How do we know
how good our holiday was/is?
- Photos we took?
- Unique/special/fun gifts/souvenirs we bought back?
- Memories?
- Stamps on our passport?
- How much money we spent?
- Bargains we bagged?
- What we got to eat?
- Where we got to go?
- What we got to do?
- Where we got to stay?
- or how satisfied we feel on our plane ride back?
- or how many likes we get on the photos we post on Facebook? Instagram?
Day 24 of 29 of my Honeymoon.
The 3 Cs Calculating/Consulting/ Contemplating with my sister (again via Whatsapp) whilst checking out of Phuket and then assessing the bags of clothes and gifts/souvenirs we had left behind in a Bangkok hotel.
I was (Hubby G simply doesn't get involved with the self created dilemmas of stop shopping or buy more luggage allowance) faced with the reality that even though I can purchase an extra 9kg for approx £60 (Ouch)
The additional items we collected in Bangkok which I know weigh less that 8kg, simply won't fit easily (as in not having to strategically place them) in the suitcases we have.
This time I just didn't bother try. Why, I feel as if it would break some sort of happiness bubble-hahaha.
I am Calculating/Consulting/ Contemplating (on my own for this one, sister believes I can do it with just adding on 9kg) purchasing an additional baggage of up to 23kg for a whopping £92.50! Why? its just easy get another suitcase...throw it all in... but it is stretching that Happiness Bubble...
how?
- Because I start thinking of all that satisfying fun haggling and bagging all those bargains, I achieved much to then pay crazy money (yep it is crazy money) to bring it back.
- Because I feel this situation is unnecessary/could be avoided...why? well there are other airlines that will allow you to check in more that 1 baggage as long as the combined total weight is less or equal to your luggage allowance. I called and checked, even though I can purchase an additional 9kg, I am not permitted to check this in within an additional bag/box. My annoyance rises a little, but I remind myself this situation is self-created- not something the airline created to personally annoy me.
A few factors to Calculate/Consult/contemplate when working this one out.
- Our hand luggage bags are actually quite a modest size, we could purchase simple cheap bags in Bangkok that are within the limit and load it up to our maximum of 7kg each to make space in our check in luggage, but this would also cost money on top of purchasing more KGs.
- We know our check in luggage weighed 20kg each on flight from Phuket to Bangkok (somewhat of a thanks to our domestic flights with a low-cost airline with lower weight limits) and we have an allowance of 23kg each for our return flight back with a larger airline.
- Our hand luggage weighed approximately 6-7kg each thanks to my trusted luggage scales. So somewhere we have 6kg give or take to use.
- We also have to act on our final decision at least 48 hours before our flight on 5th October (so by 2nd October) or face paying higher rates-yikes!
Whilst typing this out, maybe I'll just ask the hotel for the largest boxes we can use, and carry on the gifts in hand luggage, juggle about the fragile gifts and light stuff, and make it all fit???!!!
Just remembered!!! about 3kg of Hubby G's hand luggage was food and snacks for the plane ride and a bag of Mangosteen that surely weighed at least 1-2kg! yay more free KGs to use!
(Happiness Bubble still intact)
Now...this feels more like a worthwhile challenge...that when I succeed I will feel very happy with myself...because now I will feel that I saved myself money....and
I get to keep my bargains as bargains!
