Month: September 2017

In today's world of cheap airfares for long distances flights with limited luggage weight allowances, we as the traveler are always looking to save as much weight and room as we can while still packing everything in. Traveling with your skis or snowboard can be a pain especially when these items take up a lot of our weight allowance and space. If you're going for an extended time you may want to pay the extra fee on that budget airline and get an additional bag. If you’re going to get the extra bag, look at the not so budget airlines as these usually have the additional baggage allowance built into the airfare price. Here are a few hacks for saving weight and room. Board bag and ski bag. When buying a ski or board bag always keep an eye on the weight of the bag empty. Just because it's a big bag and you can fit everything in it doesn't mean it will save you in the long run. A bigger bag means more weight which can mean less gear to take with you. It's a catch 22. You could get slogged for overweight baggage and the bag might not even be full! Shred gear bags are way bigger than your standard luggage bag although once all your snow gear is in, there isn’t much room for anything else. Try these helpful tips. use the inside of your boots. Socks and thermals folded tightly fit perfect in there. Use the inside of your helmet to pack your goggles and gloves. Snowboarders can use the inside of their bindings when they are folded over to pack gloves, avalanche beacon, socks, thermals etc, there is usually a good amount of space skiers pack your skis on either side of your bag with the