Suitcase or wheeled duffle?

ddd928
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:25:07 +0000

my 12 year old son took the EddieBauer bag from Target on an exchange trip overseas last fall…they were responsible for their own luggage from start to finish…so loaded at home airport, transfer in Warsaw for overnight stay, then train ride to another town for the week and then the reverse back home. He’s my youngest so pretty rough on things and it looks brand new and fit 10 days worth of clothes plus extra things the group had to bring and souvenirs on the way home. I can’t imagine a rougher experience for that poor bag.

For driving to school, we loaded clothes, some right on the hangers, into large suitcases that we no longer use for flying because of their size. When we were done, all the storage bags, boxes, etc fit inside and we took them back with us. dd used her large laundry bag with strap for weekends home.

Biggest tip I can give on timing…make sure your roomie is arriving on different day or at different time…can’t imagine both of them in there trying to unpack at the same time, with 4 parents on top of each other, too!