Thank you! And yes, I started using a packing list for even local dives, making sure everything is loaded in the car. Learned that lesson the hard way after driving 2 hours and realizing at the dive site is forgot my dry suit somehow. Never again, haha!
Great video! Its so important for people to check the baggage weights for inside country flights. We had a tour recently that included a flight from one city to another inside an asian country, and the weight limit was smaller on both carry-on and checked baggage (than our international flight's requirements.)
Exactly, this gets a lot of folk and its often a hassle to try and game the system with moving the luggage around between bags or even friend's bags, or trying tog et away with how much you can carry on. Also, planning ahead for what your must-haves are, just incase some or all of your luggage is delayed. Hasn't happened to me yet, but I've seen it happen to others 3 times, which is anecdotal but at that rate, I feel its more common than it should be. Destination dependent, but those more remote locations with transit stops in-between is where it will happen.
Good tips! I'd add, first off research the airline and their baggage size, weight and contents rules. Do a practice pack and weigh your bags before you leave home. I've found some destinations insist on reef-friendly sunscreen; best to buy that first as it won't be cheap when you get there!
Great additions thank you and glad you enjoyed the video! The sunscreen is a great call and good to do regardless. As I travel more, I am becoming a lot more in tune and sensitive to trying to protect the reefs. We do carry reef safe sunscreen, but would have been a great tip for the video!
Great video! Some packing tips I learned from camping and hiking. A packing list is great I'm glad you mentioned it. I'd add a packing diagram and keep it in your dive luggage. As far as sea sickness pack Benadryl or genetic it is the same thing in sea sickness pills and is also good for allergies. If your going to buy a regulator get a DIN and a yoke adapter then your always prepared for what ever tanks they have.
I'm an avid hiker/backpacker too! Definitely a lot of skills that cross over, especially packing minimally, light, and oranganized! Good call out on the DIN with adapter! That's how I run and it works well, can cut the adapter if you know ow your diving with a DIN shop too! I know some folk don't like adapters but I've never had an issue with them. Also good callout on using benadryl for sea sickness! That's a standard staple of my first aid kit I take on all trips! Should make a video at some point covering first aid kits now that I think on it! Thank you for your thoughts!
I have been lucky so far not to have left anything behind! I usually lay everything out typically on the floor and go visually go over everything multiple times. so far this has worked!
so far so good! This is essentially a visual check list which works well! We do something similar too right before the trip. Also, usually something very similar with all the stuff in the trunk before we leave the driveway!
Your best bet is a Pelican 1595... Put all your non critical dive gear in that, with SAD kit and most of your clothes... then a backpack style small dive bag with your essential gear (comp/mask/Fins) and some clothes plus any extra electronics. You can always wash your clothes if your main bag gets delayed... and i HIGHLY RECOMMEND a pair of Scubapro SuperNovas... they break down and will fit anywhere.. I love mine. (also consider a "Travel Lite" style BCD... the weight savings over a backplate and wing is HUGE. oh... and pickup a scale for home, so you can pack your checked bag as i've seen different airline scales vary WILDLY. Always give yourself at least 1.5-2 lb under the bag weight... its a huge cost saviings, and your not "that guy" who is shuffleing stuff around at checkin.
Love this. It definitely shows some great experience and additional tips I missed! Funny you say all this. We are on the same wave length! We always travel with our own bag scale to weigh everything and do check bag limits at every leg when we fly, we'll prepared! We also bought the scuba pro Super Novas that break down into two, they are fantastic for weight saved. Before we couldn't fit the fins into our luggage and carried them on our back packs. After buying and using these, no more! They break down nicely, and I feel the wider paddle is a bit nicer for frog finning, too! The scuba pro Hydros is also a good travel BCD, a touch expensive but I think that's our go to now after we travel. We did experiment with an aluminum back plate and wing but our wing dries quite a bit slower than the Hydros so still likely sticking with Hydros for trips. Only con is it has more failure points and less repairable.
@@itravelwisely Sounds like you got this "In the Bag" Like it.. Also seen several people using the Cresi "Light" bcd las trip to Bahamas, they really loved it.. Plus all those pockets.. :P Keep up the vids man!
@@itravelwisely Very nice... seems like you got this "In the bag" ... Thanks and good luck/Safe diving to you both... And on a small note, if you get a Pelican 1510 and spend 300$ you also get a free R60 case... not sure how long the promo is lasting.. but its a nice 2-4-1.. and they make amazing waterproof/floating SAD kits.
I usually travel with my wife, so we almost always have a check i that we share. We also fit in other stuff like hiking or skiing besides diving to maximize the trip, so that means more gear sometimes. I think if you could fit it all on your person and as a carry-on, it does make sense and would mitigate the risk of losing your luggage. One luggage does buy some options of space though so it does depend on comfort needs.
Great idea haha, I have yet to see this myself but I have seen folk wearing their BCDs, masks attached, and fins as carry-ons! I've done this myself, attaching the fins to my back pack and usually keep my dive computer and mask on the carry on. We've also carried our BCDs in the backpack but sometimes check it in. Its good to keep a spare change of clothes in the back-pack, just in-case too! It will be funny to see my first person wearing their 3 mm on the plane haha.
Yes, that's usually the case, but in some countries, you'll switch out of international and into domestic flights in which that's usually where you will get railed.
Valuable intel as usual, Don ! Thx for the packing CL. Also, a good list for divers headed out locally for the day. Always double-check the list !!
Thank you! And yes, I started using a packing list for even local dives, making sure everything is loaded in the car. Learned that lesson the hard way after driving 2 hours and realizing at the dive site is forgot my dry suit somehow. Never again, haha!
