subject: Peru Vacations - 10 Tips To Help You Remove Luggage Stress [print this page] Peru Vacations - 10 Tips To Help You Remove Luggage Stress
One of those necessary frustrations of travelling to Peru is planning the luggage that you will carry. You don't want to end up lugging around giant suitcases of empty space, but you don't want to be breaking zippers either.Here's some helpful advice on sorting out your luggage for a Peru vacation.1. Pack light with spare capacity. You will probably fill up your luggage space as you travel with purchases and gifts for friends and family back home.
2. Treatment of baggage in Peru is no better or worse than anywhere else - take a durable bag or soft-sided resilient knapsack (depending upon the nature of your trip).
3. You should also have a packsack which should be taken as hand baggage if it falls within the permitted dimensions.
4. An easy way to free up space - you will NOT need a clean set of clothes for every day of the trip as all good hotels have laundry facilities.
5. It is useful to have baggage that can be locked to stop people quickly rummaging through your belongings.
6. Check baggage requirements for your airline - these are constantly changing, so have a look at their website to avoid being caught out.
7. For hand luggage, the maximum weight varies between 6 and 10kg. The rules could differ on your return journey. Items such as laptops are often counted as separate from your hand luggage allowance, so take advantage of this in your packing!
8. If any of your flights involve a change of plane, there is always the possibility that you and your checked baggage will arrive separately. Make sure you plan a rest day on arrival at a fixed address that can receive your forwarded luggage when it arrives.
9. Try to use characteristic suitcase that will be easier to describe if it gets lost, and mark your bags clearly with your hotel destination and name.
10. If you are moving fairly quickly on to your next port of call add this information to the luggage label. Place a duplicate label inside each piece of baggage.Some additional guidelines for baggage allowances
Note: these can be subject to change, so make sure you check your airline's website!
-Baggage allowances vary from one carrier to another.
-Kids do not have luggage allowance, but parents are allowed to carry a acceptable selection of things for the baby.
-Children (aged 2-11 years inclusive) have full adult luggage allowance.
-Club and First Class passengers have a higher luggage allowance than Economy Class, usually 30kg in total.
-Most international carriers as well as domestic carriers in Latin America allow, for both internal and international flights, a maximum of 20kg in Economy Class. Do you have any other useful recommendations for packing for Peru vacations? Did you ever have a bad luggage experience?
