks or expense of checked luggage. Another idea is a pack/bag that shrinks to fit carry-on airline specs, yet expands to much larger dimensions for ease of packing and storage when traveling by road. Another idea is to have a bag of heavier items hung around your neck that is the width of your chest/stomach area. This is under a baggy shirt or light jacket. Another way of sneaking stuff on the plane. In fact one could rig up a body bag sort of thing that wraps all the way around you under a loose jacket that could carry a lot of (non-bulky) weight with properly designed pockets. Certainly a laptop computer could be hanging on your chest. Remember, its only to get on the plane. Not for the entire flight. It would be a hassle at the scanner area of course and would raise a lot of eyebrows. Check out this guy: he takes 1300 items on his person packed in his jacket and pants. He's a nut but he's got some great ideas. I wonder how long it takes them to check 1300 items? Reading this makes me think of old Laurel and Hardy movies. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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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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For carry-ons, I'd go for bags that have shoulder straps. If your hand gets sore from holding too much weight, you can use the strap so your hands can rest. And you don't have to put your bag down when you need to sign something. |
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Hi
I am going to experiment with doing away with checked luggage and try traveling with just one carry-on. This will be for a few weeks, a few countries, everything from planes and trains to back country buses. So this bag needs to be pretty versatile: strong, light, easy to organize etc, and resistant to dust and water. Thanks |
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