9/8/08

Oh, no!

For years, I’ve enjoyed traveling with my soft Vera Bradley luggage. Planes, trains, ships, cars – Vera and I have traveled together to all kinds of places. We both look rather worn, I must confess, but we travel so well together.
However, the new luggage restrictions for air travel (one checked item, one carry-on) caused me to make a change last week. The carry-on piece HAS to be my trusty laptop because it goes everywhere I go. And because I had a few breakables that needed protection, I went out into the garage and got a piece of more traditional luggage that I had never used. It even had a lock with keys still attached in a new package, and, unlike the Vera Bradley luggage, it was on wheels, a nice-almost-necessity for going through airport terminals.
I carefully packed everything I needed – and more – in that single piece of luggage and locked the bag as a safety precaution, just ‘cause I could. I had never locked the Vera Bradley stuff.
My biggest concern was being able to recognize my luggage at the baggage carousel in the airport. It’s black, just like the majority of other luggage on carousels all around the world.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I spotted my black bag (onto which I had put a small personal piece of identification) at Reagan National in Washington, D.C. If nothing had broken or spilled inside, then this “new” luggage was terrific.
After The Dawg and I checked in, I realized my sigh of relief was short-lived.
The keys to the lock on my bag were back at home in South Carolina!

4 comments:

AudreyO said...

Hi, I'm Audrey. I found you through the blog carnival. I live in Santa Barbara. We can not lock our luggage as every piece is hand opened and hand checked when we check in. I assume you got the lock off?

The Brantley Boys said...

I'm surprised the TSA didn't break it open. I am always asked to remove a lock if I have one on there.

TxGambit said...

I was thinking the same about TSA not breaking the lock.

Too bad on the key. :)

Edna said...

I just got back from visiting my kids in Seattle. My carry-on is my laptop also and I fill it with my cosmetics and prescription. You'll have to read my blog Flight of the Fumblebee: http://grandmahenke.com/grandma/?p=973
You were lucky to be traveling with your man.

 
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