This is the final chapter of my mini booklet. This deals with how you pack up all of your stuff to bring back from London. Enjoy... Packing to go Home! One of your biggest obstacles now lies before you. You have to pack up all your fun to take home. This is the biggest advantage of packing light as you leave home. This way you have a lot more spare space to bring stuff back. Now to begin, whether your clothes are dirty or not, arrange them just as you did when you originally did. As a matter of fact if you are quite skilled at folding, try and make them occupy even less space. Now, unlike when you left with your valuables in your day pack, here is what you should do. Take everything out of your day pack, and deep store it in your carry-on suitcase. Except your important travel documents. These you should place in the outer pouch if your suitcase has one. That way you are able to have quick access to them. Then, if possible also store your day pack in the suitcase as well. This may sound strange but it will make sense in a moment. Now, you shall make use of that extra tote I mentioned in the packing section. Inside this you are to place all of you souvenirs. If you need extra space, you can use any un-occupied space in your suitcase. To explain my strange method now. By putting your day pack into your suitcase, your souvenir tote bag now becomes your second carry-on bag. As you should well know by now, most all airlines allow you a carry-on suitcase and one personal bag. When you left home you had the carry-on and the day pack. Now, when you go back home you shall have the carry-on and the souvenir tote. This way you avoid having to spend the extra money to ship your souvenirs and risk them being lost. There is one thing you may have need to worry about. The weight of the souvenir bag. All airlines have different weight limits. I would suggest checking on the airline’s website for their maximum weight limits. If you go over the limit, you will just have to pay a little fee or a big fee depending on how much over the limit it weighs. A great bag that I would suggest buying is Rick Steves' Hideaway Tote bag. It is pictured above and below. It folds up into a very small little pack so you can store it in your suitcase. It costs a measly $19.99.It is big enough to carry a bunch of souvenirs and yet withing most size restrictions for carrying it on airlines. One note, i have been advised by Rick Steves' Travel office. If you over stuff it where it is near exploding you may be required to check it on the airline. The only thing to keep in mind is that you have to be able to fit it under the seat in front of you. So, for that reason, it is very important that you are able to make spare space in your Carry-On suitcase so you will not be forced to over-stuff your souvenir bag. I should also mention this is a great bag to carry in your day pack while roaming London. If you want to buy a big picnic lunch to take to a park or you want to have a big shopping bag to carry your goods while shopping, this is a great option to have. So you can see it has many uses. To check out Rick's Hideaway Tote bag, click on the picture below. I hope you have enjoyed all of my useful tips from my London Vacation Travel Tips book. But this is only the tip of the Tower...pun intended. From now on I will provide useful insight on sites,sounds, and tastes of London. Cheerio!
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