Find the Best Carry-On Luggage (4 Tips)

hey there today I am helping you find the best luggage to carry on the airplane it is carry-on luggage and I'm going to help you find the best one with 4 easy tips whether you fly domestically or internationally these four tips will help you find the best carry-on luggage by comparing and reviewing three different ones that I use and that I found in a department store to help you make the best choice now when I say carry-on luggage I mean a suitcase that can be carried on an airplane or rolled on an airplane a travel duffel bag a roll aboard which is what we have there are different names for the rolling suitcases that can be carried on major airplanes these days most families and business travelers are choosing carry-on suitcases these days because it helps them skip the long lines in ticketing to check their bag and it helps them not have to pay the baggage fee the number 4 travel tip for finding the best carry-on luggage is size. size does matter to three of the major airlines out there these size dimensions for a carry-on suitcase or piece of luggage is 22 by nineteen by fourteen inches or 56 five 36 by twenty-three centimeters Delta American and United Airlines all say that carry-on suitcases must fit in the bag sizer and that's at the ticketing counter as well as at the airplane at the airplane gate if it is more stuffed than you are after Thanksgiving dinner then you will probably have to pay to have it checked in the belly of the airplane in my 17 years I've only had to put my suitcase in the bag size are three different times and I've never had to check it because it was too full or too stuffed all of the airlines do say that you have to have 22 inches or less in order to carry on this piece of luggage and that's including the handles and the wheels I ran into TJ Maxx and looked for carry-on suitcases that were less than 22 inches and there are so many options but I only found one maybe two a Samsonite suitcase and a swiss gear but I didn't even like the Swiss gear but those are maybe the top two I would have chosen out of all of the ones they had available at t.j.maxx if you were looking for a suitcase that's like 19 inches long don't even buy it for the airplane the handle is too short for you even as a 5 v height woman it's not even enough space on the inside for a carry-on suitcase the third tip to finding the best carry-on luggage is to look at the shape of your suitcase this TravelPro and that a lot of airline crews do use is completely shaped in a triangle this one by Samsonite is a try triangle did I just say triangle I mean rectangle this suitcase is rectangular shaped but it still lips up a little at the edge and my son's also does that his lips over right here and you've got about four inches and up here it lips over which takes up space when you are trying to fill that suitcase full when you are filling your suitcase full you want to be able to fill it all the way up and then have some more room to stuff it if you need to right so if it's capped on one of the sides you can't come straight up you've got to lose that space and then you can start expanding if that makes sense I do prefer a soft sided luggage instead of the plastic or metal or hardshell case suitcases for carry-on luggage because this can squish in the overhead bin it is so stuffed full with mashed potatoes and gravy from Thanksgiving it is so stuffed that you can squish it just a little bit to get it in that overhead bin as well as the bag sizer and then exempt from paying the check bag fee with the hardshell metal hard plastic micro whatever tanzanite it is not going to budge when you are trying to squish it you can see that the 22 inch size suitcases are about the size of the bulk toilet paper that we buy at Costco if you're wanting to look for your suitcase in person I recommend taking a little measuring tape because you are going to measure the fill space not the length from the wheels to the handles you're going to see how many inches less it is of a suitcase based on how far the wheels come off this says it's 22 inches by travelpro n is 21 and a half inches this suitcase that I got from TJ Maxx the best one that I found at t.j.maxx based on our experience is 21 inches and it does have 21 inches of fill space - this little lip that comes over right here so it is comparable in size and shape by the way welcome to our channel my name is Laurie and I am in Houston Texas my husband works for an airline here and we have had 17 years of travel benefits to travel the globe so that you won't have a worry in the world with all of our tips all three of these guys will be linked below in the description box and you can find that by clicking show more or clicking the upside down triangle if you're watching this on your phone and while you're down there don't forget to introduce yourself and say hello they're all three good suitcases but they all have different features which leads us to the number two tip to finding the best carry-on luggage and that is the features of your suitcase I really like since I get cold on airplanes having a large outer pocket this pocket as well as the Samsonite wouldn't only come out like that so you're not opening the entire suitcase pocket right there but you can stuff a heavy winter coat down there or a hoodie like a hooded sweatshirt and thing that I do a little travel tip that I use is I don't put on my belt until I have gone through airport security so I keep my belt down in here I keep my jewelry that I'm gonna wear in here another feature that luggage should have on the outside is a little pocket now this one has one right here these are not three pockets right here they're just texture it does have a zipped pocket which is great you can hide things and protect things secure things my suitcase has the pocket on the inside and that's where I store my passport just until I grab my bag until I get to