Hi,
Our family just booked a Europe cruise for our parent's 50th anniversary for the end of May this year.
It ends in Rome. From there we are trying to get them to a small town of my father's ancestry outside of Venice, ( Rauscedo if anone's ever heard of it...).
That said, we booked a Ryan Air flight to Venice and just found out about the very restrictive baggage allownces on such domestic flghts of usually around 30kg total and only a few bags.
Since their cruise is approx 12 days and they are older, they will have a lot of baggage, prob at least 2-3 med to large suitcases each and a max weight of between 20 to 50 lbs( 9-22 kgs?)each.
I cannot seem to find a domsetic flight that would let them take anywhere near that much baggage. Even if they were able to cut that down a bit it would still be way over the limits and/or very expensive.
What are their choices? Are there any airlines that allow a lot of baggage?
I've been readung about tain travel, but I cannot find any information on baggage restrictions for train travel.
Will they have the same issue if going by train?
Another key facor is that we need to keep their arrangements as simple as possible as they are in their mid 70's traveling alone, ( we could not afford to go with them ) and have never been to Europe, (a recipe for disaster in many ways I know! ).
Any recommendations / options for teravel ( other than telling them not to take so much stuff ) would be very much appreciated!
Nick