Great video! Its so important for people to check the baggage weights for inside country flights. We had a tour recently that included a flight from one city to another inside an asian country, and the weight limit was smaller on both carry-on and checked baggage (than our international flight's requirements.)
Exactly, this gets a lot of folk and its often a hassle to try and game the system with moving the luggage around between bags or even friend's bags, or trying tog et away with how much you can carry on. Also, planning ahead for what your must-haves are, just incase some or all of your luggage is delayed. Hasn't happened to me yet, but I've seen it happen to others 3 times, which is anecdotal but at that rate, I feel its more common than it should be. Destination dependent, but those more remote locations with transit stops in-between is where it will happen.
Good tips! I'd add, first off research the airline and their baggage size, weight and contents rules. Do a practice pack and weigh your bags before you leave home. I've found some destinations insist on reef-friendly sunscreen; best to buy that first as it won't be cheap when you get there!
Great additions thank you and glad you enjoyed the video! The sunscreen is a great call and good to do regardless. As I travel more, I am becoming a lot more in tune and sensitive to trying to protect the reefs. We do carry reef safe sunscreen, but would have been a great tip for the video!
Thanks!
You're amazing, thank you much!
Great video! Some packing tips I learned from camping and hiking. A packing list is great I'm glad you mentioned it. I'd add a packing diagram and keep it in your dive luggage.
As far as sea sickness pack Benadryl or genetic it is the same thing in sea sickness pills and is also good for allergies. If your going to buy a regulator get a DIN and a yoke adapter then your always prepared for what ever tanks they have.
I'm an avid hiker/backpacker too! Definitely a lot of skills that cross over, especially packing minimally, light, and oranganized!
Good call out on the DIN with adapter! That's how I run and it works well, can cut the adapter if you know ow your diving with a DIN shop too! I know some folk don't like adapters but I've never had an issue with them.
Also good callout on using benadryl for sea sickness! That's a standard staple of my first aid kit I take on all trips! Should make a video at some point covering first aid kits now that I think on it!
Thank you for your thoughts!
I have been lucky so far not to have left anything behind! I usually lay everything out typically on the floor and go visually go over everything multiple times. so far this has worked!
so far so good! This is essentially a visual check list which works well! We do something similar too right before the trip. Also, usually something very similar with all the stuff in the trunk before we leave the driveway!
Your best bet is a Pelican 1595... Put all your non critical dive gear in that, with SAD kit and most of your clothes... then a backpack style small dive bag with your essential gear (comp/mask/Fins) and some clothes plus any extra electronics. You can always wash your clothes if your main bag gets delayed... and i HIGHLY RECOMMEND a pair of Scubapro SuperNovas... they break down and will fit anywhere.. I love mine. (also consider a "Travel Lite" style BCD... the weight savings over a backplate and wing is HUGE. oh... and pickup a scale for home, so you can pack your checked bag as i've seen different airline scales vary WILDLY. Always give yourself at least 1.5-2 lb under the bag weight... its a huge cost saviings, and your not "that guy" who is shuffleing stuff around at checkin.
Love this. It definitely shows some great experience and additional tips I missed!
Funny you say all this. We are on the same wave length!
We always travel with our own bag scale to weigh everything and do check bag limits at every leg when we fly, we'll prepared!
We also bought the scuba pro Super Novas that break down into two, they are fantastic for weight saved. Before we couldn't fit the fins into our luggage and carried them on our back packs. After buying and using these, no more! They break down nicely, and I feel the wider paddle is a bit nicer for frog finning, too!
The scuba pro Hydros is also a good travel BCD, a touch expensive but I think that's our go to now after we travel. We did experiment with an aluminum back plate and wing but our wing dries quite a bit slower than the Hydros so still likely sticking with Hydros for trips. Only con is it has more failure points and less repairable.
@@itravelwisely Sounds like you got this "In the Bag" Like it.. Also seen several people using the Cresi "Light" bcd las trip to Bahamas, they really loved it.. Plus all those pockets.. :P Keep up the vids man!
@@itravelwisely Very nice... seems like you got this "In the bag" ... Thanks and good luck/Safe diving to you both... And on a small note, if you get a Pelican 1510 and spend 300$ you also get a free R60 case... not sure how long the promo is lasting.. but its a nice 2-4-1.. and they make amazing waterproof/floating SAD kits.
Thank you for the kind words and word on the deal! Will definitely check it out!
When you travel on long haul flights, do you only do a carry on or do you check a bag?
I usually travel with my wife, so we almost always have a check i that we share. We also fit in other stuff like hiking or skiing besides diving to maximize the trip, so that means more gear sometimes.
I think if you could fit it all on your person and as a carry-on, it does make sense and would mitigate the risk of losing your luggage. One luggage does buy some options of space though so it does depend on comfort needs.
With prices of luggage, I think to put a dive suit on right in an airport and use it as "casual wear" to not overpay.
Great idea haha, I have yet to see this myself but I have seen folk wearing their BCDs, masks attached, and fins as carry-ons! I've done this myself, attaching the fins to my back pack and usually keep my dive computer and mask on the carry on. We've also carried our BCDs in the backpack but sometimes check it in. Its good to keep a spare change of clothes in the back-pack, just in-case too! It will be funny to see my first person wearing their 3 mm on the plane haha.
@@itravelwisely it reminds me Joey from Friends with all his clothes on
Baggage limits apply from country of origin
Yes, that's usually the case, but in some countries, you'll switch out of international and into domestic flights in which that's usually where you will get railed.