traveling light. (What did you think I meant?)
What made you decide to try it? What did you carry? How was it?
I was going to talk about my first time one bagging a vacation. It was a two week trip to Europe and I was carrying the original Rick Steves Convertible. (I think it was the only one at the time—there might have been another.). I believe I overpacked as I remember the bag being heavy and sweating anytime I had to walk a few blocks with it. It was March and I was also wearing a coat. The other mistake was that I tried to use the included shoulder strap, which wasn’t very good, rather than just put it on my back.
I realized that I had been sort of one bagging it prior to that for business. For years, I traveled on business trips with a garment bag. In those days, even though they were bulky, thye were allowed to be brought on board (probably not today). This was before the day of roller bags when the garment bag was the standard. It was great for suits and pants, but horrible for everything else.
When rollers came out, I upgraded to a Travelpro Suiter and even took that on vacation for a few years.
But now, it’s mostly non-wheeled bags and I go back and forth between a Tom Bihn Tri-Star and an L.L. Bean Quickload Travel Pack. I also have an Ebags Weekender that I realized I’ve never even used. (Perhaps I shoudl sell it.) Oh, and the good old OPEC bag…..sans shoulder strap.
If I should need wheels, I have an old Ebags Weekender Wheelie that is no longer made. It’s basically the old model Weekender with wheels. I have a few other bags but they are for specialized trips.
Your turn……
(Frank II)