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I've been taking 20-hour Amtrak trips for over seven years, so I know which items to pack. Bringing your own snacks and a water bottle can help you curb your hunger and save some cash.
Back then, I packed way more luggage than I needed — which is easy to do with Amtrak's lenient baggage allowance — yet failed to bring basic necessities, such as a blanket and a pillow.
All long-distance Amtrak trains have checked baggage service, save for the Auto Train, which instead allows passengers to transport items in their vehicles. On every other route, passengers are allowed two personal items, two carry-on bags, and two free checked bags. Two additional bags, oversized bags, and bicycles may be checked for a fee.
Luggage is weighed as passengers check in at the airport. On commercial transportation, mostly with airlines, the baggage allowance is the amount of checked baggage or hand/carry-on luggage the company will allow per passenger. There may be limits on the amount that is allowed free of charge and hard limits on the amount that is allowed.
Hand baggage allowance is a topic frequently discussed in the context of commercial air travel. On the one hand, passengers may want to have more of their possessions at hand during flight, skip the often time-consuming baggage claim process, and avoid the risk of having their checked baggage lost or damaged.
These days, it's rare for airlines to allow passengers to check bags for free -- at least in economy class. So, the best way to avoid those fees is to stick to carry-on luggage.
A suitcase labelled as checked baggage on arrival at Madeira Airport. The bag tag attached to the handle enabled the baggage handlers to load the baggage onto the correct aircraft. Checked baggage is luggage delivered to an airline or train for transportation in the hold of an aircraft, storage on a coach bus or baggage car of a passenger train.
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