Best Luggage Options for Your Trip

White sandy beaches, ancient Indian ruins, colonial architecture, and hospitable locals - all of these come to mind when envisioning the dream vacation to Chile. When it comes to travel specifics, however, one may have a hard time getting into the swing of things.

Beware.

Luggage can make or break your vacation to Chile, or anywhere for that matter. I know this from personal experience. I've traveled far and wide through this incredibly long country, and I can't tell you how important it is to have well made travel accessories, even if you're a relatively low-maintenance chick like me.

Roughing it, you don't necessarily need designer luggage. Standard backpacking gear could suffice. Personally, though, I really, really enjoy brands like Hartman luggage and Vera Bradley luggage, and find that they wear amazingly well in all kinds of climates, ranging from the parched dessert in the North to the icy fjords in the South.

Those are just the two brands I happened to travel with when I first moved down here almost two years ago. If anybody else has tips on the best type of luggage to buy, and use while traveling in Chile or other parts of the world, let me know. But I think my experience is pretty telling, because the diverse climatology of Chile makes a good staging ground for just about anywhere else in the world. Still, lemme know your experience: not just what you pack when you travel to Chile, but what you pack it in!