My family and I are travelling around Europe for a month and need to fly on Ryanair. As you know they have a ridiculous weight limit, so what I would like to know what luggage have you found to be the best light weight.

I've had just as much luck with low cost bags from Marshall's or Kohl's as more expensive bags from dept or specialty stores.

Another good, lightweight option is a simple nylon duffel bag. It attaches to my rolling carryon for ease of getting around. They come in all sizes. On longer trips I'll stuff an empty one in the outside of my suitcase to hold dirty clothes, etc upon return.

My sister/traveling companion and I both bought Rick Steves 22" suitcases, as they were the lightest we could find at the time. We've both been quite satisfied. We've gone to Europe 5 or 6 times with those suitcases, and they've held up well.

It's so much easier traveling when you just have a carryon size, and if you pack carefully, you can stuff everything you'll need into that one suitcase.

The new Samsonite polycarbonate suitcases are easily the lightest bags I have ever seen, and I look at a lot of bags. I doubt they are cheap, but they are light. Frankly, they are really cool.

And, not to throw a spanner into the works, but why do you "need" to fly Ryanair? Are they the only airline that gets you where you are going, or do you find them the cheapest? If they are the only ones flying where you need to go, then great, but if they look to be the cheapest, make sure you do a full workup of all the costs.

By the time you pay to check-in, pay to use your credit card, pay to check a bag, pay for excess baggage, pay for an assigned seat so you can sit with your kids, pay for the busses to take you to the airport that is not really that close to the city they claim it serves, etc, they often don't work out to be that cheap. Book Ryannair with your eyes open so you don't end up getting taken for a ride.

Of course, even the major airlines have weight limits as low as 20kg and have carry-on limits so low as to preclude a roll-aboard, so you will need to watch your weights no matter what.

travelgourmet wrote: "Book Ryannair with your eyes open so you don't end up getting taken for a ride.

That is well-phrased!