Packing for Iceland

[sTitchNeeyore]

I tell ya, I was very concerned about the luggage weight, too. But it ended up okay!
I didn’t mean to be misleading regarding taking the spinners strictly as carry ons throughout our trip.

So this was what we ended up doing:

We flew Delta from our home base to Boston, and on the return.

Flew Icelandair from Boston to Keflavik, and the reverse on return. We chose to check all four of our suitcases (there was no additional fee.)
They did not weigh or measure the bac passkpacks we carried on. We did take a change of clothes and nightwear in our backpacks, just in case the checked luggage didn’t make it.

So we did check our spinners for Icelandair flights. There were four of us travelling and we had four checked bags.

This trip was great!
BTW, you may have Mike Torres as one of your guides—he was on our trip, too. He rocks!

This has been SO helpful. Logan is our "home" airport, and Icelandair is nonstop. We are on an 11:30 pm overnight to Keflavik. We are planning to use backpacks as carryons as well. One checked bag each and we should be good to go. My suitcase is currently empty so I plan to do a"sloppy" pack just to see what the weight is for what I plan to take. I tend to overthink. Trying to get over that! Also thanks to aggiedog for the underseat tip. So- one more question? Our boxes finally came. So much was made about the lanyard and badge, I expected something a bit sturdier? I was thinking of getting ours laminated just so they'd last through the trip. Thoughts? Our local Staples does it. I assume the blank space on the badge is for the names we are called (Deb as opposed to Deborah, for instance?) Thanks as always. I am so grateful for this group.

 

[Shadowfan]

As far as the lanyards go, on our trip it was completely optional to wear them. (People used them just the first day or two.) There were twenty-two guests and two guides, so not a big group, really.

With more folks in a bigger group (like 40 or more), the lanyards are helpful!

 

[sayhello]

As far as the lanyards go, on our trip it was completely optional to wear them. (People used them just the first day or two.) There were twenty-two guests and two guides, so not a big group, really.

With more folks in a bigger group (like 40 or more), the lanyards are helpful!

The only trip I'm aware of where the lanyards are required is the Southern CA/Disneyland trip, as they are used as your IDs for the backstage access areas.

I really do appreciate people wearing them, at least for the first couple of days, so that you can learn names. As you say, that can be hard with the really larger groups.

This has been SO helpful. Logan is our "home" airport, and Icelandair is nonstop. We are on an 11:30 pm overnight to Keflavik. We are planning to use backpacks as carryons as well. One checked bag each and we should be good to go. My suitcase is currently empty so I plan to do a"sloppy" pack just to see what the weight is for what I plan to take. I tend to overthink. Trying to get over that! Also thanks to aggiedog for the underseat tip. So- one more question? Our boxes finally came. So much was made about the lanyard and badge, I expected something a bit sturdier? I was thinking of getting ours laminated just so they'd last through the trip. Thoughts? Our local Staples does it. I assume the blank space on the badge is for the names we are called (Deb as opposed to Deborah, for instance?) Thanks as always. I am so grateful for this group.

I've never had an issue with the "badge" breaking, but I suppose it's definitely possible. Yes, the blank space is for the name you want to be called during the trip, so be sure and write it in before you laminate it! (Most people write their name on both sides, as it can get turned around while you wear it).

Sayhello