I may have too much baggage when I return to South Africa on the 30th of December. I have a family of four and we can each take a maximum of 20 kilo's. We have 2 big suitcases and 2 smaller ones. Then we have a heavy box and one light box. I'm not sure how much we may have over the prescribed weight. Can you offer any ideas on how to cut the weight? The heavy box is filled with presents. The other heavy suitcase is filled with old clothes I wanna give to the poor in South Africa. A real dilemma!
2006-12-13 22:50:54 · 5 answers · asked by Porgie 7 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
Wow, you do have a dilemma on your hands. When we moved to Australia we were allowed 40 kilos each - and still struggled with the baggage weight. We had to pack and re-pack about 10 times to be in the 160 kilo limit. We did figure out one trick that worked quite well : we took our hand luggage and put our heaviest stuff in there. We made sure that the hand luggage bags looked 'small' enough to take on board and were really really heavy... It was a pain to carry around that weight but it was worth it in the end. By the way - they didn't weigh our hand luggage, a stroke of luck ! Also - go through everything again and leave behind the stuff that you really really really don't need ! Hope everything works out ! And have a fabulous time in SA...
2006-12-13 23:17:51 · answer #1 · answered by Rika 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try and post some of the stuff beforehand. Some of the old clothes you can send to poor struggling actors in NYC (i hear there are 1 or2)
The penalties for over weight are heavy
2006-12-13 22:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
heavy stuff pack into your hand luggage bag.
contact the airlines youre travelling with and arrange for extra luggage allowance.dont do it at the airport but at least a few days before you leave.
2006-12-14 04:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jonathan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my advise is to send the rest by post or pay for the extra kilos at the airport !
2006-12-13 23:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by Mendi P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, I know you can take 20kg's of baggage and them 7kg's of hand luggage per person ***hope that helps*** Good Luck Jesse :-)
2006-12-14 03:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