You're probably asking yourself, "how does one pack for an entire YEAR?" If you're like me, you take 2 large suitcases on a 2-week trip. But clothing for an entire year?! That's a full 4 seasons to pack for. You can't blame a girl for needing (note word choice: NEEDing vs. WANTing) ten pairs of shoes- spread over 4 seasons, that's only 2.5 pairs per season, which is by all reasonable standards totally ridiculous. A true sacrifice, if you ask me.
Standard baggage allowance on international flights is 2 bags, 70 pounds each. So what was my packing plan? I have the BIGGEST bags you can find and I planned to stuff them to the brim (by "to the brim" I mean the bags will be SO full that you have to sit on them to close them... you get the picture). Then I put all my toiletries, laptop, medicines, change of clothes, etc. in my carry-on (a small suitcase, also stuffed to the brim). Plus of course every girl needs a large purse with a book, 2 bottles of water, a snack, passport, wallet, camera, cell phone w/ charger, lip gloss, aspirin, neck pillow, sweater, perfume and perhaps some chewing gum. Between the 2 large checked bags, 1 small suitcase as a carry-on, and large purse one can probably get by. (Though I have considered paying for a 3rd or 4th bag or sending them ahead as cargo... but I could probably get by with the 2 massive suitcases, 1 small suitcase carry-on and large purse.)
So how does one do it when authorities limit passengers transiting the UK (I'm flying British Airways Boston to London to Budapest) to NO carry-on? I mean none. Like, passport and wallet in hand and that's about it. My entire packing strategy is thrown off. Everything that was to go into the small carry-on suitcase and large purse must now fit into the 2 checked bags. I'd say it's pretty much impossible.
On the plus side, however, my visa and passport finally arrived.
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