Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that when you travel by air, aim not
Speaker 1: to check bags. If you face any travel woes, it
Speaker 1: is much easier to just roll with it if you
Speaker 1: only have carry outs. So when air travel goes as planned,
Speaker 1: it is utterly miraculous. I remember landing in Utah a
Speaker 1: few hours after departing from Philadelphia once and reading a
Speaker 1: book where a family took several weeks to make that
Speaker 1: journey one hundred and fifty years ago. I can get
Speaker 1: in and out of places as far away from me
Speaker 1: as Florida or Minnesota in one day. It is amazing.
Speaker 1: But air travel isn't always like that. I am sure
Speaker 1: many of us have had the experience of a first
Speaker 1: flight delayed so we miss a connection, or maybe your
Speaker 1: flight to one New York City airport is canceled, but
Speaker 1: the flights to another New York City airport are not canceled.
Speaker 1: Mysteriously enough, or considered this lovely scenario. You are traveling
Speaker 1: to a work meeting, but you find out while you
Speaker 1: are in the airport that the meeting is switching to
Speaker 1: zoom because a client has COVID. In situations like these,
Speaker 1: if you just have a carry on, you can pivot fast,
Speaker 1: but if you have checked a bag, changing our plans
Speaker 1: becomes harder. Plus I have heard that airlines occasionally lose luggage.
Speaker 1: Imagine that, so whenever I can, I travel with just
Speaker 1: carry ons, I have my kids do the same. Even
Speaker 1: when my family went to Norway for a week last summer,
Speaker 1: we manage not to check any bags. There is plenty
Speaker 1: of uncertainty entry traveling internationally with kids carrying on our
Speaker 1: stuff took a little uncertainty out of the system. There
Speaker 1: are some other winds with carry ons too. If you
Speaker 1: have a tendency to overpack, committing to travel with a
Speaker 1: carry on only means the size of your bag limits
Speaker 1: what you can take. Packing less means you don't have
Speaker 1: as much stuff to carry around and deal with while
Speaker 1: you are traveling. Not checking a bag also means you
Speaker 1: don't have to spend time at baggage claim waiting for
Speaker 1: your bag, and you will arrive at your destination with
Speaker 1: everything you intended to bring. The airlines probably can't take
Speaker 1: that away from you. So if you want to simplify
Speaker 1: and streamline travel. Try swearing off checked bags, or at
Speaker 1: least try for your next trip see how it goes.
Speaker 1: You can buy trial sizes of liquids. You are probably
Speaker 1: not going to be invited to dine with the King,
Speaker 1: so you really don't need to pack that formal outfit
Speaker 1: just in case. You may find that when you are
Speaker 1: less weighed down by stuff, you are better able to
Speaker 1: explore and enjoy your destination. Or at least you'll have
Speaker 1: your stuff and it won't be sitting at a baggage
Speaker 1: claim at some totally different airport than you ever plan
Speaker 1: to go to. If you try going all carry on,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear about it. You can reach me
Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. And if you
Speaker 1: have other tips for streamlining travel, I welcome those too.
Speaker 1: Maybe your tip will be the subject of a future
Speaker 1: Before Breakfast episode. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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