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Beat airline baggage fees: how to pack 10 days of stuff in a carry on
Former_MSE_Archna
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If shelling out up to £30 for budget airline baggage fees annoys you as much as it does me, check out these tips from an airline steward on how to pack smart. She shows how to pack 10 days worth of stuff in a carry on case (of course don't forget liquid restrictions!).
I tried this last week and managed to pack five days worth of stuff (including for a work day, wedding and a hen weekend) in a bag I usually use for overnight stays!
Have you got any other tips for packing on board luggage? Click reply to post.
I tried this last week and managed to pack five days worth of stuff (including for a work day, wedding and a hen weekend) in a bag I usually use for overnight stays!
Have you got any other tips for packing on board luggage? Click reply to post.
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Im thinking of buying a Vac ring to
compress our clothes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHN7EK6QdA&feature=player_embedded0 -
I manage 14 - 16 days every summer with Ryanair using just hand-luggage and that includes bits and pieces for self-catering ie cereal for first morning, tea coffee sugar washing powder tablets dishwasher tablets, beach towel etc.0
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budgetflyer wrote: »Im thinking of buying a Vac ring to
compress our clothes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHN7EK6QdA&feature=player_embedded
You'd have to be sure you have access to a vacuum cleaner for the return journey. And I know it's unlikely, but I'd be paranoid about customs wanting to search my bag and then not being able to repack it!:rotfl:0 -
I bought some being sold off from Tesco - you SIT on the bag to get all the air out, then you re-seal it whilst sat on it. Therefore no need to worry about a vacuum on the return journey! Works and absolute treat in reducing the size! And if you're searched in customs, again repack and sit on it again! Happy Holidays! :T0
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I manage 14 - 16 days every summer with Ryanair using just hand-luggage and that includes bits and pieces for self-catering ie cereal for first morning, tea coffee sugar washing powder tablets dishwasher tablets, beach towel etc.
That is impressive! And maybe a record - what's your secret?!0 -
we use compression sacks helps keep the weekend bags from bulging, stick to a lightweight capsule wardrobe my short haul kit is all colour coordinated.
I tend to used black/white& stone then add a splash of bright colour with beads and hair flowers I have trouser's that can be zipped off into short's in no time, I also leave the denim at home and stick with linen and lighter cottons (roll them up and they stay pretty crease free) depending of where we are off to, we often leave things like shampoo and shower gel at home and just pick some up at our destination but i do always take a tube of travel wash, a lot of hotels charge for beach towels (a bug bear of mine) we have some microfiber ones that i got from a camping shop a fab investment, i dont bode with whole 7 days 7 outfits 3 that you can mix and match I find is more than enough0 -
i go away tomorrow for ten days, hand luggage only
got 10 outfits, still to buy toiletries over there though0 -
I bought some being sold off from Tesco - you SIT on the bag to get all the air out, then you re-seal it whilst sat on it. Therefore no need to worry about a vacuum on the return journey! Works and absolute treat in reducing the size! And if you're searched in customs, again repack and sit on it again! Happy Holidays! :T
Are these the ones?
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We travelled for 4 weeks within America with just hand luggage each (a family of four).
American airline companies charge a lot for hold luggage! We might not have looked as glam as the air steward in the report, but we saved a fortune on fees.
Hotels out there are better set up with laundry facilities than over here.0 -
Vac rings are useless. They DO NOT compress yr clothes - they only take the air that you yourself coulkd squeeze out of the bag and that's it! You don't need a vac ring or bag to sit on and compress your clothes. Waste of money.0
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