How to get mountains of stuff home for less than all the stuff is worth? It's not uncommon for family or friends to visit an exchange student. One way is to have them fill in the empty spots (ha!) of their luggage with some of your kid's treasures. Or, if they don't bring their allotted luggage allowance, they can bring one of your kid's suitcases home. That's what we're hoping will happen with Chloe. My mom and her friend will be visiting in May and will be leaving Pamplona for Madrid and their return flight home. Because they'll be at the end of their trip, Chloe's suitcases won't be too much trouble (I wouldn't ask them to schlep her suitcases around Spain and Portugal).
One idea now is that Chloe would accompany them back to Madrid, where they'd spend a few days and she'd be able to act as translator and amateur tour guide and help carry her luggage to the airport. She'd take a bus home to Pamplona after they left. Even if they do end up bringing their allowed two suitcases over with them, having them bring home Chloe's suitcases and paying the extra-baggage fee is cheaper than shipping or mailing the same amount home. We can't bring them with us because we won't be returing to Pamplona before we leave for home. One thing to consider when planning to use discount airlines (EasyJet, Ryan Air, etc.) is that they have much stricter luggage allowances. Ryan Air, for example, limits you to one 15-kilo bag (33 pounds) and one carry-on. Chloe's hair care products alone weigh half that.
I told Chloe about the plan and she said:
Remember that I can't miss too much school so it would have to be on a weekend.
It wouldn't be on a weekend because they fly home on a Wednesday.
Oh. Okay. I'll just miss school then.
Glad to know that she can be so easily swayed from her academic focus.
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