Travelling light!

Vikki_74

I think my Kindle is the one thing which will definately help with travelling lighter this year - last year for a 3 week trip I took about 6 'reading' books plus a load of travel guides and they weighed an absolute ton.

So far I have about 50 or so books on the Kindle, maybe 5 of those have been paid for (cost c.70p - £2 each) and the rest have been free! I agree that if you're looking for books from the big established authors like Dan Brown then the Kindle editions can be silly money compared to buying a paperback version second hand or in a cheap book shop, but so far all of the free or cheap Kindle books I've tried from newer authors have been excellent. It's a good way to try new authors too - good for someone like me who reads a lot and has pretty much exhausted the back catalogue of most of the established authors I like.

It's one of those things that I thought was just a silly expensive gadget until I tried it, but now I don't know how I managed without it! Yes it's a fairly big outlay initially at £100+ but well worth it for the convenience in my opinion, and the ability to check emails without having to find a computer on holiday is, as ferf said, a very handy bonus.

Now if only someone could invent something which allows me to take all my clothes, shoes and make up in a handy little electronic device, my packing dilemmas will finally be sorted :rotfl:

zzzLazyDaisy

Vikki_74 wrote: »

Now if only someone could invent something which allows me to take all my clothes, shoes and make up in a handy little electronic device, my packing dilemmas will finally be sorted :rotfl:

Just be patient... I am sure it will happen... :-)

Pollycat

ferf1223 wrote: »

But I can check email on my Kindle (it's not very fast, and not terribly user-friendly - but still, it can be done)...so that is a bonus, right?

No, not a bonus as I don't check my emails when I'm on holiday.

nearlyrich

Vikki_74 wrote: »

Now if only someone could invent something which allows me to take all my clothes, shoes and make up in a handy little electronic device, my packing dilemmas will finally be sorted :rotfl:

Me too I would love that LOL 1st music then books next clothes, shoes and other essentials excellent!:T

Hobsons_Choice

At East Midlands Airport you can take an extra bag of shopping from any of the airside stores as well as your cabin baggage. I flew with Ryanair at Easter and took a bag from Boots containing 3 meal deals and some toiletries. The sales assistant very helpfully found a larger carrier bag for me.[/QUOTE]

We flew from East Mids on Monday (to Tallinn with Ryanair) and we were able to take on board a large (cost 8p) carrier bag from W.H. Smith....on RYANAIR! It took me two days to get over the shock . Really great to be able to decant books/sandwich/newspaper for the flight, plus it saved squashing up my handbag.
Only from East Mids though I think, and (obviously) couldn't use it on the way back.

zzzLazyDaisy

Hobsons_Choice wrote: »

couldn't use it on the way back.

The thing is (for me, anyway) it doesn't matter so much on the way back as I've dumped all the left over shampoo/suntan cream and given away any charity shop paperbacks. Also I often shop in charity shops for cheap tops etc and if I'm pushed for space on the way back, I either give them to the local animal charity for car booting, or leave them for the cleaner with a note (otherwise they have to store them as lost property).