I’ll never forget the day I had just traveled over 12 hours back to New York from a week in Alaska. When I checked into the airport in Seattle on leg two of my long travel day, I decided to do something I seldom do: check my bag. I always pack my bag in a carry-on friendly suitcase, with my preferred being either Away or Samsonite, but sometimes, it gets annoying to lug my bag around, especially on long travel days. So, after having not checked a bag in nearly three years, I did just that.
Well, joke was on me, because when I landed in New York City, and with my bag at the time being bright pink, I immediately spotted it on the luggage carousel… to see that my bag had been completely destroyed somewhere along the way. The handle of my suitcase was jutting out, nearly hanging off, and I had to lug that back to my apartment in Queens on the subway. It was extremely annoying, and reiterated my point that carry-on is the way to go.
Many ask how I manage to travel through various climates in just a carry-on with plenty of outfit changes, and the answer is simple: compression bags! A compression bag allows me to put a hefty amount of clothes into one bag, and then seal it in either by putting physical pressure on them or using a pump to remove all of the air.
