In light of the luggage meltdown, what to...

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plan a visit to the washateria during your trip.

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Anonymous wrote:Most airline carry-on measurements are 22x14x9.
I'm looking for a new carry-on that will hold as much as possible. I fly mostly Delta and Southwest (which allows slightly larger carry-on dimensions).
I see a lot of luggage advertised as carry-on compliant, but the measurements are larger than above. For example, I am wondering if this luggage would be acceptable: https://www.delsey.com/us/en/p/cruise-3.0-exp.-spinner-c%2Fo-402879805.html

No. Every measurement is larger than the allowance.

Why are all these bags marketed as carryons and then made slightly larger than is permissible?

In my experience this size suitcase will fit in an overhead bin on a regular jet (737, A320, etc), but of course not in one of those regional jets where you have to gate check most rollaboards. Most US airlines won't bat an eye at this size suitcase being brought on board a plane. Overseas they tend to be stricter, and are more likely to put the suitcase in a sizer and make you check it. I would be fine with assuming you could carry this on most US airlines, but not in Europe or Asia.

I should have mentioned that this would be for domestic travel only.

As an example, we have a probably 10 year old Costco rollaboard with exterior dimensions about 23x14.5x9.5, so very very close to the Delsey you linked to, which was 22.75x15x10. We have never had to check it domestically (other than the very small regional jets with tiny overhead bins), and only once had to check it overseas, and that was at CDG which is notoriously stringent about putting bags into the sizer before you go through security. I would have no problem buying that Delsey bag for domestic travel. If including overseas trip I would go for one labeled "International carry on" or as a 20 incher.

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Seems i'm an outlier, but I definitely count on checking in my suitcase when we go to Europe. I personally buy a ton of clothes while there. Also buy artisinal products such as local honey, olive oils, provincial wines etc. Can't carry that in a check-in.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems i'm an outlier, but I definitely count on checking in my suitcase when we go to Europe. I personally buy a ton of clothes while there. Also buy artisinal products such as local honey, olive oils, provincial wines etc. Can't carry that in a check-in.

But that's checking a bag on the way back home to the US, where presumably its not a big deal if your bag is delayed a few days since you will be home. I'm the Croatia/Italy packer above, and did carry on to Europe and checked some on the way home bc we had bought honey, wines and oils.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems i'm an outlier, but I definitely count on checking in my suitcase when we go to Europe. I personally buy a ton of clothes while there. Also buy artisinal products such as local honey, olive oils, provincial wines etc. Can't carry that in a check-in.

Pro tip: Put a tote bag or other type of collapsable bag in your carryon for the flight over. Then use that bag for the return flight. Carryon gets checked. This way you can load up on goodies while not risking a delayed bag on your way to your destination.

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Laundry soap sheets pack easily and you can do a load in hotel sink.

Almost a week and I'm waiting for a suitcase from Europe trip.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems i'm an outlier, but I definitely count on checking in my suitcase when we go to Europe. I personally buy a ton of clothes while there. Also buy artisinal products such as local honey, olive oils, provincial wines etc. Can't carry that in a check-in.

Pro tip: Put a tote bag or other type of collapsable bag in your carryon for the flight over. Then use that bag for the return flight. Carryon gets checked. This way you can load up on goodies while not risking a delayed bag on your way to your destination.

This is what we’ve always done, if we couldn’t ship something (like wine) directly back home. I usually just buy a cheap bag at my destination for any souvenirs and check the carryon for the return.

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Anonymous wrote:It can be done and has been discussed many times on this forum. Also google is useful. We recently did it for the first time on a 2+ week trip and it worked great. Packing cubes were helpful to stay organized. And stick to a few clothing items that can be worn over and over, make sure you have a place to do laundry.
Due to various reasons we moved cities several times during our trip and it would have been a huge hassle with huge suitcases.

+1 for the packing cubes and rolling clothing in the cubes. They really helped organize my carryon for our 11 day trip to Italy. I had dedicated cubes for tops, bottoms and underwear/ socks and brought an empty cube for dirty clothing. We did a lot of train travel and walking from train stations to hotels which would have been difficult with a larger bag.

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Anonymous wrote:It can be done and has been discussed many times on this forum. Also google is useful. We recently did it for the first time on a 2+ week trip and it worked great. Packing cubes were helpful to stay organized. And stick to a few clothing items that can be worn over and over, make sure you have a place to do laundry.
Due to various reasons we moved cities several times during our trip and it would have been a huge hassle with huge suitcases.

+1 for the packing cubes and rolling clothing in the cubes. They really helped organize my carryon for our 11 day trip to Italy. I had dedicated cubes for tops, bottoms and underwear/ socks and brought an empty cube for dirty clothing. We did a lot of train travel and walking from train stations to hotels which would have been difficult with a larger bag.

I thought that maybe folks sorted in cubes by outfit, but you did by item. Would you mind sharing what you packed? I am finding those lists to be helpful.