Solution to NFL Football Arenas Instituting Strict Bag Rules

This isn’t directly related to carry-on luggage for air travel, but I wanted to make a quick recommendation for a product I regularly use. This week, the U.S. National Football League announced a systemwide policy that prohibits taking any bags into an arena for one of their football games. I suspect this is the NFL’s …

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Frontier Airlines to Also Begin Charging for Carry-On Bag

About a year ago, light-packing travelers drew a collective gasp when Spirit Airlines announced that it would start charging $20 for carry-on bags. There was a catch. That $20 was the pay-in-advance fee; you would be charged more if you showed up at the check-in counter. This fee would increase if you managed to sneak …

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Personal Plea: Tom Bihn Bags Now Up on eBay

On May 11, 2013, I will be running in the 2013 Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon as a member of Team ASPCA, a national fundraising and marathon training program. I am excited to be participating as a member of Team ASPCA and honored to be raising the awareness and the much needed funding to …

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Yoga Pants: The Traveling Woman’s Secret Weapon

Warrior I. Child’s Pose. Downward Dog. These are some phrases you might hear during a yoga class at your gym. But even if you think yoga is strictly for vegan hippies and not for you, its current popularity has spurred a huge growth in the clothing industry, and there’s one particular item of yoga clothing …

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Product Review: Tom Bihn Western Flyer in 400d Dyneema Nylon

Seattle-based bag manufacturer Tom Bihn has been selling his popular Western Flyer carry-on bag (in the classic hideaway backpack straps version as well as the more recent rolling luggage handle version) for several years now. The medium-sized bag, a smaller sibling to the larger Tri-Star, has been popular with light travelers as a main carry-on …

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Getting your clothes clean on your travels (and getting them dried quickly)

One of the best ways to travel lightly is to wash your clothes while on the road. Think about it; instead of packing a shirt for every day you’re traveling on your weeklong vacation, you can wear one shirt and pack two in your carry-on, and wash your shirts maybe once or twice on your …

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Will you be opting out this weekend?

Website Infowars.com has declared this Thanksgiving week as “Out Opt and Film Week,” similar to an opt-out protest held two years ago around TSA check-points at U.S. airports. To be honest, I hadn’t heard about this protest until I read about from Christopher Elliott’s post at Huffington Post. I know why people want to opt …

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Tom Bihn Introduces Thicker Dyneema Nylon for Primary Carry-On Bags

Made-in-America bag manufacturer Tom Bihn this week introduced a brand new version of his popular Dyneema nylon fabric. The 400 denier weight 400d Dyneema is roughly twice the thickness of the maker’s popular 200d Dyneema nylon. While introducing a thicker fabric may seem ho-hum to you, what is news for fans of his travel bags …

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Travel-Friendly Liquid Water Enhancers

There’s a new product on the market that lets you flavor a glass (or bottle) of water. Called Mio (“mee-yo”), what makes them different from products like Kool-Aid or Crystal Light mix is that Mio already comes in liquid form. The bottles contain a little over 1.5 fluid ounces, and yield roughly two dozen “servings” …

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