Ok so here's the deal,
I'm stayin in a pub/motel/hotel for 3-4months while I work. In between that I am venturing to: my great aunt & uncle's place (stay for a week?), a 3-5day tour of Ireland (maybe?), a 3-4day tour of south-west England (Stone Henge, Roman Baths, King Arthur, etc), & a week trip to Pamplona Spain for 'Running with the Bulls'.
I'm stayin in a pub/motel/hotel for 3-4months while I work. In between that I am venturing to: my great aunt & uncle's place (stay for a week?), a 3-5day tour of Ireland (maybe?), a 3-4day tour of south-west England (Stone Henge, Roman Baths, King Arthur, etc), & a week trip to Pamplona Spain for 'Running with the Bulls'.
After that I am doing a 38 days contiki tour where the luggage is kept on the bus or in your room, & can be whatever type of luggage you want so long as it fits the dimensions required & has no external steel frames.
So my question to you is: What type of luggage would you choose?
Suitcase: Apparently hard to use the wheels on cobble stone streets & there will be a lot of carryin your luggage up stairs. I never really got used to the wheels anyway so I've always been a suitcase carrier (I'm buff remember lol). You can fit more in and is easier to organize/find stuff. It probably more durable and easier to lock for security.
Backpack: The most common choice, however... Hard to organize & pack due to less room (& I like being organized & am not the most efficient packer [space-wise]). Also the size concerns me as I would need a decent sized one for a 10 month holiday & I believe my arms are stronger than my back. Due the size and weight I can envision quite easily, myself tipping backwards A LOT lol. So I'd probably end up carrying it by hand anyway. But nevertheless, a backpack is the more efficient & popular option as it is more compact & easier to lug around.
Duffle Bag: The middle option between a suitcase & a backpack. Slightly smaller & therefore lighter but easy to organize. Also another carry by hand option ('muscles' heehee). The only pitfall for a duffle bag is that it is easier for any fragiles to break when thrown in with everyone elses 20kg luggage under the bus. Also it may in fact turn out to be heavier & has no wheel option for any smooth grounds where it could be used.
It's a hard one but I'm trusting you guys will know what to do. So please comment &/or vote in the poll ===>
to help me out :)
2 comments:
OK here's my 2c worth again lol
I would have originally said the suitcase because of the wheels option. Now you've given all the information of your trip (and explained how buff you are lol)I'm not sure.
Suitcase - still a great option for the wheels cos they will definitely make your life easier for the majority of the time you're lugging it around. If you get one like the ones in your picture with the retractable handle on the top they are so easy to use even on cobbled streets lol. The ones with the drag along handles (bottom left in pic) are crap and will make your life hell! Suitcase will definitely hold more organised stuff.
Backpack - if you're doing a lot of trekking around with luggage (think Amazing Race lol) they're a great option but they are hard for little petite people like you. The way they're designed now with the framework are better for carrying on your back and you'll definitely be able to carry it for longer on your back than by hand (even though you think otherwise). They can hold a surprisingly large amount of stuff but forget trying to find something lol.
Duffle bag - wouldn't even contemplate that unless you were going on a weekend trip. To get a size that would be big enough to hold 10 months worth of stuff would be a nightmare to carry around. It's a good idea to take a light one with you that you can fold up (like a sports bag) and put in your case/pack for those times when you might be going for short trips and need something smaller.
Trick of packing is to roll the clothes not fold especially using a backpack - you get more in and they surprisingly don't crease as much. Remember that you're not going to a third world country lol - you can buy stuff when you get there especially winter clothes which you prob won't wear much over here. Exchange rate is fantastic at the moment so things will be relatively cheap. The shops seem to have sales on all the time as well.
OK think I've rambled on long enough. Hope it helps. After all that I think I might still be swaying towards suitcase lol.
Lol. Thanx again Gilly. I was originally wanting to go with the suitcase option but most ppl have encouraged the backpack :s (but 'technically' I'm not backpacking so...?)
Oh & mum picked the suitcase too...
Thanx
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