Retired traveller, Clive Atkins emailed me today, to ask for my comments on Ryanair’s recent baggage allowance change, and I’m sat here looking at this issue from both sides - for us travellers, 15kgs isn’t too helpful if your travelling for a few weeks, and want to take along a few books, iPod, and a few pairs of shoes, along with your clothes etc.

Looking at this issue from Ryanair’s perspective, you are buying a low cost airline ticket, on a no frills service, so if you want the extra frills of higher baggage allowance, then you have the option of booking with another airline or, paying for the additional baggage with Ryanair.

On a recent visit to Kos, with My Travel, my case weighed 13kgs leaving Manchester and returning it had increased to 18kgs, just 2kgs away from the My Travel baggage allowance. In February, I am going to Norway, with Ryanair, and it’ll be minus 9 at night, so clothes will certainly be required.

Rather than taking the bulky suitcase, I am going to take a backpack, which will be much lighter, but will hold less volume, so the iPod, laptop, and other travel gadgets will have to stay at home, and I’ll be travelling light for 4 nights in Oslo.

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