Three people and only two hands to carry the luggage

I like luggage with good wheels so that my back doesn´t hurt. There are big ones now and you can tell Amber to get hold of Leo´s chair (in front of you and manage the big suitcase with wheels with your other hand. At airports, people are very nice with disability problems. And you will also find help in Buenos Aires when you go. I suggest you buy Amber a very small backpack so that she feels she is "helping mommy". We did that with the smaller children at Disneyworld years ago and they could take their lunch in their backpack.

On my first trip to Europe my SIL suggested I pack light..and so I did. Now when ever I do travel I pack as light as possible elimating the need for extra hands! I think they are charging too much also for extra baggage. That gives me incentive to pack light!

I think some airlines are very good for luggage allowance and others not so good! I think you certainly sound like you have your hands full with all that luggage - I usually just take my suitcase and a bag big enough to put my travel docs and books in.

The family and I just came back from a cruise last week. Aside from dragging our luggage to and from the ship, we also had to carry it around the airport on our trip home. As we didn't had any laundry done on the ship, we brought way too many luggage. Luckily my youngest is already 5, and he could pull one of the bags with wheels on it. The airline was generous with their luggage limit that w just checked-in everything so it wouldn't be too difficult getting on and off the plane.

My husband and I went on a cruise last year. He has diabetes, so we juggled 2 suitcases, a medicine bag, a cooler as this cruise line does not have refrigerators and you have to keep your insulin cool, 2 twelve packs of soda (hubby would freak without his diet cokes!). As we were dragging all this we notice, this gentleman ahead of us in line, and he had a nifty cart type thing that you could put a lot of your luggage, medicine bag etc on this and then you are only pulling the one thing around. It folds up flat so it won't take any room up wherever you are going and should be able to handle easier going with a disabled child in a wheelchair. as far as the amounts of luggage, they just had something on our news last week. Minimum first bag was 70lb. And if I remember right that was like a 40.00 charge from there it went up. And if you are traveling abroad, the airlines are getting away with up to 400.00 in charges. Check with your airlines and you will know how to pack and how much money you will have to have. I take very little. I take just enough clothes and depending on what we are doing, Sometimes I can get away with wearing the same outfit twice in a week while traveling to same on weight and room in a suitcase. Its a shame how the airlines have gotten to be able to overcharge for all this. I live across the street from a navy base and across the street there is a UPS and you can see all the young men come over and pay for their duffle bags to go to their next unit and not take them with them because its cheaper. I wish you luck on your trip, but a place that sells suitcases should know about the little cart I am talking about. its upright and on two wheels. Not like a wagon. But we are getting one before our cruise in December. Will make things a lot easier on us while we wait in line to get aboard the cruise ship.