Travel Bags

Large pieces of luggage should be checked through, and since you'll be traveling with your child, you don't need any extra carry-on luggage if you can help it. The bag you carry should accommodate your paperwork, personal items, medical supplies, camera(s), and toys. If you're traveling alone, make a test run with everything you anticipate carrying, including your child's weight, to make sure you can handle it.

1) Security Pouch/Bag
These cloth bags can be worn under the clothes on a cord around the neck for safety. They are ideal for carrying money, your passport, visas, and tickets - items that you cannot afford to lose while traveling.

2) Ladies' Soft-Sided Briefcase/Handbag
A soft-sided briefcase that doubles as a handbag is my favorite travel bag when carrying personal items and papers. It will handle copies of your dossier and other documents, a camera, a couple of toys, a few books, and some emergency first aid supplies.

3) Men's Soft-Sided Briefcase
Similar to the briefcase above, for a man.

4) Ladies' Three-Way Backpack
Depending on your needs, a three-way backpack might be the ideal choice as you move along your journey. Use it as a shoulder bag, a traditional backpack, or a regular handbag. It's got plenty of room.

5) Backpack/Diaper Bag
If you're adopting a younger child, this type of bag offers space for diapers and baby care items, as well as a diaper changing pad. Side pockets are specially sized and waterproofed to hold bottles, and there's enough room for your personal items. On the way there, use it as a regular backpack and keep the baby supplies in your checked luggage; on the way home, it carries everything you'll need for baby care.

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