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From: Barbara Brown on 15 Jul 2010 11:20 > > For us, we rarely check bags, just travel with a regulation roller and a > backpack per person. However, especially in Europe, discount carriers > like easyJet will not allow the roller on board and strictly regulate > the weight. Occasionally, we've had to quickly redistribute contents > between two bags to make it work! However, at least their overweight > fees are charged per the kilo, unlike the rather hefty flat rate > American and others charge. > > Diana > > How can you get all your clothes in a carry on? Especially for a cruise where there are formal nights.
From: D Ball on 15 Jul 2010 14:56 On 7/15/2010 10:20 AM, Barbara Brown wrote: > >> >> For us, we rarely check bags, just travel with a regulation roller and a >> backpack per person. However, especially in Europe, discount carriers >> like easyJet will not allow the roller on board and strictly regulate >> the weight. Occasionally, we've had to quickly redistribute contents >> between two bags to make it work! However, at least their overweight >> fees are charged per the kilo, unlike the rather hefty flat rate >> American and others charge. >> >> Diana >> >> > How can you get all your clothes in a carry on? Especially for a cruise > where there are formal nights. Barbara, we travel a fair amount, so I've got my system down! Everyone has to do their own thing, but we went to this method after tiring of losing luggage and being separated from our luggage during unexpected air snafus. It's not that difficult if you follow the usual suggestions, e.g., dress from a particular palette so you can interchange tops/bottoms and minimize the number of shoes required; select fabrics that travel well and items that aren't too bulky; follow some form of packing methodology; and don't worry about repeating outfits (although I can do a 7-night cruise w/o evening clothes repeats--I will definitely re-wear shorts and possibly a daytime outfit). It helps that I'm not a clothes horse, either, and dress conservatively = boring, e.g., two long, slinky black dresses (yawn), and I've got formal nights covered. If it's a trip longer than a 7-night cruise and I anticipate needing a nice-but-not-formal outfit, I will make one of those dresses cocktail length for versatility. We've done as long as a month out of a roller + backpack each...it required 2 laundry boosts. Speaking of which, my husband usually does use the onboard laundry service to press his formal shirt (suit wrinkles fall out nicely in steamy shower). I'm not getting any younger, so I know I'll have to return to checking when I can no longer lift my roller into the overhead bin. Even then, I hope I resist the temptation to move to a larger piece of luggage, as I do prefer the independence and time-savings of handling my own gear vs. using redcaps and bell service. Cheers! Diana
From: Barbara Brown on 15 Jul 2010 18:17 Good system. Most of our travel is international so we get one free bag. So I don't worry too much. We almost never fly local. We'd rather drive. When we went to New Zealand we were renting a campervan for 4 weeks so we knew we wouldn't have much space. Plus we had no need of formal clothes. We each had one bag and a carry on. Although my husband's carry on is his backpack with our laptop and camera. My carry on has all the immediate essentials. This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. > Barbara, we travel a fair amount, so I've got my system down! Everyone > has to do their own thing, but we went to this method after tiring of > losing luggage and being separated from our luggage during unexpected > air snafus. It's not that difficult if you follow the usual suggestions, > e.g., dress from a particular palette so you can interchange > tops/bottoms and minimize the number of shoes required; select fabrics > that travel well and items that aren't too bulky; follow some form of > packing methodology; and don't worry about repeating outfits (although I > can do a 7-night cruise w/o evening clothes repeats--I will definitely > re-wear shorts and possibly a daytime outfit). It helps that I'm not a > clothes horse, either, and dress conservatively = boring, e.g., two > long, slinky black dresses (yawn), and I've got formal nights covered. > If it's a trip longer than a 7-night cruise and I anticipate needing a > nice-but-not-formal outfit, I will make one of those dresses cocktail > length for versatility. > > We've done as long as a month out of a roller + backpack each...it > required 2 laundry boosts. Speaking of which, my husband usually does > use the onboard laundry service to press his formal shirt (suit wrinkles > fall out nicely in steamy shower). > > I'm not getting any younger, so I know I'll have to return to checking > when I can no longer lift my roller into the overhead bin. Even then, I > hope I resist the temptation to move to a larger piece of luggage, as I > do prefer the independence and time-savings of handling my own gear vs. > using redcaps and bell service. > > Cheers! > > Diana > >
