Travel with carry-on only (restrictions, liquids, cheapest, map)
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The duffel-bag would work for some, but it would be hell for me to carry around a 20+ pound bag (that is, unless the duffel-bag has wheels, which would seem to defeat the point of some of the above posts). When I travel, I rely heavily on public transportation, which often includes walking not insubstantial distances to get from point A to point B. Thus, wheels come in handy for me and I can't see myself doing anything else.
The duffel-bag would work for some, but it would be hell for me to carry around a 20+ pound bag (that is, unless the duffel-bag has wheels, which would seem to defeat the point of some of the above posts). When I travel, I rely heavily on public transportation, which often includes walking not insubstantial distances to get from point A to point B. Thus, wheels come in handy for me and I can't see myself doing anything else.
That's fine as long as you realize that on some domestic flights you'll have to gate-check your bag (because it won't fit in the overhead bin), and that on some international carriers you may not be able to pack your rollaboard lightly enough for it to be permitted as a carryon. Wheels are nice, but they come at a price (namely added weight and a rigid, inflexible frame).
One advantage of NOT trying to go carryon only is that you can use wheeled luggage without any issues. You just check the wheeled bag if it's going to be too heavy to meet carryon limits.
You people act like you have carry on luggage when you actually have giant suitcases that you can barely stuff into the overhead compartments and would never actually fit into the little box they tell you to measure it by out at the gate.
Really makes me mad because it's just a ploy not to have to pay to check your luggage.
You people act like you have carry on luggage when you actually have giant suitcases that you can barely stuff into the overhead compartments and would never actually fit into the little box they tell you to measure it by out at the gate.
Really makes me mad because it's just a ploy not to have to pay to check your luggage.
My carry on is 20" wheels to handle and is not expandable. It easily slips into a sizer box with room to spare. Some of us have figured out how to pack.
You people act like you have carry on luggage when you actually have giant suitcases that you can barely stuff into the overhead compartments and would never actually fit into the little box they tell you to measure it by out at the gate.
Nope. My Osprey Porter 46 (which I am using for my upcoming trip) and my RedOxx Sun Chaser duffel (which I used on my last trip) both fit into the sizer perfectly. Both weight less than 15 lbs when fully loaded. Hardly "giant suitcases."
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Really makes me mad because it's just a ploy not to have to pay to check your luggage.
Nope. I don't pay a dime extra to check a bag when I fly on either United or American (my usual airlines) as a free checked bag is a perk offered by their airline credit cards (both of which I have).
I avoid checking bags mostly to avoid seriously delayed/lost luggage and theft from checked bags (both of which I've experienced in the past).
I don't think anyone has said they are superior. I do agree that people should be able to manage their own luggage or check it. The ONLY exception to that would be a disabled person who has their medications or medical equipment in a carry on bag.
Of course no one's going to come right out and say they are superior. But it seems fairly clear that many people feel that way. At least to me it does.
And I agree with your exception, and I might add the elderly. I don't really expect a little ole' 80 year old woman to lift anything over her head.
Of course no one's going to come right out and say they are superior. But it seems fairly clear that many people feel that way. At least to me it does.
And I agree with your exception, and I might add the elderly. I don't really expect a little ole' 80 year old woman to lift anything over her head.
Some 80 year old's are quite capable. Those who aren't should check their bags. Unless they contain medications/medical devices of course.
Bringing burdensome carry-on luggage is no different than checking burdensome luggage, except by doing the former you stand to inconvenience your fellow passengers. By the doing the latter you only inconvenience yourself.
I'm a big proponent of very light packing, and after some travels together my wife is an enthusiastic convert- we basically never check anything, and we don't bring oversized carry-ons onboard either. But of course this kind of very light packing is not going to be desirable or practical to some groups of people. But for those for which it it, it can be so freeing.
Don't confuse someone having what, for them, might be a superior experience with them thinking they are themselves "superior".
Don't confuse someone having what, for them, might be a superior experience with them thinking they are themselves "superior".
Oh no, not at all. It's the ones who seem to think that it's stupid for ANYONE to check a bag, and there's absolutely no reason that ANYONE should need more than a tiny backpack for a 2 week trip, and they NEVER check a bag, and they're so much better at traveling than everyone else.
(not pointing at anyone in particular, but if anyone gets offended at that, it's probably because they recognize themselves in my statement, and they just don't want to admit there's truth to it. )
You people act like you have carry on luggage when you actually have giant suitcases that you can barely stuff into the overhead compartments and would never actually fit into the little box they tell you to measure it by out at the gate.
Really makes me mad because it's just a ploy not to have to pay to check your luggage.
The person that you should be mad at is the airline because other than a way to get more money from passengers, there is no purpose for the fee. At least something like an overweight fee make sense cause you can think of it as covering any expense that the airline may pay for a worker injured handling a heavy bag.
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