What are you bringing in your hand luggage?

We are going in less than 3 weeks(so excited) and I%26#39;m thinking about packing etc.. we have 2 boys of 8 and 6 and as you all know it%26#39;s a long flight from Ireland to Orlando we will be brings gameboys etc.. we are flying with Monarch :( so I%26#39;m sure there is little or no inflight entertainment (we are lucky to have padded seats by the sounds of things) so does anyone have any suggestions what to bring to make it a bit more bearable? we do have a portable DVD player but there is only one jack for headphones and I don%26#39;t want them to annoy other passengers with a noisy kids movie so I%26#39;d love to hear what everyone else is doing?

Siamsax

What are you bringing in your hand luggage?

We fly in 12 more sleeps so am thinking about the packing too.

I have a 10 year old daughter so we are taking:

DS and a few games

Gameboy and games (for me!!)

Travel games (got 2 from tesco, V cheap)

Playing cards

Comics / books

Note book and pens (to play squiggles)

Hoping that will be enough to keep her occupied.

Have a great time

Madi

What are you bringing in your hand luggage?

Don%26#39;t forget your bathsuits, just in case!!

Hi

I downloaded episodes of Heroes and CSI Miami on to my iPod and iPhone as I have been on a plane where the In Flight ';entertainment'; is rubbish or not working properly. That more than coves the 9 hours.

I travel with AA and look forward to my fix of the Skymall magazine - better than out Innovations mag we get free with the Sunday papers....

Di

Sky Mall is just awesome - it%26#39;s full of things you never knew existed, but suddenly you NEED them! I even wanted to buy these tablets you give to your dog to make all the hair round it%26#39;s mouth sparkly white again instead of dirty brown - and I don%26#39;t even have a dog!!! You can spend half the flight flicking through it easily!

I always try to pack as little as possible into my hand luggage but for some reason it always ends up weighing a ton.

I will have my tickets and passport, my money, my camera, my iPod, a book, my makeup, some boiled sweets and a hairbrush. Hopefully, I can stick to that list so that I don%26#39;t have to have the %26#39;I think you will have to check in that bag, miss%26#39; conversation with the flight staff.

Chantal Rose - what are %26#39;boiled sweets%26#39;? I know what a scotch egg is but never heard of boiled sweets.

i think you call them sugar candy in the states

ChantelRose, are you allowed make up in hand luggage, i know at one point it wasnt allowed, not 100% on the rules now, but have seen lots of women have to ';throw it away'; at the airport as its not allowed through security.

Hope the rules have been changed and i%26#39;m wrong!

Siamsa

I bought an adapter jack for my i-pod so both me and my hubby can listen at the same. It wasn%26#39;t that expensive and might save on arguments over who is going to watch the DVD player.

Yes! We bought a ';splitter'; (that%26#39;s what it was called here in Canada) for our DVD player that allowed two sets of headphones to plug into the one place. Makes all the difference when your kids can sit and watch a movie together. Make sure you have good quality headphones too or they won%26#39;t be able to hear a thing!