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Having just spent a hellish 24 hours trying to fly my way back to California from Nashville, I can honestly say that I'm pretty much over traveling. Anywhere. Ever. When, due to technical difficulties, we missed our connection in Dallas and had to spend the night in a sleazy hotel, sans luggage, I was forced to make the decision to A: not wash my face at all (very yucky) or B: use the only product available--a bar of handsoap on the sink that probably dries you out like talcum powder. Since the new federal air regulations require you to pack most of your toiletries away in your checked luggage, poor people like me are forced to sleep in a full face of makeup after our pores have already soaked up stale airplane atmosphere for about two hours...Not only that, but I have to wash my only pair of underwear and let them dry overnight, which means either sleeping on gross, worn out sheets in the nude, or in clothes that probably have about six different strains of strepptococcus on them. I could have kicked myself for not being more prepared (traveling with at least an extra pair of underwear, e.g.). But even worse than the clothes, I found, was not having my products there with me, especially since I was in the middle of treating an unsightly and rather aggressive pimple on my right cheek.
The moral of the story is, until this whole security nonsense dies down and a tube of undereye cream is no longer a threat....it'll be rough sailing for anyone who is unfortunate enough to become separated from their luggage. My advice? Buy one of the new travel kits that have products in sizes that are FAA approved (3 oz. or less). Just don't forget to put them in no bigger than a one quart sized sealable plastic bag....or you're screwed anyway.

POSTED BY Joanna ON 01/15/07 02:01 AM

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User Comments:

Joanna, you are hysterical! Have you ever heard of Passport Panties? They are a featured designer on BrandHabit and they have this cute little packaging with an extra pair of panties just for these types of emergencies that you describe here.

Have you ever read research on the "samples" that have been collected from hotel rooms/cruise liners? You can only imagine....and let me just say this: Aside from the bedspread, which is not laundered as often as the sheets, don't touch the walls or the sides of the mini-bar. People have fun in the most unusual places that housekeeping doesn't think to clean. Bleck!

POSTED BY carla ON 01/16/07 05:01 AM

joanna... your plight reminds me of the time i travelled to a family camping trip and, well... here's the story.

i played a gig in LA, got back to my hotel around 3am. got to the airport in time for my 7am flight... then 2 connections, the last one being a 20-seater or something.

got off the plane, still in my gig clothes, only to find that my luggage didn't quite make it there. so i spent the next few days camping without any of my stuff... wearing borrowed everything... down to the underwear.

sigh.

my luggage showed up a few days after i got home from the trip!

POSTED BY spence ON 01/19/07 03:01 AM