Why do they make carry ons larger than airlines allow?

[Anonymous]

I’m struggling to find carry ons for an upcoming international flight on Air Canada to Europe. Why don’t they make carryons a uniform size?

Anyone know how strict they are? Google is all over the place.

Flying out of Montreal on a huge plane to Europe.

[Anonymous]

IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

[Anonymous]

Look at your airline's policy and the size of the bag you're considering buying. This is not complicated. Or check your bag - also not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

US airlines allow bigger carryons, so people want the bigger ones.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they make them for train travel or car travel or bus travel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

Yes, this is what I’m discovering.

I’m baffled by all the dcum posters who travel to Europe for multiple weeks with just a carry on. They must all stay in airbnbs with access to laundry facilities and rewear the same handful of outfits over and over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

Yes, this is what I’m discovering.

I’m baffled by all the dcum posters who travel to Europe for multiple weeks with just a carry on. They must all stay in airbnbs with access to laundry facilities and rewear the same handful of outfits over and over.

When my family travels to Europe, we generally check one large suitcase for all of us, and then also bring carry ons.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the plane

[Anonymous]

IME the European carriers have stricter limits and will reinforce the limits. The class you are taking will also make a difference. A place to start is when you book your flights - check the baggage allowance rules and determine what my plans are for the trip. If its a quick trip and I don't want to deal with luggage delays or lost bags then I pack to fit my trip or I pay the seat I want to fit my trip. Once you have booked your trip, measure and weight your bags. I have a great carry-on roller bag but when I packed it to the gills it goes over the weight limit and KLM recently noticed and made me gate check. To the PP asking about carry ons - I can easily pack for a week, no laundry plans with a bag that fits the majority of European carriers (not budget ones like Ryanair). Longer than a week - I use the same bag but plan for a laundry pit-stop. Sure you re-wear your clothes but I'd much prefer re-wearing then dealing with the luggage hassles we have dealt with when we didn't. Case in point last summer - bags didn't make the connection in Frankfurt (went on a holiday without us for 3 days).

Bags like AWAY will show in their descriptions what airlines their bags are rated for...its very helpful to know when you purchase. We have an assortment of bags. Recently a family member did a semester abroad and they used their 2 bag allowance - not carry-on. Thankfully bags were not lost. So it really depends on where you are traveling and what airlines you tend to use. Its not always going to be a one bag for all uses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

IMO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

Yes, this is what I’m discovering.

I’m baffled by all the dcum posters who travel to Europe for multiple weeks with just a carry on. They must all stay in airbnbs with access to laundry facilities and rewear the same handful of outfits over and over.

Laundry, merino wool, lots of accessories that take little space but can entirely change an outfit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic.

Yes, this is what I’m discovering.

I’m baffled by all the dcum posters who travel to Europe for multiple weeks with just a carry on. They must all stay in airbnbs with access to laundry facilities and rewear the same handful of outfits over and over.

Laundry, merino wool, lots of accessories that take little space but can entirely change an outfit.

^ There are so many ways to make it work - I love the challenge of packing carry-on. Perhaps your outfits might be boring and look like a uniform but the reality back when I packed in a large suitcase so much I put in was "maybe I'll need this" and I never did. Nothing worse than dragging that heavy bag on your travels only to not need most of what you packed. And if you truly forget of need something - it can be a nice buy a hat, sweater or raincoat to remember the trip by.

[Anonymous]

It's not about not looking boring. It's about wearing clean clothes. Please wear (relatively) clean clothes when traveling. Not just a different scarf. Please.

[Anonymous]

We never travel carryon to Europe. We mostly fly places with direct flights though. Even in the US we usually check a few bags. I think the love of carryons is very overrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not about not looking boring. It's about wearing clean clothes. Please wear (relatively) clean clothes when traveling. Not just a different scarf. Please.

What? There is more than just that the one place in your house for clothes to be washed.