Luggage Delivery Service?
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KayJay
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Trying to make traveling with a baby as easy as possible and thinking about using a luggage delivery service. Has anyone ever used a luggage delivery service (like Lugless, ShipMyBag, ShipGo, etc.)? Any thoughts? Any referrals? Any warnings?
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Anonymous
| As someone who has travelled with a baby, what are you bringing? Is it possible you are bringing too much? |
Anonymous
This! We have traveled all over with our kids since birth and have just checked bags at the airport. |
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1. agree with the others - you may be bringing too much stuff.
2. I've used lugless for my son to go to sleepaway camp for 3 years no. Excellent service, love them. Will be using them again this year. But please, read point #1 again. |
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You don’t need half the stuff you think you need, OP.
Does the hotel offer a pack n play? If so, use that. Pack only a your own sheet and sanitizing wipes if you feel the need to wipe it down. If not, check your own, it’s one more bag. Have Instacart deliver diapers, wipes, formula, baby food, snacks, and whatever other consumables you think you’ll need. Your diaper bag doesn’t count as one of your carry-on items, so load it up with a couple changes of clothes for baby and whatever you’d normally need to use for food and diapering for a day. In an absolute and utter emergency, the airport sells diapers and wipes, or your airline will find you some, I promise! I can’t imagine what else you are packing that you can’t find a way to improvise. What else are you packing? |
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You don't need to ship stuff just for one kid. You can rent or buy whatever you need where you're going. You have way too much stuff.
My inlaws ship luggage and golf clubs with FedEx but they're old and can't manage golf clubs in an airport. |
KayJay
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| Thanks for the replies so far. I'm really thinking about logistically - like, if I'm one person traveling solo with a kid, how do I bring the kid, their stuff AND my stuff? |
Anonymous
Again, what are you bringing? You have to help us out, OP. |
Anonymous
Skycap? Luggage cart? Bellhop? What are you asking exactly? How to get your crap from the car to the desk at American Airlines to check everything? If so, you’ll do it the same way everyone else does it. I don’t get the question. |
Anonymous
Put baby in carrier (ergo, etc.) Use a backpack for your carryon. You then have two hands free to roll suitcases through the airport. Or if you need a stroller, one hand to push the stroller and one hand for a suitcase. |
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I was hoping people would report experience with such services because I am interested in using them.
Do I need to do my own post? No kids, 2 seniors, we love love love overpacking . |
Anonymous
Honest question? What do you do will all of that stuff? My parents similarly make a hobby out of overpacking and then act as though it’s some sort of plight that has happened to them without their consent. |
Anonymous
You and the kid share a suitcase. You check the suitcase. Backpack for carry on = include one change of clothes for baby and you. You get a skycap if needed. The only thing I can see being an issue if you have a separate car seat and stroller. But you can get attachments for the car seat so you can wheel it through an airport. I'd also plan on everything taking more time than you think. Security, getting to the gate, bathroom, etc. |
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I posted upthread - Lugless is great |
Anonymous
You're able bodied, right? I had no trouble traveling with a baby and our stuff. |