V-Flyer

With just 10 juicy days till i fly, i am boucing like a rabbit on a trampoline. just one quick question before i start smiling like a vacant happy person irritating all that i meet.

can you also take a handbag? in addition to handluggage or has that gone the way of proper cutlery on board??

Ta in advance!!

That depends on how big the handbag is.. ):

Yes you can take a handbag in addition to your carry-on allowance

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/pa ... aggage.jsp

Yes you can take a handbag as well as a carryon bag. You are allowed one personal item and a handbag is classed as that.

The only exception I am aware of is Ryanair which allows only one bag and you put your handbag into your carryon until on board!

Ta folks, you've taken the stress outta me, now i can carry on with making my colleagues jealous about the 3 weeks of unadulterated bliss that i will spend in the caribbean, fishing for tuna,swimming,dancing and just vegging..


Thanks

Darren Wheeler wrote:That depends on how big the handbag is.. ):

From Darrens link -

A handbag, pocketbook or purse i.e. which is appropriate to normal travelling dress and is not being used as a container for the transportation of articles which could otherwise be regarded as baggage.

So by implication something small.

I always thought a handbag should be small enough to fit in the hand and contain items a lady would need for a few hours away from home and not some of these massive things I see women walking around with where they can't find anything they need (like a purse or oyster card) and, despite having placed each and every item in the bag themselves, complain about how big, bulky and heavy they are.

But I'm a man so what do I know?

In my experience if flying UC you can basically take anything you want onboard....

LiamRugby wrote:In my experience if flying UC you can basically take anything you want onboard....

Alas, the dream of uc is far!! I'm of megre funds but high in sprit, it's y for me!! My backside will have to bear the indignity of being wedged in but i am happy, since it's the destination that makes the trip worthwhile!!

honey lamb wrote:
The only exception I am aware of is Ryanair which allows only one bag and you put your handbag into your carryon until on board!

easyJet has the same rule.

Paul

Like people have said, yes a handbag is allowed bar exceptions of ryanair etc.

As a fellow woman though I do advise not to take anything too big full of junk as you would day to day. We've all done the handbag clearout, finding old train tickets, old food, handcream bottles with nothing left in etc...! There's nothing worse than having to drag a carry on around and a handbag full of stuff you don't need as well, definitely stick to the essentials!!

Blimy Lizz !

Commensense advice that every lady should follow (but for some reason wont!).

I mean why would they think that a used tissue, bus ticket from 3 years ago, 17 pens and empty bottles of various unguents ever come in useful?.

MacGyver might possible find a use for these items but the average woman more than likely wont.

Lizz wrote:Like people have said, yes a handbag is allowed bar exceptions of ryanair etc.

As a fellow woman though I do advise not to take anything too big full of junk as you would day to day. We've all done the handbag clearout, finding old train tickets, old food, handcream bottles with nothing left in etc...! There's nothing worse than having to drag a carry on around and a handbag full of stuff you don't need as well, definitely stick to the essentials!!

Here here, the annual holiday is usually a good excuse for a clear out of my handbag :0 ii)

tontybear wrote:
Commensense advice that every lady should follow (but for some reason wont!).

I mean why would they think that a used tissue, bus ticket from 3 years ago, 17 pens and empty bottles of various unguents ever come in useful?.

MacGyver might possible find a use for these items but the average woman more than likely wont.

I find buying a new handbag for each trip avoids most of the above problems

Jilly

jilly wrote:I find buying a new handbag for each trip avoids most of the above problems

Jilly

What a superbly sensible lady y)

jilly wrote:I find buying a new handbag for each trip avoids most of the above problems

Slightly o/t but when collecting the Less Favoured One from university the other week I found that her luggage consisted mostly of bags containing other bags... ?|

I just bought a new handbag the other day, it's so nice to not reach in and find chewing gum that fell out the packet around christmas time which has been squashed

Give it a couple of months though...