| The fact is, emergencies do happen. Unforeseen | | | | do if your suitcase did not rejoin you. Dividing |
| events and conditions can present even the most | | | | essential items between your suitcase and your |
| seasoned traveler with challenges that can have | | | | carryon bag is the wisest way to guard against |
| significant impact on the success and enjoyment | | | | such an eventuality. Should you have packed all of |
| of their holiday. | | | | your clothes into your suitcase, if it were to go |
| Take the following few examples and consider | | | | missing, unless you were planning on checking in |
| what you yourself would do if you found yourself | | | | to a nudist camp on your holiday, you would find |
| in such a situation. | | | | yourself in a little difficulty. With some underwear |
| You arrive successfully at the end of a long flight | | | | and at least one change of clothes in your |
| only to discover that the luggage you innocently | | | | carryon bag you will at least be able to cope for |
| believed was on the plane is now several | | | | a day or two, which will either provide the airline |
| thousand miles away and on a different continent. | | | | time to forward your baggage to you, or for you |
| Sadly this is not an entirely uncommon | | | | to visit somewhere to purchase some |
| experience, but one which will sort the well | | | | replacements. |
| planned traveler from the naive one. | | | | So, how can you plan effectively for a situation |
| Another example is that you arrive at the airport | | | | where you arrive at the airport and find yourself |
| after a long journey to discover that due to | | | | facing hours of delay? A simple plan is, of course, |
| whatever conditions, all flights have been canceled | | | | to have something with you that will help to pass |
| and you are looking at spending most of the night | | | | the time, such as a book. But if you find yourself |
| sitting in the departure lounge. Again, this is a | | | | looking at many hours when perhaps you ought |
| challenge that many travelers frequently face | | | | to be sleeping, this can be far more difficult. |
| each year. | | | | It isn't reasonable to expect you to pack a |
| A third example: you arrive to check in your | | | | dressing gown, pillow and sleeping bag. But it is |
| luggage and are astonished to discover that it is | | | | possible to improvise. A blanket is always a good |
| overweight, and you are not allowed to take such | | | | idea to take with you since it is not always |
| a vast quantity of items onto the plane. | | | | possible to know in advance how good the |
| Finally, a fourth example of a common | | | | bedding will be, how warm the room will be, or |
| emergency which many people face. You have | | | | even how to operate the heating or air |
| carefully planned all your essential cosmetics and | | | | conditioning in the room. As long as your blanket is |
| medications, only to discover at your arrival at | | | | both warm and easily compressible, such as a |
| the airport that their security requirements are | | | | camping blanket, and that this is packed in your |
| not what you had expected, and you are not | | | | carryon luggage, you can then use the coat or |
| allowed to take a significant portion of what you | | | | jacket you were wearing as a pillow, and use the |
| consider to be your essential cosmetics with you. | | | | blanket to keep yourself warm. A word of |
| These four situations are faced by many people | | | | warning however, if you do intend on sleeping, |
| and are the four most common emergency | | | | make sure you take turns with other people in |
| situations. Having some idea of how to deal with | | | | your party, so that there is at least one person |
| these situations in advance of their occurrence will | | | | able to keep a careful eye on the luggage. |
| help not only to provide you with peace of mind, | | | | As for excess baggage weight and security |
| but will also help to make sure that should you be | | | | restrictions on liquids, the best advice is always, |
| unfortunate enough to find yourself in one of | | | | planning. All airlines will be able to provide up to |
| these situations, you will be best able to deal with | | | | date information regarding their requirements, and |
| it. | | | | the best advice is to locate this information, and |
| In the case of lost or delayed luggage, the best | | | | apply it carefully. The only alternative is to plan to |
| thing to do, as far as your own survival is | | | | discard items from your case, which is unlikely to |
| concerned, is to think in advance what you would | | | | be your preferred choice. |