Packing a suitcase inside a suitcase — the bizarre way to dodge baggage fees
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We’ve all been there — sitting on top of a suitcase at the end of a holiday, trying to squeeze the zip shut on all the new purchases. Buying souvenirs is part of the travel experience, but airline baggage policies make it difficult to indulge in retail therapy without paying the price for an overweight suitcase.
It means travellers are resorting to extreme hacks to avoid baggage fees, but you don’t have to sweat over concealed items at the gate to take extra luggage home with you. There’s a simpler solution: packing a suitcase within a suitcase for your outward journey. Hear us out.
![[A woman wearing layers of clothes beside an airport baggage carousel]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PRI_90414823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
A Reddit user calling themselves Either-Number-8116 recently posed a question: ‘This might be a stupid question but are you allowed to check a suitcase with a smaller suitcase inside?. ‘I’m going to Europe soon and I plan to do a lot of shopping. [On] my flight there I only get one checked bag but on my flight back I get two free checked bags.
‘I was thinking of packing a small suitcase with my things and putting it into a slightly larger suitcase and checking the larger one, then checking both on the way back’. In good news for shoppers, packing suitcases inside each other to take on a plane is indeed allowed, provided you don’t exceed the weight allowance.
3 folding tricks to save space in your suitcase + prevent wrinkles on your clothes ✈️ a little trick i heard from a fight attendant is to always pack a pillowcase in your luggage to put extra clothes if your baggage is overweight. Youre allowed to bring a pillow onboard without it being weighed! Hope these folds were helpful x #foldinghacks #suitcasepacking #foldingtips #howtofold.
