Tag: Personal Items

How to Avoid Paying Baggage Fees: 12 Tips for Traveling with Only a Personal Item

July 6, 2024December 11, 2024 | by Alyssa
Last updated on December 11, 2024 | 2 Comments

As budget airlines like Spirit and Frontier become stricter with personal item rules and some legacy carriers begin charging exorbitant fees for accessing overhead bins, more travelers are facing a tough choice: bring only a personal item or risk the headaches associated with checked luggage. In addition to running the risk of lost luggage, the …

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Traveling Light: New York City Winter Packing List

March 17, 2023December 20, 2024 | by Alyssa
Last updated on December 20, 2024 | 5 Comments

Alyssa stands on a street in SoHo in a Swiss dot top, black pants, and black boots

This is the second NYC packing list in the history of this blog – the first was way back in the fall of 2017 when skinny jeans were de rigueur and my Vejas were brand new (wow, look how bright and clean they were!). While my style has shifted some over the years, my love …