Bring grocery bags!

[rpennisi]

Bringing a bag or 2 is good planning. Even better planning is to bring a backpack as well. If it's not a large backpack, airlines treat is as personal item, like a purse. My backpack easily carries our two 15-inch laptops, an iPad, and our electrical items: cables, mouse, battery recharger, extension cord, adapters and converter (when needed). Once there, we use the backpack for our heavier groceries (bottles, cans, dairy products, etc.), making the grocery bags easier to carry.

My backpack is used exactly the same way. It's my airplane carry on, carries pool stuff, and for groceries, especially when shopping using a resort bus.

 

[LisaH]

I always keep a foldable nylon bag in my purse. Comes handy more often now.

 

[bizaro86]

I'm now the proud owner of 6 reusable shopping bags from the Mega in Bucerias after a recent grocery stop there from Vidanta in Nuevo Vallarta. At 17 pesos each it would have been wise to bring my backpack/beach bag.

 

[dioxide45]

Well, went to a market today and on the way in we were handed two “reusable” bags. One was used once and both will probably get added to the stash. I should have turned them down. What a waste. Just because something is reusable doesn’t make it better.

 

[Greg G]

My backpack is used exactly the same way. It's my airplane carry on, carries pool stuff, and for groceries, especially when shopping using a resort bus.

And generally, you can fit a backpack under an airplane seat, so don't need to worry about finding an empty overhead bin.