Hook and Albert Leather Garment Weekender Bag Review

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If you are a consultant, travel is a huge part of life, from the point challenges to the specific order you unload your pockets in the security line, to the way you pack. Traditional carry-ons, while easy to roll around, tend to wrinkle the crap out of your shirts and suits. That’s where a garment bag like this one from Hook and Albert comes in. This Garment Weekender unzips completely, allowing you to lay two suits and a couple of shirts flat, reducing wrinkles, and store a pair of shoes in the sides. The bag then zips back up into a weekender duffle shape, providing more room for your other items like underwear, socks, ties, etc. Plus, this weekender has easy access pockets on the outside for your electronics, and fits nicely into an overhead, so you don’t have to check it (God forbid). The leather construction keeps everything dry, and elevates the look. So if you’re tired of running a hot shower for 4 hours when you get to your hotel, only to have to iron anyway, a change in your luggage could do the trick.

Available on HookandAlbert.com for $595

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Mystery Ranch Urban Assault Back Pack

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This week's theme: Adventure. To kick things off for the adventure week, we are giving you the vehicle you can use to carry everything you need on said adventuring. This 21L backpack from Mystery Ranch is a little different than other backpacks. The 3-zipper design gives you top-down access to your items like any other bag, but can also provide front access, allowing you to easily reach anything on the bottom of your bag, like if you shoved your swim trunks on the bottom and the river comes calling sooner than you expected. It has a laptop pocket that fits up to a 15" laptop, and 2 mesh interior pockets for your smaller items. The 21L size is perfect for a 2-3 day trek, and the minimalistic exterior makes sure you don't catch it on anything in the subway, or on the trail. 

Available on CHANGE.com for $139

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Matt and Nat ZAM Weekender Bag

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It's wedding season, which means a lot of traveling 3-5 hours in a car or plane with one bag for your casual clothes and another hanging bag for your suit and dress shirt options. Why not consolidate the two? The ZAM weekender by Matt and Nat unzips completely, to reveal a large hanging clothes pocket for those items you don't want to hard crease, and zips back up to create a standard weekender compartment for your shoes, casual clothes, and other travel accessories. Reduce the number of bag you need, by taking one that does it all, and looks good doing it.

Available on MattandNat.com for $240 

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Saturdays NYC Norfolk Hold All Bag

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It's spring and time for spring cleaning. This doesn't just pertain to clothes and trinkets, but old travel bags you've had since college and still use on weekend trips and is falling apart. It's time replace it with something that will last you another 10 years, like this coated canvas duffle from Saturdays NYC. It fits in the over head bin and can hold a full weekend's worth of clothes. It has a simple, minimalistic look, giving it a more luxury brand feel without the $800+ price tag. In addition, the olive green goes well with blues, browns and blacks it will match what ever outfit, backpack, or brief case you are traveling with, making you look like you've planned this travel look for weeks.

Available on SaturdaysNYC.com for $225 

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The Dwyer Garment Bag from Ledbury

Those who travel know that packing your suit jackets and shirts, no matter how you fold them, always seem to come out of a rollaboard like they were vacuum sealed in a ball for 4 years. The use of a garment bag reduces the pressure on your clothes and provides protection from the elements when traveling. This Dwyer garment bag from Ledbury might be the most rugged one we've ever seen. Made from waxed cotton canvas this manly garment bag stands out among the rest, not only because it's not black, but the use of high-quality leather and brass metal work, truly give this bag a unique look. Protect your shirts, suits, and jackets. Hang 'em high and dry without the squish of the standard carry-on and save yourself some ironing.

Available on Ledbury.com for $265

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