Originally Posted by stimpy
For me checking bags is not an option no matter how long the trip or where I am going. The huge amount of lost time and productivity due to checking bags, plus the giant PITA when a bag is lost means I just use the hotel laundry on the road and buy clothes if I need them. When I am going to cold then warm places, I just pack a few older shirts that I don't want anymore, then toss them when I go to the warm place. Or vice versa.
I never thought of just tossing some of my older shirts. At this time of year when I travel from Florida to the Northeast, to Texas and to the Rockies, I am always having to try to plan for what the weather will be like next week or at the end of next week. I just never thought of getting rid of some older clothes. Thanks for the tip.
Originally Posted by stimpy
Another big problem with checking bags (if you are a serious business traveler) is when you have to change flights at the last minute for whatever reason. If you bag is in the bottom of the plane you were previously going to take, you are screwed.
That is why (except for leisure travel), I never check bags. I can't count the number of times I have been at the boarding gate and the cell phone rang with a request to go somewhere other than where I was headed.
- Alan