Please Come To Boston: Resolve Your Travel Issues with Excess Baggage (Men & Women)

[Posh]

I mostly agree with this, but not completely. Reason I say that is the functionality depending on the bag. It's true, most bags are made to hold stuff, and therefore very similar. But the Targus bag I have has SEVERAL pockets. One I use for plane tickets and other important paperwork. Another for medication or my cell phone charger. A third right in front for my sunglasses case, and of course the big section where I place all my electronics (typically in their own cases), and kinda let things all fall together.

But unless there are dividers or pockets I'm missing in the pictures of most of the rep bags, they are really just one big "purse" or "carryall" without more than a couple of seperate "pockets" on the outside of the bag at the most. I'm sure the computer bags have a few extra dividers or something, but it really is a different way to carry your stuff... at least to me. Maybe if you've used bags like these all your life, it's no big deal. But again, I've never really even looked at Coach bags before. My sisters have and have bought them of course, but if it wasn't for the C's all over their bags... I couldn't tell 1/2 of them came from there.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if you give me a chance I'll figure all this out. Might even impress you a little before I'm done. But give me a chance to wade out of this end of the pool, before you go throwing me into the deep end without a single waterwing to my name!

I'm afraid that there is no designer bag with that much functionality, not by Louis Vuitton anyway. What you see in those pictures is exactly what there is. They are all about throwing a lot of your things in them, nice and neat of course, and going about your business. The bags that have that level of competence and functionality you like and actually use tend to be very hard on the eyes.

But it sounds like you don't fashion, you want function. Substance over style. I mean, you carry three different bags with you where most people don't even want to carry two! Sometimes, a bag is not for function, it is, in the words of Nicholas in The Devil Wears Prada: "An accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individualy identity."

Your identity is complete utility and total functionality. When you are ready to give up this identity, then looking for new luggage may be SO much easier.

[baghandler]

Merkman - Here is my experience thus far: The keepall I have, the 55, goes in the overhead. It works fine as my carryon for several reasons. First, I also carry a small (for me, that is) purse when I fly for my tickets, passport, gum etc. Second, I don't overstuff (shocking!) the keepall because I'm hand-carrying it. Having to schlep a fully -loaded keepall from check in to gate at O'Hare would require far too many hours at the gym for this noodle-armed chick. Third, while it is just one large open space (it is just a duffle bag, after all), I use smaller bags/pouches (not to mention the ubiquitous quart-sized ziploc full of 3oz containers of lipgloss ) inside of it to keep things somewhat organized and relatively clutter-free.


I defer to our Lady Posh on all of the rest, above. Except I would like to add my voice to this sentiment: Please , for the love of all that is good and beautiful, get rid of the backpack... GET RID OF THE BACKPACK!

[Posh]

I defer to our Lady Posh on all of the rest, above. Except I would like to add my voice to this sentiment: Please , for the love of all that is good and beautiful, get rid of the backpack... GET RID OF THE BACKPACK!

I wanted to say that but I thought it would sound all mean in tone on here. Thanks!

Get rid of the backpack unless we are going camping.