Bagage Weight

JoeyandDavid · February 23, 2009

you know the way the airlines are going...it may get to a point where it wil be cheaper to buy your bags their own seat... "please stowe all passengers in the bins over head or under the seat in front of you!...thank you"

rogue · February 23, 2009

It will definitely be cheaper to have the ship launder my clothes on our next cruise.

wow.... that's great information Howard!! and thats why i started using onboard services..Plus i hate to lug luggage

Joey, who do you use for that service? After looking at all of the charges, it might not be so expensive to have this service.

Sunbeam · February 23, 2009

The best thing to do is to buy a luggage scale.

what we use is the bathroom scales and pack to 47 pounds... so far that has worked well

I bought a fish scale , (very easy to store in the checked luggage in case it is needed) as we were having so much trouble at the airports down south. The trick for the people behind the counter at the airport was to tell us that our bags were too heavy and that it would cost us $20cdn per kilograms (I wonder if the airport ever saw that money). We were entitled to 20 kgs (44 pounds) per person and up to 2 bags per person. So now we manage with lower than 30 kgs for the 2 of us (66 pounds).

55ChevyLady · February 23, 2009

has anyone looked into shipping your bags via FedEx or UPS...provided you are going to a hotel first...might be cheaper than paying to check the bags.

I know Hubby as told me people are doing that nowdays...

JoeyandDavid · February 23, 2009

It will definitely be cheaper to have the ship launder my clothes on our next cruise.

wow.... that's great information Howard!! and thats why i started using onboard services..Plus i hate to lug luggage

Joey, who do you use for that service? After looking at all of the charges, it might not be so expensive to have this service.

you mean on board?? you just put it in the paper sack in your stateroom fill out the form leave the bag and the form on your bed and you room steward will take care of it.. my big tip is plan your wardobe 3 days out and there are no EXTRA charges...

rogue · February 23, 2009

It will definitely be cheaper to have the ship launder my clothes on our next cruise.

wow.... that's great information Howard!! and thats why i started using onboard services..Plus i hate to lug luggage

Joey, who do you use for that service? After looking at all of the charges, it might not be so expensive to have this service.

you mean on board?? you just put it in the paper sack in your stateroom fill out the form leave the bag and the form on your bed and you room steward will take care of it.. my big tip is plan your wardobe 3 days out and there are no EXTRA charges...

I thought you were shipping your bags. That may be almost the same as bringing them with you.

JoeyandDavid · February 23, 2009

has anyone looked into shipping your bags via FedEx or UPS...provided you are going to a hotel first...might be cheaper than paying to check the bags.
I know Hubby as told me people are doing that nowdays...

I actually did check once the cost was prohibitive

JoeyandDavid · February 23, 2009

It will definitely be cheaper to have the ship launder my clothes on our next cruise.

wow.... that's great information Howard!! and thats why i started using onboard services..Plus i hate to lug luggage

Joey, who do you use for that service? After looking at all of the charges, it might not be so expensive to have this service.

you mean on board?? you just put it in the paper sack in your stateroom fill out the form leave the bag and the form on your bed and you room steward will take care of it.. my big tip is plan your wardobe 3 days out and there are no EXTRA charges...

I thought you were shipping your bags. That may be almost the same as bringing them with you.