I medium bag is standard for all tours. For any river cruise that should be sufficient Mix and match. Wash underwear in the sink if you can’t take enough.
With respect, there are reasons for limiting the amount of luggage on riverboats. Excess baggage places a needless burden on the tour directors and especially those who have to transport your luggage—as a courtesy to you. I suspect there are weight limitations for the ship itself.
There is not much Tauck can do after the fact. They certainly aren’t going to deny you boarding the ship. Maybe they should assess penalties as the airlines do.
They are less rigid on river cruises mainly because so many people have a prenight stay from which the hotel staff and Tauck move the luggage from the hotel to your cabin on the ship. The TDs tell guests to leave whatever bags they want to be taken to the ship in your room and readily hand out luggage tags for them so that you can go sight seeing until pickup time in the afternoon without hauling around your full carryon bag. That does not mean that you should bring a checked bag that is over the size/weight limits even if your airline is fine with it nor the biggest carryon you can squeeze onto the plane.
Learning to pack light takes time and effort. Along with learning that you really don't need as many wardrobe changes and dressy outfits as you might assume.
I wish they would standardize the language they use for luggage. I'm booked on two separate land tours and they don't even describe the luggage the same way but if you parse closely what they say - it appears to be the same dimensions. Some give just a weight and some give overall dimensions while others give HxWxL dimensions...I understand that river cruises may require a different size than a land tour and intra-tour flights might require a smaller carry on etc...but they could at least describe them the same way. Interestingly, the one with intra-tour flights seems more generous than the land tour without.
Unfortunately, when you click on links, they often just have generic lists and requirements that are not relevant to the tour you are taking or the time of year you are going so shorts might be there for a winter weather trip etc. it really is not good for a high end company, but I get used to it and have to do research to know what is really the truth.
Yeah - I think they do not pay enough attention to details - or don't want to hire full time IT/web people or something -- just like the top of the opening web page still says times are restricted from Aug 25-28 and its now the 30th...maybe I'm too picky or have too much time on my hands, but how hard is it to take that off once its past? Or, how the "Travel Update" section makes no mention of river cruise issues in a year when there are so many issues. They could at least put out a statement that says due to river levels there may be cruise disruptions or changes and cruise specific informations will be sent to travelers 7 days ahead, 5 days ahead...whatever.
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I medium bag is standard for all tours. For any river cruise that should be sufficient Mix and match. Wash underwear in the sink if you can’t take enough.
With respect, there are reasons for limiting the amount of luggage on riverboats. Excess baggage places a needless burden on the tour directors and especially those who have to transport your luggage—as a courtesy to you. I suspect there are weight limitations for the ship itself.
There is not much Tauck can do after the fact. They certainly aren’t going to deny you boarding the ship. Maybe they should assess penalties as the airlines do.
They are less rigid on river cruises mainly because so many people have a prenight stay from which the hotel staff and Tauck move the luggage from the hotel to your cabin on the ship. The TDs tell guests to leave whatever bags they want to be taken to the ship in your room and readily hand out luggage tags for them so that you can go sight seeing until pickup time in the afternoon without hauling around your full carryon bag. That does not mean that you should bring a checked bag that is over the size/weight limits even if your airline is fine with it nor the biggest carryon you can squeeze onto the plane.
Learning to pack light takes time and effort. Along with learning that you really don't need as many wardrobe changes and dressy outfits as you might assume.
The dimensions they give are give are for a pretty big suitcase. It fits my large one.
It's the dimensions that most major airlines use unless you're in business class.
I wish they would standardize the language they use for luggage. I'm booked on two separate land tours and they don't even describe the luggage the same way but if you parse closely what they say - it appears to be the same dimensions. Some give just a weight and some give overall dimensions while others give HxWxL dimensions...I understand that river cruises may require a different size than a land tour and intra-tour flights might require a smaller carry on etc...but they could at least describe them the same way. Interestingly, the one with intra-tour flights seems more generous than the land tour without.
Unfortunately, when you click on links, they often just have generic lists and requirements that are not relevant to the tour you are taking or the time of year you are going so shorts might be there for a winter weather trip etc. it really is not good for a high end company, but I get used to it and have to do research to know what is really the truth.
Yeah - I think they do not pay enough attention to details - or don't want to hire full time IT/web people or something -- just like the top of the opening web page still says times are restricted from Aug 25-28 and its now the 30th...maybe I'm too picky or have too much time on my hands, but how hard is it to take that off once its past? Or, how the "Travel Update" section makes no mention of river cruise issues in a year when there are so many issues. They could at least put out a statement that says due to river levels there may be cruise disruptions or changes and cruise specific informations will be sent to travelers 7 days ahead, 5 days ahead...whatever.