From: "Erica VD Ginter" <eginter at klgai.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Packing light
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:21:17 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Business hotels" like the Hilton also usually have a business center where
the can pack and Fed Ex stuff. The down side is that it's often closed on
Sunday and holidays (like Memorial Day!). Karl and I used this service to
send home artwork we bought in San Antonio. It all arrived in perfect
condition, including the hotel towel I had used to carry the stuff so the
frames wouldn't scratch each other or the artwork!

Erica

-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Green [mailto:dalek_cag at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:40 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Packing light

There is a post office a short distance from where Con
Jose is being held (go to usps.com and use the post
office locater function for an exact location and a
map).  If you do most of your book buying thursday and
friday, you could mail the books home via media mail
which is a very reasonably priced service(I recently
mailed approximately 20 pounds of books for $9 and
change).  You might also want to consider shipping
clothing items back via priority mail.  This of course
doesn't help with the trip TO the Con, but it can
seriously lighten the load on the way back.

--cathy green
USPS employee speaking in a completely unofficial
capacity ;)
--- Erica VD Ginter <eginter at klgai.com> wrote:
>
> Here are a couple of my helpful hints for packing
> light(er).
>
> Disposable reading. Save up any magazines you get
> that you don't save
> afterward and read them early in your trip. Then
> leave them behind. If there
> are books you'd like to reread, pick up an extra
> copy at a used book store
> or sale and read and discard as above. I'm planning
> on doing that with Dune
> over the next few weeks.
>
> Disposable clothing. Instead of immediately throwing
> out underwear and socks
> (or even t-shirts) that are past their prime, pack
> them and toss them as you
> wear them. We did this when we went to Aussicon in
> 1999 and it worked very
> well.
>
> There are whole books about packing light. These are
> my favorites for easing
> the eventual load and making room for the biiks and
> t-shirts I want to bring
> back. Anybody else have ideas?
>
> Erica
>

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