What are some of your travel challenges?

My biggest travel challenge is jewelry. Your jewelry travel kit is great, but it doesn’t hold some of my larger Heidi Daus statement necklaces. I like to pack them flat to prevent stress on their movable ‘joints’ on some of the larger pieces. Currently, I pack my larger necklaces inside my small, hard shell Prestige (Colleen boxes) boxes. They take up a lot of room. I usually have to take an extra bag, which makes my husband grouchy. :smileyhappy:  Additional protective pouches or even another jewelry kit designed for larger pieces would be great. Help me come up with a better way to travel with my larger pieces of jewelry, please!

Samantha, I must tell you that my sister bought your last TS in navy. She absolutely loves her new luggage set. Very impressed with the quality and value. 

I’m not able to pack light, even for just a week. I’m kind of big, so I don’t wear small tiny pieces like you that I can roll up and fit into less than 1/5 space of a suitcase. I can’t make multiple outfits out of just a few pieces because I sweat a lot when it’s warm, which means sometimes I’m wearing 2 outfits in one day. I won’t use or even want to spend vacation time in a laundromat, and I can’t afford to stay in 5-star hotels that will take care of my laundry for me. I don’t want strangers touching my dirty laundry anyway. I even take extra pants that are a size larger than the pants I begin my trip with, because I start puffing up from eating by the third day. Then I still have to pack socks, underwear, PJs, an extra pair of shoes, a large Joy Mangano Better Beauty Case, and sometimes more than one coat or jacket beause of unpredictable weather changes. Help me Samantha!!! :womanfrustrated:

what to do with souvenirs. xoxo

?. i travel A LOT and i often have to travel alone.  i travel across the country and i travel to europe.   i once went  from los angeles to germany in december. the temperature in los angeles was 70 degrees and in germany it was about 20. there are several challenges besides the need to have the right shoes and clothing.   i have to be able to carry, pull, and lift the suitcases myself, often up several flights of stairs, onto trains, subways, trams and busses.  sometimes i have to do all of this in snow and rain storms.  the most important factor is to use only the 28″ spinner and the samantha brown underseater. i always use a crossbody bag so both hands are free for the suitcases. i have gotten it down to a science.  i always wear closed toe flats while traveling and only bring one more pair, depending on the weather at the destination,  and a pair of dress shoes.

 but the most important thing that i do while traveling is to bring a garment bag to put my coat in before i put it in the overhead bin.  i realized once that the wheels of someone’s carry on were against my beautiful coat the whole time. those wheels are really, really filthy, and i don’t want them anywhere near my clothes.  the garment bag while empty takes only about as much room as a magazine, so it’s really easy to use.  samantha, could you design these types of bags to go with your beautiful luggage?  i have several of your pieces. i use the cases with the clear windows all of the time to keep my things neat and easy to find. i even use them at home. thank you for your beautiful travel gear.

Hello Samantha,

I went on vacation this past May and used the Royal Blue luggage. There were men, women and children asking me ‘where did you get that luggage?’ I informed that ‘HSN – Samantha Brown’ and they gasped!

So many compliments on how ‘unique’ this set was and that they were so envious of it; can you believe envious of luggage? Well, the people have spoken.

Not being use to having people approach me so frequently,especially while traveling;  then I just expected the approaches because of the luggage.

The trip was wonderful!

Thank you Samantha for making such beautiful, sturdy and affordable luggage, you truly did think of everything inclusive for the luggage.

? ?hi boodle, and samantha  i  read articles all of the time that tell us that, “suitcases, especially carry-ons, those  that get crammed into the overhead bins, test positive for highly nasty bacteria.”

 people crush our stuff because their bags are big and there’s never enough room, they just “take over” and touch all of our things that we so nicely put in there.  anyway, those wheels get randon tests done on them and 98% of them test positive for E.Coli…..think of where a carry-on has been…..eeeeewwwww!  i watch like a hawk now. but more importantly, i put my coat in a garment bag.  it’s so easy. it folds small, i carry it in my samantha browm underseater. (i also carry wipes) i pull it out, coat goes in,  up and away. clean.  i also have the throw, socks and eye shades in their little bag,  i always wear socks on the plane, but don’t use the same socks for shoes or wear them in the house or hotel before washing. samantha, maybe we could get two pairs, easier plane socks and the nicer, hotel socks,  i am really, careful. i have two travel throw sets and just bought two more for friends. they are awsome in the organza bag.

I have the Classic 5 pc set in Red. I would like to get a 25″ or 26″ to match. Do you have pcs of that size in the Classic?

Getting up off the couch, first of all and also, I go nowhere without my little dog, and it’s sometimes difficult to find a hotel that is pet friendly.  

? hi, i think that tripadvisor has a section that has advice for pet friendly places.  good luck, nik

? hi, sorry, i forgot to add that tripadvisor also has a section for pringles-friendly places:cattongue::heart: nik

ANXIETY!!!!!! 

? ahh, yes, anxiety. it starts as soon as the trip is booked.  the last trip i took involved a three hour train ride to the airport, yes…three hours. then the tram was down, so we had to pile onto busses. there was the usual chaos with check-in and tsa. when i finally got to the bording area i thought, “oh good, NOW i can relax.”  and then i remembered, “oh, that’s right…now i  have to fly for seven hours, through thunderstorms…” ahh yes, anxiety….:heart:

? oh, and i forgot about germs.  yes, anxiety AND germs…see my previous posts:catwink: 

Have had the Navy croco luggage in all shapes and sizes for over 4-5 years  and received tons on compliments on every trip I take. But have a problem with one of the large pieces of luggage which can be expanded.  The largest one got expanded on a trip a couple of years ago,  and I can’t figure out how to get the “self-sealing” zipper to zip back up again.  Need to figure this out since this bag always gets checked and becomes target since it looks like it is overpacked and is probably too heavy even when it isn’t.  

I was all set to buy the ultra light weight luggage today until I realized 2 important things are missing. One, the tote really needs to have a zipper NOT just a sanp.  If you are going to put this under the seat in front of you, it is way to easy for things to fall out without a zipper.  Second,  the back zippered pocket is missing from the tote.  Not only is this great for documents needed for security but also it holds the personal item securely to the other carry on.  just having the tote straps will make the bag fall off /slide around any of the larger pieces.  I LOVE the idea of the ultra light weight but wish you would not omit the great features that we love about the other SB luggage.  I hope you will put these features in the light weight in future so I can buy the set.  Thanks for listening.