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I have been traveling a lot and have had good luck with the following tips: 1. Carry on size pack like an Osprey Farpoint 40L and packing cubes. It's incredibl

I have been traveling a lot and have had good luck with the following tips: 1. Carry on size pack like an Osprey Farpoint 40L and packing cubes. It's incredible how much clothing you can actually fit on. Hard to lose a carry-on. Obviously doesn't work for this story but should work for most travelers. 2. Less sure about this, but putting stuff in cardboard boxes. Seriously. You go through the oversized baggage route where it's hand-carried on and off the plane.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago
Cardboard boxes (for anything other than a bicycle or other sporting equipment) are widely seen by airlines as an unsuitable form of packing. You may be able to check a cardboard box in only by signing a liability waiver. I fly with my bicycle at least four times a year, and about half the time my cardboard box has been gashed open by the time I collect it at the destination. Everything inside the bike box has to be tied together so that nothing falls out. I definitely wouldn’t trust a cardboard box for ordinary luggage.