Then came tighter weight restrictions for checked baggage, causing logjams at airport check-in desks as vacationers promptly unzipped their suitcases, transferring shoes and other heavy items into carry-ons in an effort to lighten their checked luggage.
If I wear my business suit onboard, can I fit my snorkel into my wheelie bag? To help maximize packing space, she wore a layered outfit onboard consisting of jeans, a dress shirt, a beige linen blazer, a black belt, slip-on heels and a raincoat.
“I never pack for more than a week,” said Mr. Keoghan. Some carry-on bags are now designed with packing systems built in. This odd-looking wheelie bag, with an aluminum frame that sits outside the bag instead of inside, has a built-in seat and removable packing pouches that stack like drawers. Cost: $295.
Among the best-selling carry-on bags on eBags.com on a recent spot check: Heys Xcase 20-inch Lightweight (5 pounds, 4 ounces), eBags Mother Lode Mini 21-inch Wheeled Duffel (7 pounds, 13 ounces) and the Travelpro Crew6 22-inch Expandable Rollaboard Suiter (9 pounds, 8 ounces).
(Information: travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/travel/01praccarryon.html).
To help squish more stuff into a bag, consider compression bags offered at eBags.com or TravelSmith.com. If you really want to pare down your packing, TravelSmith.com sells $6 five-packs of disposable bikini briefs for women and $7 five-packs of briefs for men that are “lightweight and ultracompact for easy packing.”
Though some expert packers are taking another approach to the luggage rules: checking more bags. Even though Susan Foster, author of “Smart Packing for Today’s Traveler,” has the know-how to squeeze her stuff into a carry-on easily, she plans to pay the $15 to check her bag the next time she flies American.
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