First time cruiser VOS this Friday... luggage question

[mikemcf31]

Hi.. we are cruising this Friday. First time ever on a boat and I am looking forward to it. I got a lot of good info here.. thanks .. I had a question about how much luggage you can bring (I am sure it's been talked about, they need a search button here). My wife is a notorious overpacker, we just got back from a 5 day trip to Las Vegas and she brought 7 bathing suits with her, for instance. Any info is appreciated as well as how to best smuggle onboard a travel iron...
thanks

[Alexis]

Hi,
If you are flying, the airlines allow two bags each at 50 lbs. each.
If you are driving, each passenger is allowed something like 200 lbs. (Even I can't pack that much) [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
As for the iron, I use a steamer so I won't give you any tips on that one.

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[m&m1]

I too use a travel steamer iron - $20 at Wally World. However on our last cruise we did not take it and had to get my dh's shirt pressed. I think it cost us $2 to get it pressed and it came back beautiful! Also it was done on like 2.5 hour's notice - cabin stewards are wonderful! My dd overpacked like crazy - 7 day cruise and she took 30 shirts, 13 pairs of shoes, etc... and she had no trouble getting all her luggage on board. By the way, I think she only didn't wear 3 things she took. She may not have kept things on for long, but she did wear them! LOL

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MOS June 6, 2004