my bench to get my bag organized and put on my shoes again put on my belt and my jewelry then I can transfer that passport to my person or my other travel bag or my personal item we got my son's suitcase at Target and it has lasted us five years as well it is much smaller than mine but he has fewer things that he cares about taking but zippers are another major key feature to finding the best luggage I like metal zippers I like them not too long not too short I like the rubber-tipped zippers and you also want to look at what is connecting or attaching the zipper to the actual metal and that quality is majorly important you don't want a little bitty keyring a thin piece of metal you won't solid metal attaching that zipper to the actual teeth of your zipper if that makes sense I did find one at t.j.maxx and it was awful it was sharp and pointy a very heavy and the zipper also was really long was just too high-maintenance so I recommend a short sweet smooth all the way around kind of zippers I also recommend if you're buying a cheap off-brand luggage that's super cute on the outside and they hooked you in by the totally cute fabric I recommend that you try the zipper out all the way around do it fast and do it slowly to see the quality of that zipper another feature to look for when finding the best carry-on luggage is look at the handle the luggage handle is great this is flat it's combined seamless that's really nice but this is what I want you to notice if you are right-handed you're gonna be picking up your suitcase like that to put it in the overhead bin you need a handle on the left hand side so if you're looking down at your suitcase that other handle should be on the left hand side because when you are lifting it up it is so hard to lift up a suitcase no matter how much weight you've done with just your right hand and I do not recommend although most suitcases it's really good if you do have a handle on the bottom but those aren't the only two you want because if you're in an airplane and you have to grab the bottom of your suitcase handle you're gonna be squatting in that airplane all the way to the bottom of the floor to pick up all of your suitcase and lift it all the way over your head to fit it in the overhead bin all of these suitcases have a handle here and on this left hand side I also recommend looking for the expandable feature on your luggage this Samsonite as well as my Travel Pro has an extra section that is expandable the travel pro one is quite large if you want to expand it it's several inches probably another four inches that I can expand just that inner side and I will tell you what I use inside this expandable section I pack two or three pairs of shoes I pack a hardback books you can fit so much extra stuff in just this section of your suitcase if it has an expandable section leaving more space in the base of your suitcase so this is a very valuable feature to look for let me know in the comments if you even care about the little straps that are in the base of your suitcase that actually buckle I don't think very many people care about that feature inside a suitcase the number one travel tip to finding the best carry-on luggage is to look at the wheels in t.j.maxx all of the wheels were just free hanging like this nowadays when you get up to your gate and you are fixing to board airplane they are going to say oh the airplanes full because of all of the extra heavy coats in the winter and because of all the people who are bringing on their free suitcases and personal items and you still have 60 people behind you in line and now you have to check your carry-on suitcase this is going to go in the belly of the airplane which is not bad for wheels that hang off like this but it's when they go underneath the airport through and to the baggage claim when it has the most chance of ripping off of those wheels getting ripped off I want you to look at my travelPro wheels it's almost as if they're built into the base of the suitcase they are a little bit wide but they're not hanging free a couple of them did have a wall kind of like this one a wall that would maybe protect the wheel but again it's hanging completely off of the suitcase it's not nestled anywhere in there another reason why I think checking the wheels is the number one tip to finding the best luggage is because if you are traveling to Europe or Washington DC and are going on a subway system with your suitcases you need durable wheels that can go up stairs of escalators over huge potholes in those sidewalks I have taken this suitcase several times to Paris the streets of Paris and my wheels have done fine there are some pretty rugged roads there's so much to think about when you're trying to find the best carry-on luggage be sure to read the fine print of your airline I was shocked to find out that American Airlines would consider deer antlers a carry-on item and they would have to pay $150 to put that inside the airplane with on their person that means they could not take a carry-on suitcase because that is their carry-on item now they only have space for a personal item which is not a suitcase I also thought it was odd but good if a soft sided garment bag is considered a carry-on so therefore you cannot take a carry-on suitcase you only can take a personal item because most of the major airlines you get a carry-on item and then a personal bag a stroller however it does not count as a carry-on that can be the third item that you bring there are several cool items that the airlines do allow so check out that fine print and be a smart traveler and take the stress out of your vacation before it even begins thanks again for visiting about travel tips by Laurie YouTube channel be sure to introduce yourself below and say hello safe travels y'all

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Length: 13min 29sec (809 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 16 2018