Despite all my hard work to perfect my carry-on only packing system for travel, I went out
and bought a new suitcase!
When I see
women in the airport rolling with ease their four-wheel suitcase with their
laptop bag or tote sitting on top, I’m super jealous. I feel like I am always schlepping my stuff
through the airport like a homeless Bag Lady.
And, once I decided to make the jump to a mini sized Macbook for travel,
I really didn’t want to be lugging it around all day.
I went in
search of a new laptop bag and found the Sheripani Sojourn Tote at REI on a
discount coupon. It is the perfect size
for travel, has an over the shoulder strap as well as backpack straps, and is
the perfect color…purple!
Once I
purchased the new laptop bag, my next step was getting a four-wheel carry-on
size suitcase. I wasn’t necessarily actively
looking but stumbled on this Ricardo Camden Drive 22” Expandable Softside Carry-On Spinner Luggage at Costco. What
I loved about this suitcase is that it was square, included two packing cubes,
had lots of zipper areas, was expandable, and lastly, had a hard plastic 5-1-1 toiletry
bag. Since Costco has such a generous
return policy, I picked up a blue one for Kenyon and a gray one for me. I was packing pretty light for Wisconsin and
had tons of extra room. So, I decided to
keep the suitcase and give it a go.
I really
like it although I do worry the wheels might not be as sturdy as other roller
bags but hey, it’s Costco so just safe the receipt. I felt it rolled better on non-carpet
surfaces too and while I am used to rolling a bag behind you, when you are on a
slope, ramp, or having any type of incline, it can feel hard to push/pull. Overall, I really enjoy this suitcase and I
plan to continue to use it for domestic travel.
International sized suitcases are best for international travel as they
are smaller sized for the smaller airplanes.
Now I’ll
have to continue to perfect my packing system in this new suitcase. Good thing
I’ve got upcoming travel this year and we found out we will have a lot of
travel early 2020. Yeeeehaaawwww!
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