Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:58 am
We're going to try (one more time) to be carry on only people in July, when my wife, our seventeen year old son, and myself will be heading down for a week.
The whole thing hinges mostly on whether or not we can carry on a mesh dive bag with three sets of scuba fins. We're flying AA, whose web sites stipulates a 45 inch (width plus length, plush height) maximum.
That would constitute carry on #1. #2 will be our Polar Bear cooler with meat. #3 will be a size appropriate duffel which will hold the lion's share of our clothes (don't need many and have a washer and dryer where we're staying).
We each get a personal item, which will be a backpack. Netbook in one, camera(s), chargers, etc. in another, and the third will be for whatever clothes we can't fit in the duffel as well as some snack foods. Also a dive mask in each, as well as a bathing suit.
Undecided on sunscreen, bug spray, toothpaste, contact solution, etc. If we can't take what we need in TSA approved containers we'll either have to ship some ahead or stock up at Chelsea drug store on our way to the condo.
It won't be the end of the world if we have to check one bag, but I'd really like to avoid it so that we could call Dependable as soon as we land and get the Jeep and head to Red Hook as soon as possible.
So instead of this being a "what do you have to bring with you?" list, ours will be a "what can you leave behind?" list.
I plan to get all of the items out that we'd normally bring, prioritize them, then stop once we've reached our carry on limit.
Some items that may have to be culled from the list include:
Tripods
Neat Sheet
Dry bags
Dedicated camera bag
Full size noise cancelling headphones
Second (and in this case third) laptop(s)
Drink cups
Spare sunglasses
It will be interesting to see what makes the cut (assuming we achieve carry on only).
The whole thing hinges mostly on whether or not we can carry on a mesh dive bag with three sets of scuba fins. We're flying AA, whose web sites stipulates a 45 inch (width plus length, plush height) maximum.
That would constitute carry on #1. #2 will be our Polar Bear cooler with meat. #3 will be a size appropriate duffel which will hold the lion's share of our clothes (don't need many and have a washer and dryer where we're staying).
We each get a personal item, which will be a backpack. Netbook in one, camera(s), chargers, etc. in another, and the third will be for whatever clothes we can't fit in the duffel as well as some snack foods. Also a dive mask in each, as well as a bathing suit.
Undecided on sunscreen, bug spray, toothpaste, contact solution, etc. If we can't take what we need in TSA approved containers we'll either have to ship some ahead or stock up at Chelsea drug store on our way to the condo.
It won't be the end of the world if we have to check one bag, but I'd really like to avoid it so that we could call Dependable as soon as we land and get the Jeep and head to Red Hook as soon as possible.
So instead of this being a "what do you have to bring with you?" list, ours will be a "what can you leave behind?" list.
I plan to get all of the items out that we'd normally bring, prioritize them, then stop once we've reached our carry on limit.
Some items that may have to be culled from the list include:
Tripods
Neat Sheet
Dry bags
Dedicated camera bag
Full size noise cancelling headphones
Second (and in this case third) laptop(s)
Drink cups
Spare sunglasses
It will be interesting to see what makes the cut (assuming we achieve carry on only).
