{"id":94608352,"date":"2012-01-30T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/travel-tips-finding-the-lightest-luggage-on-the-market\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T10:52:18","slug":"travel-tips-finding-the-lightest-luggage-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/travel-tips-finding-the-lightest-luggage-on-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tips: Finding the Lightest Luggage On the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Travel Tips: Finding the Lightest Luggage On the Market\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2012\/1\/TravelTipsFindingtheLightestLuggageOntheMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Travel Tips: Finding the Lightest Luggage On the Market\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>What&#8217;s Your Favorite Type of Luggage?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even though you may pack light, your luggage \u2013the actual frame\u2014may not weigh as light as you would like. The downsides to heavy luggage are several: you can pay extra fees if you\u2019re <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/deals\/cheap-domestic-flights\">traveling domestic<\/a><\/strong>, and your general well being (who wants to carry 20 pounds of clothes in a 30 pound suitcase?). Here is a guide to some of the lightest and most durable luggage options out there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Brookstone\u2019s Antler Duolite:<\/strong> This is a 26-inch expandable piece of luggage that is 5.5 lbs. Featuring a combination lock that is useful for any smart moves the TSA tries to pull, it has an extra expandable gusset section. This is a two-wheeler, and ideal for the carry on\/one night of travel situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Samsonite Black Label Cosmolite:<\/strong> This is a 32-inch upright spinner, with a stylish hard side exterior and weighs only 8.6 lbs. Featuring zipper protection, the design is \u201cnature inspired\u201d and calming, and the suitcase is made with Samsonite\u2019s exclusive Curv material.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Victorinox Mobilizer 22 Expandable Wheeled Carry-On:<\/strong> This 10-pound carry on luggage has several zippered compartments and has a 43-inch aluminum handle with comfort grip locks. There is also a removable fold-out garment sleeve and telescopic handle. While it is certainly pricey, this may be one for style and durability. It comes in several solid colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Briggs &amp; Riley 20 inch:<\/strong> This expandable carry on is a wide one\u2014good for all those items you feel need some extra space (e.g. your suits, blazers etc.). It is made of a tuff-lite Nylon Polyester blend which means it\u2019s easy to clean and maintain. You can hand wash this stuff. It weighs 10 pounds and two wheels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>TravelPro Luggage 22 inch Expandable Rollaboard:<\/strong> Weighing a mere 8.5 pounds, this luggage is made of 100% polyester and features easy to carry handles on all three sides. This is a good choice for the younger traveler who is on the road a lot and is rugged enough for adventurous travel. Plus, it is highly affordable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Your Favorite Type of Luggage? &nbsp; Even though you may pack light, your luggage \u2013the actual frame\u2014may not weigh as light as you would like. The downsides to heavy luggage are several: you can pay extra fees if you\u2019re traveling domestic, and your general well being (who wants to carry 20 pounds of clothes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97204507,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608352\/revisions\/97204507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}