Travel in Style, Carry on Bags by Travelpro
It had to happen one day.
We finally ditched our backpacks to join the business travellers of the world and now fly in style. We’ve made the switch to proper luggage and I will admit, I like it!
Travel over the last few months has been quite different from our usual overland trips. We’ve been jetting off for short business trips to Seattle, quick stays in Mexico and Jamaica and a long haul flight with short layovers to Egypt.
Luckily we had Travel Pro help to set us up with the baggage that we needed to travel through the many airports around the world in style.
Carry-on luggage is the way to go!
Showing off our cool luggage
We have never invested in quality luggage before. We’ve bought a knock off suitcase in Bangkok once on the way home from traveling around South East Asia to pack our last minute shopping items in, and we’ve bought some cheap bags at the mall that made it through exactly one trip before making their way to the garbage bin.
We Normally Travel with Backpacks
When we finally had the chance to use proper Travel Pro luggage, we realized what we’ve been missing all these years.
It’s so easy walking through the airport with proper wheels instead of having our cheap knock offs wobble and topple over with each step. Our TravelPro Maxlite Expandable spinner glides through the walkways with ease. We whizzed past other travellers as our small yet spacious carry-on bags move with ease behind us.
Deb and Our Carryon Luggage in the Cairo Airport
The best part is, we can push our bags in front of us when we get on the plane. We’ve tried pulling a carry-on behind us and it gets stuck in the seats, topples over and catches on anything in its way making the trip to our seats a frustrating experience. But all we have to do is turn it sideways and push it through the tiniest of passageways with ease.
Narrow Aisles on the Plane
Plus, now that we are carry-on only people, we never worry about making our connections. Even when we are delayed, we say to ourselves “it’s ok, we don’t have to get our luggage. Carry-on luggage helps get us through security faster between connections and it saves us time when we are checking in. We use the self serve check in and by-pass the lines for luggage tags.
It’s opened up a whole new world for us.
My clothes are more organized, I’m packing lighter and leaving behind the extraneous stuff. We’re comfortable going through the airport because everything is stacked neatly atop each other and it all just fits so well together. I’ve even eliminated carrying my computer bag. My laptop slides right down the front of my travel pro roller and takes the weight off my back by not having so many electronics packed into my shoulder bag.
What’s even better is the Maxlite® 2 is ultra-lightweight allowing us to stuff a lot more into our bags without going over the weight limit.
So Many Choices to Suit Your Needs
While we’ll never be able to go completely carry-on when we start to do our longer travels again in 2012, we’ve loved having professional looking bags to take short jaunts on business trips.
We’ve never looked so stylish walking through the airport.
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We’ve actually gone the opposite direction! We started traveling with proper luggages but have recently switched to backpacks. It was so easy moving around the city in Spain and getting to our hotel etc… with backpacks! Not to mention, going up and down the stairs in NYC was also a breeze with backpacks! I think there’s a time for proper luggages and there’s a time for backpacks. Either way, I’m a fan of both!
Excellent point Shirlene. I think that there are a time and a place for both. These past few months have been 3-5 day trips for business where we didn’t want to use our backpacks, but when we get back on the road traveling full time, there is nothing better than carrying everything on our backs. It’s so easy going up and down stairs and navigating through streets. I think we’ll always mix it up.
Luggage with wheels is the way to go,I check mine.Airlines are getting very strict about carry on bags!
That’s true Brian. They are getting very strict about carryon bags and they are allowing less weight for checked baggage. We can’t win:)
Very smart looking too – big fan of the carry-on bag. And I’ve lost count of the number of bags we’ve bought just to get extra stuff home!
Yes, we’re fans of carryons now too. We can’t do it going to Antarctica because we have to bring a bunch of winter and waterproof clothes, but next trip, we’re back to the carry on only.
This is a great travel site, packed full of useful information, including things to do, events and places to see. I travel as much as possible, and I always check out your site first to see if I can pick up any travel tips or general information about destinations. Keep up the good work!
Wow, thanks so much for the compliment. I’m glad you like. Cheers!
I like the wheels for personal use, but in crowded stations and airports when other people have them it can get tricky.
They’re small, close to the floor and usually about a foot behind the person pulling them, making it very easy to trip over. I think they should have small flashing lights for crowds or something.
Please tell everyone you meet to push rather than pull Deb, I think pushing is definitely the way to go, for everyone.
TravelPro, especially the Crew 8 line, is great. I also have a Victorinox NXT4 bag, and while it looks even nicer, I keep freaking out that something bad is going to happen to it (it’s also been smushed a few times and not quite recovered). Many of the details are the same, so I think they’re probably made by the same manufacturer.
So true Scott. It’s funny, when we get nicer things we worry about them a lot more. I want my TravelPro to stay shiny and new.
This is a great travel site and you are absolutely right.It is easy and convenience during traveling. I like to carry wheels bag in travel.
Me too. we do a mix of carrying a backpack and then pulling a wheeled carryon with us. It’s been working well.