Straw Hats

Do you pack/carry straw hats? How? I've never traveled with a straw hat but I bought one for my upcoming cruise and wondering what's the best way to bring it.

Lots of info on this subject here. Different ideas. You can search to see what others have done. I pack my big straw hats by turning them upside down and packing soft stuff around them like underwear and pajamas and I fold my foam bras in half and stuff them in the crown to hold the shape. This works!

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Many of the better and more expensive straw hats can be rolled up. I have had one of these for about 30 trips and it is still perfect.

I found a 'straw' hat in the Target Garden Center on clearance a few years ago. $7

Don't take any special care of it and it still looks good.

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Lots of info on this subject here. Different ideas. You can search to see what others have done. I pack my big straw hats by turning them upside down and packing soft stuff around them like underwear and pajamas and I fold my foam bras in half and stuff them in the crown to hold the shape. This works!

 

Margee

 

 

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This is usually what I do, too, including the bras in the crown of the hats. And I take maybe 6-7 hats with me. I'm addicted. Also, I always come home with two or more hats than I started out with.

In April (driving to the port) I was trying to pack less stuff, so I did my hat packing a little differently since I wanted to use every inch in my suitcase for clothing and shoes. So, I packed the hats with the bras in the crown and put them in a lightweight beach/tote bag with some other lightweight items packed around them and just carried them on. I kinda liked that, too. I'm not sure how I'll do it in November. All I am sure of is that I have a hat addition.

I have so many hats that are the rollable and crushable and packable kind. Expensive ones, cheap ones. But, I can't bring myself to crush them. I just can't do it. And I can't stop buying hats. Yikes!

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Best option: Wear your straw hat as you board.

Second best option, or if you're bringing multiples: Lay it upside down in the middle of your suitcase and tuck your things in "around it", including some items inside the hat. This'll support the hat on all sides. You could even tuck two hats together, one inside the other.

I usually wear my straw hat when I board.

I would wear it on board unless it is the rollable/crushable kind...then I would put it with the lightweight undergarments, etc. and keep it away from liquids that could possibly spill on them.

We normally pack our hats (flying in hats is a PITA to me & my husband). If I'm bringing a hat, it's a fabric sunhat (I have a great ex officio hat with chin strap:D) or crushable straw/grass (I'm not sure which). My husband packs a favorite Tilley (he has winter & summer versions) and is quite adept at packing it in the middle of the suitcase, supported internally & externally to prevent most crushing.

Wear them..unless it's a "packable" hat, it will not make the trip in luggage. Just wear it!

unless it's a "packable" hat, it will not make the trip in luggage.

That's patently untrue as many previous posts have JUST SHARED how we successfully pack hats:rolleyes:

That's patently untrue as many previous posts have JUST SHARED how we successfully pack hats:rolleyes:

:):):)

OP, I have successfully packed hats over the years. I turn them upside down, fill the hole with clothes (something soft that will not stretch it out) and pack clothes on top and on the bottom so it is as cushioned as possible. They have made it for the most part, and those that didn't make it were on their last legs anyway. ;)

My personal decision is not to wear my hat as I board and when entering and exiting the ship on the gangway because a gust of wind can catch it and it ends up in the water. I have had crew members say, "Hold onto your hat!" as I cross over the gangway. Just a heads up.

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My cheap straw Target hat successfully traveled in a suitcase from Fort Worth to Cali to Hawaii and back the same way. Upside down, things packed around it and in it. :)

What cruise are you on? I will have my neighbor weave you one!

Yes! I am definately a straw hat gal. I have purchased a couple from QVC and I've found a few others in stores such as TJMaxx. For whatever reason that I think I learned from my Mom, I take tissue paper and stuff it in the hat and then roll the hat into my carry-on.