Bags packed and very surprised with the weight!!!

[Chris221273]

Well, me and my good lady have packed our bags.
I have all the toiletries/travel kettle/hairdryer in mine as well as my clothes and my girlfriend has just clothes in hers.
Mine weighed in at........8.6kg's
My girlfriends weighed in at......8.3kg's!!!!

Definitely think taking large holdalls opposed to cases have saved us a lot of weight.

To say I was surprised was an understatement!
And I paid extra for 20kg's each!!!
All the more room to bring goodies home

Chris

[jayjay1950]

I opted for holdalls last year and it was the best move i ever did,we also take a bag each as hand luggage as that gives 5k extra. We dont have to worry about travel kettle or hairdryer as they are supplied in the apartments
I am almost packed and i still have 8 sleeps to go

[John V]

8.6Kgs... How did your girlfriend manage to keep her luggage down to that size....
we have managed 15Kgs but you amaze me...

[Sara]

Sounds unbelievable to me
When arriving, my luggage was around 20 kg and daughters luggage around the same. When leaving Dalaman, the weights were 27 and 29 kg... Luckily we had scheduled flights with Turkish Airlines, with weight allowance up to 30 kg!

[Chris221273]

Everything she has packed is lightweight stuff, tshirts, skirts, summer dresses etc.
I have all the suncreams etc in mine. Plus using a holdall has save a couple of kilos each.
She has 33 items of clothing(including bikinis) 4 belts, underwear and 5 prs of shoes n flip flops.
Chris

[reesy1959]

Fantastic, can you both come to Wales and pack my bags for me in Oct?.......
Hope you both have a fabulous holiday, looking forward to your review when you get back.

[skilly]

We bought holdhalls last year and they saved us lots of weight, i think ours weighed 15 & 16 kilos and we had paid for 20 kilos. Best buy we ever made!!

[blogger]

Hi - just out of interest - which holdalls would you recommend?

I took holdalls in April and mine was still 27kgs

[skilly]

we bought ours from Aldi last year, i think they had them for sale again recently

[Chris221273]

I borrowed one from my brother, and the other one was a camping one.
Have a look on eBay, they had some on there, about 55-60 inches long for about £8.00!!
My girlfriend even fitted In her one and zipped up!! Yep, she's pretty flexible!
Chris

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

wow thats amazing
i could never be that light
i really cut down this year and i was still 20 on the way out and 19 on the way back
xxxx

[janeypoos]

I've paid for 2 x 20kg but I'm sure if I had holdalls we'd manage with one as our trolley cases are heavy enough when they're empty!
I've got time to search around on ebay for something lighter, thanks, you've given me something else to obsess over now regarding our holiday, lol!
Have a great time

[gem2710]

i swopped to a holdall bag aswell and mine only weighed 13kg! that was with about 15 pairs of shoes, hair dryer, hair straighteners, make up and all the essential items a 21yr old needs