Category: Reviews

I once found myself at an airport baggage claim, watching the carousel spew out a parade of identical, tattered suitcases. Among them, an ostentatious silver Rimowa stood out like a peacock in a field of pigeons. It was pristine, gleaming with an arrogance that only money can buy. And there I was, clutching my duct-taped […]

You know, I once believed I was above the chaos of travel. I packed like a minimalist monk, convinced I could fit my life into a single carry-on. Then, on a particularly hellish morning at JFK, my suitcase burst open like a bad piñata, scattering my belongings—and dignity—across the terminal floor. Enter packing cubes. These […]

I once found myself tangled in the straps of a Peak Design travel backpack, wrestling with its modular compartments like a sleep-deprived contestant on some reality show. The scene was comical, a traveler’s farce under the harsh glare of airport fluorescents. But there I was, a so-called seasoned journalist, bested by a bag that promised […]

I’ll admit it. I once thought buying a suitcase could be as transformative as a self-help book. Enter Away Luggage, with its promises of turning every travel nightmare into a dream. So, like any gullible traveler seduced by the siren call of sleek marketing, I took the plunge. I imagined myself effortlessly gliding through airport […]

I once believed I could cram my entire existence into a 40-liter backpack and call it freedom. The Osprey Farpoint 40 was my chosen accomplice, a deceptively compact vessel for my grand, yet naive, vision of minimalist travel. But let’s be honest—it’s still a 40-liter bag. You can only fit so much optimism and clean […]