Quote Originally Posted by Living_the_Dream View Post
Well we are those crazy people you see in the airport with max baggage as we bring everything. we have 2 checked back each and a carry on each. the checks bags are at max weight.

What do we bring, don't laugh too hard!!

We love Tensing Pen but the mattress could be better so one checked bad has a mattress topper and a spare fan. our room does not have AC, it does have a celling fan and one stand fan but is always nice to have a extra fan for the room and porch, really helps. At the end of the trip we leave the fan with someone we have befriended on our trip like Juliette from Shark's

One checked bag has things to give away, coloring books, crayons, 25 to 50 pair of reading glasses from the dollar store, toys, gifts and so on. Ue use a cheep bag for these items and don't bring the bag home.

One checked bag has all the toys, snorkels, mask, fins, floats fishing tackle, 10lbs of dog milk bones dog biscuits for the dogs at TP and all the dogs along the road.

the last checked bag has the clothes that don't fit in the carry bags. much of the room in the carry bags is for camera equipment, laptop, medicines and anything we feel like we cant live without in case the checked bags are late or lost completely.
That is much more my style of packing! We will be bringing two full sized cases and 2 large carry on's. Besides electronics I don't bring anything I can't leave behind. I like to leave the maids, beauty supplies and things they might not normally spend money on. I bought a huge bag of candy for the kids and to add with the tips.

I'd love to bring some things like crayons and color books or bubbles for the kids, but I worry I might offend people. Can I get some thoughts and experiences about that?