Seven tips for pain-free holiday traveling
We now approach one of the busiest travel seasons of the year and, let's face it, much as we love visiting friends and relatives, getting there during such seasons can be hell. Don't compound the problem by overpacking or putting the wrong stuff in the bag. To help you take just what you need (and what you'll enjoy having with you) please accept these holiday travel tips.
1. Consider your ride
The means you choose to travel will influence what you take. If you’re flying, you’ll want to pare it down so that valuable gadgets—camera, laptop, tablet, and portable entertainment device—can be placed in your carry-on. I prefer to throw that stuff in a backpack that fits under the seat in front of me, thus saving an overhead bin for a bag containing items that I won’t need during the flight. Placing the bag within reach ensures that you can get to your toys at all times (except during takeoff and landing, of course) plus relieves you of the worry of it being tossed around by careless baggage handlers.
But if you have to travel light, you must make some tough choices. Laptop or iPad? Point-and-shoot camera or DSLR? Hardback book or Kindle? (Okay, that one’s not hard at all.) It’s a balancing act. How much can your bag hold? Is your iPhone good enough for the snapshots you want to take? And how much weight can you stand to carry when you hop off the plane?
2. Choose a checkpoint-friendly bag
If you’re going by plane and would like to move through the security line a bit faster, the first step is to get a “checkpoint-friendly” carry-on bag. These are bags designed to make it easier for airport security personnel to see the contents of the bag's computer compartment. Some use a slide-out computer sleeve, while others unfold so that the laptop compartment lays flat—by itself—on the scanner belt. An Amazon search for checkpoint-friendly bags produces scads of results.
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