> I'm always amazed by how bad most people are at packing.
It is truly extraordinary. I frequently do two week trips overseas (e.g. connecting two conferences with a weekend in the mountains) with a 30 liter backpack (no separate laptop bag). I've also done 4-day technical alpine climbs with a 26 liter pack. And somehow people need 4 times that much for a week in a different city. I blame the wheeled bags, they encourage people to bring more than they can comfortably carry and produce kinematic waves at every transition (stairs, escalators, curbs).
Yeah, wheeled luggage is a pet hate of mine. It's compounded by the people who own it usually being inexperienced travelers so they're flailing about at check-in or security on top of that.
I recently did a week dive trip, with all my gear, in a 70L kitbag. The average person coming to that resort just for the beach and the casino seemed to have at least double that!
It is truly extraordinary. I frequently do two week trips overseas (e.g. connecting two conferences with a weekend in the mountains) with a 30 liter backpack (no separate laptop bag). I've also done 4-day technical alpine climbs with a 26 liter pack. And somehow people need 4 times that much for a week in a different city. I blame the wheeled bags, they encourage people to bring more than they can comfortably carry and produce kinematic waves at every transition (stairs, escalators, curbs).