"One bag" travel, which bag is best?

In article <OApAg.884$uW1.647@dukeread06>, "rascal" <rascal22@cox.net> writes:
>No wheels. Despite what the "travel experts" may say, carry your bag for a
>couple of miles or so getting out of the airport and wheels become more
>attractive. ...

Wheels and handles take up a surprising amount of the limited space
in a carry-on size bag. It's a trade off to consider carfully.
I've been a number of places where wheels weren't much good due to
the condition of the ground/floor.

If you don't get wheels, look for a bag that has or can accomodate
a shoulder strap. Makes carying easier without sacrificing space.

I also travel with a small back pack -- a "day bag" -- in addition
to my "carry-on"

--
Charlie Hammond -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- Ft Lauderdale FL USA
(hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com -- remove "@not" when replying)
All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily my employer's.

RPSinha <rpsinha@null.void> wrote:

>Do you have any expereince with these? Or, do you have another
>recommendation?

Curious...would a backpack work better?

Miguel Cruz wrote:
> I sometimes have to carry my luggage fairly long distances. For example,
> last year I had to carry two bags (one large checked backpack, worn in
> the back, one small carry-on backpack, worn in the front) from Istanbul
> airport to the center of town because my ATM card had expired just


Remember that you cannot do that in the UK anymore. Police will shoot to
kill tourists with backpacks before they get a chance to ask any
questions (and this policy is approved/condoned by the Bliar government).

nobody wrote:

> Remember that you cannot do that in the UK anymore. Police will shoot to
> kill tourists with backpacks before they get a chance to ask any
> questions (and this policy is approved/condoned by the Bliar government).

Speaking only for ***********.africa, I say let's
don't start yet another endless round of useless
and witless postings like this.

Yes, and that's a really good idea. I say shoot all the tourist as soon as
they show themselves. Carrying two bags should be prima fascia evidence of
tourism and give everyone the right to shoot them immediately. You surely
don't want to just wound them, so shooting to kill is the way to go.

"nobody" <nobody@nobody.org> wrote in message
news:44D23B6C.14AAB568@nobody.org...
> Miguel Cruz wrote:
>> I sometimes have to carry my luggage fairly long distances. For example,
>> last year I had to carry two bags (one large checked backpack, worn in
>> the back, one small carry-on backpack, worn in the front) from Istanbul
>> airport to the center of town because my ATM card had expired just
>
>
> Remember that you cannot do that in the UK anymore. Police will shoot to
> kill tourists with backpacks before they get a chance to ask any
> questions (and this policy is approved/condoned by the Bliar government).

Dan Stephenson wrote:
> I've found that if you pack light you can make do with a daypack.

I could probably "make do" with nothing. I took survival
training and actually had to do that for a weekend. Well,
I got to carry a knife and a compass. Not exactly my idea
of a vacation though. Besides, they wouldn't let me take
the knife on a plane these days.

> I bought a big Gallileo backpack some years back, and now only use the
> daypack that came with it. Note that this isn't a booksack like kids
> use at school. Overall if possible I recommend visiting a store,
> preferrably with about the amount of stuff you're going to bring with
> you. Note that packing light might mean two changes of clothes, one to
> wear, one to be drying out.

Exactly. I guess I'm just one that doesn't look upon my vacations
as an opportunity to practice minimalism. Even on business travel
I've learned over the years to pack a creature comfort or two. Doing
laundry DEFINITELY isn't something I look forward to doing on vacation.
To some extent, it's one of the things I look forward to getting away
from.

"oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com" wrote:
> as an opportunity to practice minimalism. Even on business travel
> I've learned over the years to pack a creature comfort or two. Doing
> laundry DEFINITELY isn't something I look forward to doing on vacation.


Let me get this straight, you pack your wife in the suitcase so she can
do your laundry (and other things) wherever you are ?

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

jfmezei wrote:
> "oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com" wrote:
> > as an opportunity to practice minimalism. Even on business travel
> > I've learned over the years to pack a creature comfort or two. Doing
> > laundry DEFINITELY isn't something I look forward to doing on vacation.
>
>
> Let me get this straight, you pack your wife in the suitcase so she can
> do your laundry (and other things) wherever you are ?
>
> :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)


Ah, heck no. That'd be cruel. I let her carry the bags.

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:23:26 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
<DRNewcomb@NOT.attglobal.net> wrote:

>Some shade of brown? Almost all my luggage is black. The only advantage of
>black is that you can match luggage from different manufacturers without any
>problem. With other colors it would be impossible to get a match. I'd
>imagine that any light color would be not so good since it would show dirt
>and wear.

Whether my luggage matches is not very high on my list of priorities.
--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

"Donald Newcomb" <DRNewcomb@NOT.attglobal.net> wrote ...
>
>>
> Some shade of brown? Almost all my luggage is black. The only advantage of
> black is that you can match luggage from different manufacturers without
> any
> problem. With other colors it would be impossible to get a match. I'd
> imagine that any light color would be not so good since it would show dirt
> and wear.
>

Black is the color of my true love's heart....

For years I had a roll of "Day-Glow" orange duct tape which yielded small
pieces for each side of a series of family travel bag(s) for a couple of
decades. Finally, the roll ran out, but I adjourned to a nearby auto supply
store for a package with 4 small narrow rolls of brightly colored plastic
"electrician's" tape. Pick a color combo and apply a few pieces in visible
locations (especially around the "pull-out" handle of a wheeled bag). A
black bag will literally jump off the carrousel into your hands (and the
visible ID may cause a purloin artiste to stay his hand, not knowing whether
I'm looking on, ready to impale him on my swordless cane.

I'll echo the comment on Travel Pro wheels. I carry a shoulder strap rigged
for mine, the "sling swivels" firmly sewed by a cobbler to the bag's long
upper edge, but recollect only a couple of occasions, one in tiny Cittadella
d'Agliano, where the cobbles defeated the wheels.

At some conference I attended, the "giveaway" party favor was a black nylon
soft sided briefcase, the sort of which convention goers receive a steady
flow. This one was different and came with a compartment on the flat side
with semi-padded back straps, actually positioned to provide comfort with
modest weight loading. Even unloaded and stuffed in a front compartment of
one of my two sizes of Travel Pros (gifts of my road warrior daughter), it
goes most everywhere with me, makes a serviceable day pack or shoulder bag
or informal brief case as circumstances require. A big flap with two
audible-click buckles provides at least an inference of security, but
obviously no "back pack" is safe on the bus in Marseilles, etc..

Knock on wood and bless the fickle finger of Fate, but in a half century of
"traveling" since I left high school, I don't recall ever having been
pick-pocketed, to have lost "stuff" from a hotel room, or to have been the
victim of theft, from baggage or otherwise, a better record than experienced
at the hand of local burglars, car & residential. On one occasion, Denver
by Braniff's second incarnation, a checked bag was delayed for two days (but
I don't count late bags returning home from a trip, just as long as they
arrive before the dirty clothes in them become too strong). Some folks are
simply "Marks", giving off a pheromone which attracts scavengers and snake
oil salesmen.

TMO