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. |
IME the international flights are more strict about carryon sizes than domestic. |
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. |
US airlines allow bigger carryons, so people want the bigger ones. |
Maybe they make them for train travel or car travel or bus travel.
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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. |
It depends on the plane |
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. |
IMO |
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. |
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. |
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. |
What? There is more than just that the one place in your house for clothes to be washed. |