The general flying advice this year, with airports resembling cattle markets and when you can’t be sure if you’re ever going to take off, is: only travel with hand luggage.
Packing a fortnight’s holiday into the tiniest of bags has become an art form. Social media is awash with tips on minimalist packing and dedicated websites on travelling light have sprung up, with experts advising what you should, and shouldn’t, pack.
It’s depressing. Yes, the lighter the plane the less fuel it uses, which is no bad thing for the environment. But a holiday is meant to be an indulgence, a chance to experiment with new outfits. Instead, the less-is-more principle is being abused to such an extreme that we’re having to do clothes-washing while away on holiday.
In fact, in a subtle way you’re made to feel guilty about taking a jumbo suitcase on holiday – unless you’re Coleen Rooney, who normally arrives in Barbados with not just Wayne and her four boys in tow but an army of posh, powder-blue Samsonite Spinner cases (mini ones for the children, maxi ones for mum and dad).
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