Suitcase question

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We are traveling for 12 days (England and Finnish Lapland).

There will be 5 of us. Would you pack 5 smaller hard suitcases (can fit in overhead bin), 2 larger hard cased suitcases or something else? We'll all probably carry a personal bag (book bag). I'm worried about the larger hard cases because we usually get a driver from Heathrow to ILs and sometimes they send rather small cars and there is no room for luggage. Because of our flight to Lapland we are limited to 1 bag per passenger.  I have a large LLBean duffle bag that I'm tempted to use (no wheels and it would be checked)

[anna7602]

Will your kids actually roll their own bags? I can't remember how old they are. Is your flight to Heathrow direct? If not, rolling around 5 suitcases in transit might be miserable.

My inclination would be to consolidate bags. I don't know about car services from Heathrow. From Charles de Gaulle, we were always able to call G7 and specify if we needed a bigger car for large suitcases.

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My kids will roll their bags. I'm planning on checking even if I go with the smaller (over head bin) bags all the way through to Heathrow (we are flying through Chicago and I'd prefer to only have backpacks for that).

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Dec 13, 2013 9:32:28 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Will your kids actually roll their own bags? I can't remember how old they are. Is your flight to Heathrow direct? If not, rolling around 5 suitcases in transit might be miserable.

My inclination would be to consolidate bags. I don't know about car services from Heathrow. From Charles de Gaulle, we were always able to call G7 and specify if we needed a bigger car for large suitcases.

It has been hit or miss for us. We'll tell them we need a car for 5 passengers and luggage and they'll send a car that if there are 5  passengers there is no space in the truck or only 1/2 a trunk

[frlcb]

Dec 13, 2013 11:22:49 GMT -5 @septimus said:

Dec 13, 2013 9:32:28 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Will your kids actually roll their own bags? I can't remember how old they are. Is your flight to Heathrow direct? If not, rolling around 5 suitcases in transit might be miserable.

My inclination would be to consolidate bags. I don't know about car services from Heathrow. From Charles de Gaulle, we were always able to call G7 and specify if we needed a bigger car for large suitcases.

It has been hit or miss for us. We'll tell them we need a car for 5 passengers and luggage and they'll send a car that if there are 5  passengers there is no space in the truck or only 1/2 a trunk

This is always one of the worst parts of traveling in the UK for us. We bring too much stuff and the cars are tiny.

I would book one saying you have 5 people and 5 suitcases. I would do a bag per person.