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Cheap flights to Hawaii mean spontaneous bookings and no carry-ons via United Airline’s Basic Economy ticket restrictions. My parents and I each took a personal item to Oahu and I will show how I was able to pack for a 6 day trip with my Cotopaxi Allpa 28L backpack. All of our bags fit into the measurements bin and given the seal of approval by a United agent before our boarding passes were issued.
Note that since Hawaii is tropical with a fairly steady temperature in the low 80s, my choice of clothing was light, airy, and short. If I were going somewhere colder, I’d have some trouble fitting 6 days’ worth of stuff. I ended up using all my clothing except the second swimsuit, so repacking was fairly easy as I didn’t need to separate dirty from clean clothes.
I also wore long pants, a shirt, my linen button up, and sneakers on the plane to save some space.
The total weight of the pack (including my Macbook) comes out to: 17 pounds. But with the two strap backpack style rather than single strap duffel bag, the 17 pounds was completely doable and comfy. A full review of the Cotopaxi Allpa 28L will be posted soon!
xx Sam
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