Ryanair 'small personal bag'

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Flying with Ryanair for my sins, can anyone share an example of what they have used as the small personal bag please? Only going for two nights so happy can for what I need but don't want to get fleeced at the airport.

I've been looking at the tik tok ones on Amazon.

Thanks

There was a time when I could do the heavy backpack thing but my DCs cannot carry anything and I need my wheels so I am going to have to pay up every single time! I considered buying some kind of collapsible trolley frame to load up several joinable rucksacks but it all starts seeming a bit silly in the end. I would like to see them combining kids and parents allowances so that I could take a cabin bag if they weren't carrying anything. Then again, we are talking about Ryanair so i won't hold my breath.

We just flew with Ryanair a couple of days ago, out and back to Porto. I was amazed at the size of some of the bags people had - clearly bigger than the dimensions but not big enough to be likely to be extra priority bags. No one was challenged as the planes were running late both ways, but people were told to put anything other than actual priority cabin bags under their seat which would have been a challenge in some cases.

I've seen that too, the cfs. They do usually get away with it.

Thanks everyone. I'm going to add a bag, it'll be the same price as buying three more
Small bags! Hate Ryanair but no other choice this time.

Oh you are allowed to buy duty free by the way, up to three bottles apparently.

Lol at "proper suitcases" @Sudeko ! I don't think I own a proper suitcase!

I was gobsmacked on the trip to Italy when we shared the bus to the airport with a couple with an enormous suitcase each. They said they were going to Turkey for 10 days. I don't own that many clothes really.

Anyway as a grown adult yes, I wore the same pair of trousers for two days. I do that at home tho. In Italy I wore the same dress twice and then a different dress. I didn't smell and neither did my dress. Again, unless it's a very sweaty sort of day or I have spilled my dinner, I wear dresses twice in the UK. There's no need to wash every item of clothing every day.

I fly regularly with them using a 30litre backpack. Haven't had problems boarding although might measure next time it's full just in case. Unless I'm going to a wedding or longer holiday my backpack fits enough. I have t be quite creative with my outfits at times 😂

How is it a hygiene issue? Seriously?

The OP is going for two nights. Two Nights. She can travel in clean clothes.

Then take two full clean outfits, an extra pair of shoes and even fresh pants for the evenings, pyjamas in the small bag, along with toiletries (bag of mini bottles), chargers etc and it will be fine in the small bag allowance.

I went for two nights in Paris in winter and had on boots, coat, jumper, jeans and took another pair of jeans, couple of tops, cardigan, trainers, underwear, toiletries, kindle, phone and charger etc all in a small rucksack that meets the Ryanair smallest bag limits.

As for 'getting fleeced at the airport' perhaps some people bring it on themselves by needlessly dragging everythign but the kitchen sink away with them.

I wouldn't risk it, tbh. They were even being funny about duty free (or so it seemed).
Flew RA last week. No issues on the way there, but on the way back, even though the flight was running late (probably partly due to the checking), they were making ppl put their bags in the sizer to check and were not allowing those on that were bigger than allowed. They were asked to empty stuff out or pay £69.99, and some where the bag was obviously bigger than the allowance, they were given the option to empty stuff out, only pay the money. They pretty much checked everyone too (certainly on the one side...2 lines with different staff checking policies on, 1 of which was checking everyone's bags).
They were also not allowing more than 1 bag (inc. just a v. small handbag for passport, etc) for those who didn't have priority.

A CabinMax Manhattan and compression cubes got me five days away...

Cabin Max Manhattan Travel Bag | Ryanair Cabin Bags 40x20x25 | Laptop Bag/Shoulder Bag (Grey/Red 40x25x20cm) https://amzn.eu/d/g81UciP

I have been known to take a bar of laundry soap and wash stuff out.

They cannot be funny about duty free

I saw that bag during my searches and it does have good back support. however, I personally do not want to go back to the student backpacking experience which I never exactly embraced at the time. I know it's only Ryanair but the whole romance of the experience is properly dead if you are lugging a big hold all onto a bus in the sky whereas with a wheeled bag, one can pretend

I need a new one.

Surely the whole point is that it's not a big holdall tho @Sudeko ? Anyway you can get tiny wheeled cases - I saw a member of Ryanaur cabin crew with one, it was the size of a shoebox. Wheely suitcase glamour ahoy!

We have one of these which slots over the handle of the 20kg suitcase (for three people) we check in with Ryanair.
And our small laptop backpacks from the same brand which squash down to the right size.

A wheeled case to fit the small size limit is unlikely to be useful as the wheels and handle mechanism takes up so much of the usable space and the bag won't squish (you don't always get the full space allowance under the seat due to the legs of the seat in front of you).

If you want to take on a trolley case, you either pay extra for one or use an airline that lets you take one on for free. Jet2 are often comparable price wise if you want the extras that Ryanair charge £££s for.

The wheeled cases are tiny inside, I took measurements before abandoning the idea altogether and paying for a cabin bag. The holdall is comparatively roomy but the one just linked reminds me of the one my grandad used to take out to the local market on Saturdays because he didn't want to be seen with a granny trolley. When it was properly filled, it wasn't comfortable to carry. It would probably fit everything in for our family but nobody would be willing to carry it!

Thanks for this thread. I know you've decided to pay for a bigger bag OP but these links are still really useful. There was another thread recently about whether there is a dimension limit on 10kg checked in cases. It looks like officially there is, although it's very much buried in the small print and not always enforced. We have plenty of suitcases but only one under 55x40x20, so need to go shopping even though we are checking them in. It's frustrating when we already have suitable suitcases for the weight limits we have paid for, just not the random tiny dimensions.

I really should take my money elsewhere, but Ryanair flies from handy local airports.

Another vote for a kanken. Though technically it’s a bit more shallow than the allowances, it’s plenty big enough for a short break if you’re strict with packing

I'm not sure I'd ever bother with a RA checked in 10 kg bag, especially if there's a 55x40x20 size limit. If this sort of bag is suitable, it's cheaper to take it on the plane.

Or it doesn't cost that much more to have a 20 kg checked in bag, with no size limit (within reason) and obviously twice the allowance, so especially if you're travelling in a group, I'd just take rucksacks on the plane for free and check in one 20 kg bag for the whole party.

@BarbaraofSeville I can't remember the details but they are part of a family package with priority boarding and it seemed the most cost effective option at the time.

Though that was before the dimensions of checked in bags crossed my mind.

I fly a fair bit with Ryanair. If I am taking anything 'hard' like shoes or a gift, I make sure it's packed in the middle. Make sure all the rest is squidgy so if they make you put it in the box for checking you can squish it all in. Don't get anything with wheels as it's just added bulk. I also wear a cross body small bag hidden under my coat with personal effects and a book.

None of them were. The underseat bag is fine, I can go away for a week with it.

I got a holdall in Decathlon, fits perfectly, was about 7 quid. With careful packing you can get loads in it.

I flew Ryanair a couple of weeks ago, a lot of people on the flight seemed to have a longchamps type soft bag as their "personal bag"

If you are wearing a coat for your flight remember your coat pockets. Knickers, socks and other bits can stuff into a coat pocket.