Now I may have written about this before, but our trip is quickly approaching. When you fly nowadays, you have to think about the weight of your bags. These airlines are just looking for ways to charge you extra fees. In our case, we will be going by what is acceptable in the US to what is acceptable in China. The problem is that it is a difference of about 10 pounds. You need to equally distribute the weight. A great thing to use is a regular scale, like the one you would weigh yourself. We have done that on all of our trips. We have never had an overweight bag.
Besides weight, you have to think about security. We use TSA (Transportation Security Administration) approved locks on our bags. So far, we have not had a problem. In addition to this, we try to put the more valuable things in our carry on bags. I think it works when we have gone to China. I think if anyone wants to steal, they are going to look for suitcases without locks.
Be careful with what you bring. You have to follow the restrictions of each country. Some may vary. We had a big tube of baby rash cream. We lost it in China. The security in China took it away from us. We should have put it in the suit case, but we left it in our carry on. Our guide could not convince the man that it was just cream. She did win battles over liquid medicines. Just do your research before travelling. By all means, stay away from snow globes and big bottles of alcohol. We have seen many of those confiscated over our many trips. They were not ours, but they were high on the list of things that were taken.
One final travelling tip. Bring snacks. If you don't like what is served on the plane or are gun shy about food poisoning, you need some backup. On our last trip, we were not rushing for the airline food. I think we finally gave in, but I don't ever want food poisoning on a long plane trip. It is not fun. You might find it hard to buy granola bars or crackers in the country you are going to.
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