Packing
What goes in your luggage can help or haunt you during your travels. This can be an even tougher decision when considering more than 1 traverler. You must be willing sacrafice in the name of neccity and utility for your long term sanity and satisfaction.
Most international airports have free access to baggage carts. Porters seem to only be available in US airports. Portability and utility should be a chief criteria in choosing your luggage, because you surely find yourself lugging luggage places besides airports and you don't want to be over burdened by your luggage.
Types of Luggage
Wheel based drag or the the new walk beside luggage work best for larger pieces. Backpacks and duffles also have great utility for travelers, but most require you to bare the full burden.
- Standard
- Drag
- Walk along
- Backpack - they can be used as carry-on, shopping expidtions, or tour excursion. The many conpartments will serve you well by organizing item for quick access.
- Duffles-duffles are must have travel accessories. They can be stored initally practically no weight or space in your luggage. They can be used during your trip as laundry or shopping bags. On your return you have an additonal luggage. They come in many shapes and sizes, some double as backpacks.
- Both duffles and backpacks have great utility inflight or around town. You can secure items you don't want out of your sight, mobile entertainment, personal care items, and snacks
Packing liquids
Most airport either ban or retrict liguids in carry-on. You can re-fill regulation conforming travel size bottles with your ligquids for carry-on. But i also recomend using down sizing items to travel size or portions by using bottles, baggies or other travel size containers.
Washing Power, Bleach, hair care,
Warning: unpressurized luggage compartments can open your sealed liguid items. So store are liquid items in sealed zip lock bags with like items or items that would not be dammaged if a mishaps happens.
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Baggage Requirements
Simply packing too much is the most common mistake of the tourist wannabe traveler. This could cost your wallet dearly. Airlines can impose helfty penalties for luggage exceeding limits in size, weight or count. Check your ticket confirmation details for baggage regulations. This can vary greatly by airlines. Short haul Eurpeon airlines have more strengent baggage requirements. Warning! Your shopping habits can cost you on your return. Consider the additional baggage and weight that your shopping could contribute.
Your packing must also adhere to airport security, inwhich rules and enforcement that can vary among airports. It would be wise to plan based on the more strengent airport security. Here are some tips to lighten your load:
1. Check departing airport security rules.
2. You can utilize airport lockers for your uneeded baggage, if you are returning to the same airport on a inter-Europe flight
2. Check all liguid personal care or repack liquids in regulation bottles to be included in carry-on.
3. Wash and wear and wrinkle free cloting
4. Hand wash and radiator try cloting
5. Pack a colaspable duffle to store contributions from your shopping spree.
6. Pack liguids in sealable backages
8. Wash clothes - this item does not seem to included in most Europeon hotels.
Travel Adaptors
Not having a travel adapter or getting the wrong one could cut off currents to your electrical travel companions. Eletrical outlets in most countries not only have different interfaces (plugs), but also have different voltage requirements. So you may need adapter plugs and a voltage regulator or a device that combines both. - Adaptors- changes foriegns plug interfaces to accept US plugs. Adaptors can be purchased individually or in packs that include several different adaptors.
- Voltage Regulator - adjust voltage received by appliance either up or down automatically or by manual controls.
- Cobination devices - these device include both voltage regulation and a single or multiple adaptors (swiss snife).
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