<p>Exactly, I asked if there was a budget. Dear friend joked and said just no Louis Vitton luggage. Lol</p>
<p>You are right, once I looked, I saw that there is a huge price range. I feel a little awkward with having her purchase Tumi luggage, but don’t think a $99 set is wise either. Lol </p>
<p>Tumi makes an awesome product, but my. 20 something does NOT like it…at all. </p>
<p>We have had expensive and inexpensive luggage. I hate to say it…but with the way baggage is handled, and often overpacked…the stuff just doesn’t last regardless of the price. The longest lasting luggage we have is a 20 year old American Tourister carryon we bought at KMart…that has logged more miles than any of our other bags (DH used to travel at least twice a month on business…and that is the bag he used). </p>
<p>I would not spend a fortune on this luggage, but I wouldn’t go bottom of the line either. You want wheels that work well, and a zipper that operates easily.</p>
<p>I had the 70s hard clamshell luggage (Sears or American Tourister). The best use I found for it was to store older Ds outgrown things while waiting for younger D to fit them.
I recently bought 2 TravelPros a 24 inch and 21 inch; both with spinner wheels.
Love them!</p>
<p>Me too. Best travel combo ever is a carry on with spinners, and a timbuktu laptop travel bag hooked over the handle. </p>
<p>I have come to the conclusion that luggages are just like houses: the bigger they are, the more space to fill up with unnecessary stuff! I pack a small carryon for 3 weeks oversea travel and still have room to bring back gifts. Once you realize how much you have to drag suitcases through airport, subways, buses, ferries, cobblestone streets, you will believe in minimalist living!</p>
<p>For those with spinners, do those wheels last? They look flimsy to me.</p>
<p>I had a spinner set from Costco, going on 9 years. Lost a handle, but the wheels are good on both cases.
But that set had a humongous bag and a larger carry on.
One of the reasons, when I downsized recently, I picked Travelpro because their spinner wheel mechanisms are screwed to the case and the wheel well is very protective.</p>
<p>My eagle creek carry on has two wheels and negotiates cobblestones in Amsterdam, stairs in NYC, and gravel roads in Ca.
Its this one, but ten yrs old.
<a href=“Eagle Creek | Luggage, Travel Backpacks & Travel Gear”>Eagle Creek | Luggage, Travel Backpacks & Travel Gear;
Will the wheels only be used in airports or for travel in varied terrain?
Of course she may want a backpack if the terrain is really rough.
I like soft sided bags, much easier to fit under the bed and in the car, lighter too.</p>
<p>We are in this spot now. We are seriously looking at eBags packing cubes and duffel bags to hold them. We expect he’ll be using smaller duffel bags, because he will probably take the train for Thanksgiving and spring break (Amtrak has 50 lbs. and 28 x 22 x 14 inches).</p>
<p>I got a very heavy large Samsonite bag when I went to college. The wheels never worked right, and came off before there was any damage to the actual suitcase. It was nice because it was huge, and I could pack enough for the semester. The spouse and I use softsided carryons, and we’ll see if the packing cubes fit in them.</p>
<p>FWIW, a nice luggage set is about the same as a set of senior portraits. He wants the luggage.</p>
<p>Any reason why he needs the packing cubes?</p>
<p>I love ebags. My kids got them for me for Christmas because they knew I had a big trip coming up this year. I was skeptical but they were great. I got a very nice rolling duffle bag on Overstock that I used for a 2 week trip to Europe last month. It was great and much more manageable than the huge hard suitcase my sister took. It has 5 stars on Overstock (item # 15566631) Olympia 30 inch rolling duffle . Comes in blue and back, red and black or olive and black.</p>
<p>OP here,</p>
<p>DD ended up getting a few matching pieces from Victorinox. It was on sale at Lord & Taylor. My friend wanted to make sure she had something that lasted. A rolling duffle, a carry on & back pack. </p>
<p>S found Briggs & RIley bags for sale at Costco. He bought himself one and we later found it on sale at our Costco and bought a bag for each of us as well. We also have two Macy’s Delsey Helium bags in a bright blue. All are OK for rolling aboard domestic flights, and that’s how we use them, except for H who prefers to check his bag. All of the bags have held up extremely well, after many, many years of use. S flies about 150,000 miles a year and his luggage looks brand new and he carries up to 3 weeks worth of clothing and all his electronic toys with him on his plane and in his rolling suitcase.</p>
<p>If the giver really wants to give actual luggage pieces but doesn’t want to shop with the recipient or be given suggestions from recipient, it would be ideal if it could be purchased from Costco or similar, where the merchandise can be returned for full store credit and whatever is preferred purchased as a replacement.</p>
<p>I love having Costco luggage, so that we could return it there if the luggage is broken or damaged.</p>
<p>Newhavenctmom, your friend is very generous. Hope the set lasts a long time & serves your daughter well. </p>
<p>We just bought S2 a large & a medium eagle duffle bag on wheels. They’re light weight & fold up into small accompanying bags that won’t take up much room in his dorm closet. My S1, a college senior, has been using my duffle bags from college: an x-lg and Large LLbean duffle bags. They, too, fold up very small & are light weight. I went shopping for S2’s duffles with those 2 characteristics in mind & then found the eagle brand at the container store. In addition to those non-negotiable traits, they have wheels…not really a thing back in the late 70’s when I got the set that my S1 uses. </p>
<p>Sorry to jump on this post, but I am looking for luggage to. I am traveling from Missouri to California and will be using at least two boxes to ship some of my things.</p>
<p>I was planning on buying this luggage set: <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004P7FCSE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1MPSLFC7L5AFK”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004P7FCSE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1MPSLFC7L5AFK</a> until I decided to buy rolling duffels based on the suggestions above.</p>
<p>Is there anyplace where I could buy a rolling duffel set or any other high quality set that would be decently priced? Or at least two medium (24-26) duffels and one (20-22) duffel for under 200 dollars?</p>
<p>I did a lot of research and looked at online reviews on Amazon and Overstock primarily. I found a rolling duffel on Overstock that held up very well on a recent two week trip. </p>
<p>I highly recommend this brand that makes sturdy and functional rolling duffels:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008059B1G?pc_redir=1405768402&robot_redir=1”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008059B1G?pc_redir=1405768402&robot_redir=1</a></p>
<p>Ours survived 2 trips to Europe as well as multiple trips to Hawaii and still looks good and functions.</p>
<p>Also, is CalPak <a href=“Overstock.com: Online Shopping - Bedding, Furniture, Electronics, Jewelry, Clothing & more”>Overstock.com: Online Shopping - Bedding, Furniture, Electronics, Jewelry, Clothing & more; a good choice? For every item I see, I’m reading good or bad reviews and its getting annoying…</p>
<p>That looks like a useful bag, chinasa511. Certainly a great price so it won’t break your heart after the baggage handlers get ahold of it. The only thing is that I think compression straps can be very useful in an unstructured bag like this. If you under pack it, things don’t flop around and if you over pack it, you can fit more in.</p>