Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Luggage Size
Baggage allowance differs for the transpacific and intra-Asia sections of your tour. US transpacific allowance is two pieces of checked baggage. Maximum weight/size for each piece is 50 lbs. /62 inches (sum of three dimensions). One carry-on not to exceed 45 inches (sum of three dimensions) is allowed. Within China and for most intra-Asia flights, baggage allowance is one piece of checked luggage weighing up to 44lbs. plus one piece of carry-on luggage per person. Baggage in excess of this amount will be charged approximately $1 USD per kilo, which is collected by the airline at each airport. Please check with your airline for luggage sizes as they might be different or could have changed.
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In the past, TVP teams were to balance weights among team members by checking-in as group from Chengdu to Lhasa. Not everyone had excess supplies to carrie.
• I personally carry: one duffle and one medium backpack for check-in and one daypack for carry-on. In addition, he asks people coming from Colorado to check-in one extra bag of TVP supplies if they don’t have two check-in items.
• I recommend you one medium-to-large bag for your main baggage, and one collapsible duffle in case if you need to repack at the airport; check-in supplies for TVP or bringing gifts from Tibet. It should be able to survive getting wet, and being at the bottom of a pile with other things on top.
• One daypack or small bag for your camera(s), water bottle, laptop, loose items. Try NOT to have too many small bags and separate items because they tend to get loose in the bus, fly around, fall on the floor, get dirty, broken, in the way, or lost. Keep your things bundled together.
• A pouch of some kind, to wear attached to your body, for your cash and valuables.
• If you don't need a laptop computer, then don't bring it unless you are planning to use it well for storing photos and writing research papers, etc.
• All your large bags should have identification tags.
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