Suitcase or wheeled duffle?

midwesterner
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:29:50 +0000

The duffles are great for traveling by car, and do fit under a bed. They aren’t the best for air travel, but your child is only 90 minutes away by car, so there’s no need to worry about containers. Whatever you have will work - cardboard boxes, laundry hampers, old suitcases, etc.

For traveling by car, get two pop-up laundry hampers and use them for the blankets, pillows and towels. Get a few clear boxes for supplies that can be stacked on a shelf or stored under the bed. Keep a lid on the kid’s desire to take everything - it’s just a desire to create a cocoon, and it will pass if you set limits. What you want is the least amount of non-essential stuff to schlep. We just returned fropm a freshman move, and wound up taking the stairs up and down three times to move the items - why pack so much that you have to wait 30 minutes for an elevator?