From: D Ball on 15 Jul 2010 23:37 On Jul 15, 5:17 pm, Barbara Brown <babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: > This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 > in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't > think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. That sounds like a wonderful trip, Barbara. What's your cruise itinerary? Diana
From: gmbeasley on 16 Jul 2010 10:38
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:37:54 -0700 (PDT), D Ball <dianakball(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 15, 5:17�pm, Barbara Brown <babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: > >> This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 >> in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't >> think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. > >That sounds like a wonderful trip, Barbara. What's your cruise >itinerary? > In 1964, I traveled through Europe for five weeks (on the train mostly so I didn't have formal evenings to contend with) with one 20" Samsonite suitcase - hardside and with no wheels, and a kind of carryon Ventura bag which was about the size of a large pocketbook plus a purse. I met a couple of ladies on the train who were traveling all over Europe with just a large pocketbook each. Tuesday, 14 July: I flew to Germany Wednesday, 15 July: arrived in Cologne on a German Society charter. Then I took a train up the Rhine to Frankfurt, did an overnight to Thursday, 16 July: Paris, and then another overnight to Friday, 17 July: Madrid. I met my sister and my one year old niece there that evening and Saturday, 18 July to Sunday, 19 July: We toured Madrid and Monday, 20 July to Thursday, 23 July: Lisbon. We returned to Friday, 24 July: Madrid. My sister went back to Germany, and I overnighted by train to Saturday, 25 July to Wednesday, 29 July: Valencia. I took a daytime train to Thursday, 30 July: Granada. After spending the night at the Washington Irving Hotel and touring Granada, another overnight train Friday, 31 July: Madrid arriving on Saturday, August 1. I had trouble getting from Madrid to meet the ship a second time, so on Sunday, 2 August: I took a day trip to Toledo and then a night plane to Barcelona and then a train. I arrived Monday, 3 August: Marseille where I met my husband, rented a car and Tuesday, 4 August to Friday, 7 August: visited St. Tropez, Avignon, Arles, and Chateau d'If. After Bob went back to the ship, I took a night train to Saturday, 8 August: Paris, where I visited Versailles, and took another night train Sunday, 9 August: Nuremberg where Monday, 10 August to Wednesday, 12 August: I stayed with my sister. (Her husband was stationed there.) Left for Thursday, 13 August: Naples. Before the ship got there on Friday, 14 August: I did the tour of Pompeii, Amalfi, and Sorento. Saturday, 15 August and Sunday, 16 August: was my last meeting with the ship, and we went to Capri. Monday, 17 August: We both left Naples and I took the train to Frankfurt flew home on Tuesday, 18 August: after five weeks I've been trying to reconstruct in my mind what I must have had with me. I know I did laundry every couple of days, so I had soap and a clothesline (which you won't need on the ship). I also had printed out in advance sticky address labels for the people I wanted to send postcards to. I had a camera and multiple rolls of film. For clothes, I had a powder blue and bone Chanel-type suit with bone heels and a hat (the hat was just a thing made of wire and artificial flowers). This was a formal as I got. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3319155-My_blue_suit_from_1964-Frankfurt_am_Main.jpg I had a pair of hush puppy type shoes and I also had two traveling dresses - both nylon, This is the dark one that I usually wore on the train because it didn't show dirt. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4616810-Daytrips-Madrid.jpg and this was the other one. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4864145-Things_To_Do-Arles.jpg and two shift dresses that I made for myself also nylon. Here I am holding my niece wearing one of them http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4864139-Things_To_Do-Belem.jpg I had a black cardigan, a fabric (not plastic) raincoat, umbrella (Here I'm on the right in the raincoat with my purse on the other side of me- my sister is next to me) http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3361234-Me_on_the_right_my_sister_2_other_GS_leaders-Nuernberg.jpg a bathing suit, a half slip, couple of bras and underpants, some pantyhose, and a nightgown. I don't think I had any shorts or trousers/pants of any kind. I had a hairbrush, hairpins, foil wrapped towelettes, a washcloth, and probably lipstick, |