Ryanair offers value fares but passengers have to pay extra for baggage

With the cost of just about everything rising this year, it comes in very handy when you spot a bargain.

When it comes to flying, the likes of Ryanair offer cheap deals for their value fares. But as we all know, they then charge extra for baggage.

TikTok has been a saving grace for frugal holidaymakers as folks share their packing tips to avoid paying the added fee. Travel bloggers have been using the platform to show how people can squeeze an awful lot of stuff into the smallest of bags.

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And Glasgow Live reporter Katie Williams tried it out for herself, with some impressive results. Katie imitated a video she had seen where a young woman used toiletry bags to pack her clothes into her rucksack.

She went away for one week, and was staying with family which meant she would already have access to a washing machine, pyjamas and shower products. Her flight out came to £8, so if she paid for luggage, it would have cost more than the actual journey.

Instead, she attempted to fit everything into a rucksack that fits Ryanair's hand luggage allowance (40x20x25cm). Katie packed her book, laptop, makeup and clothes into different sized toiletry bags, and found she had a lot more space than she'd imagined.

She said: "Taking the biggest clear bag, that's around nine inches, I tightly rolled three tops and a pair of jeans and placed them in the bag. The tops side by side and the jeans on top. And the bag zipped, keeping them compact and with ease I could slide the cube into my rucksack.

"Socks and underwear easily went into the mid-size clear bag and as I used the airport's little plastic bag for liquids and makeup, I found I didn't need to use the smallest toiletry bag. Like a game of Tetris, I place each packing cube into my rucksack, one along the bag, another in the side, my laptop slid in like normal, and the bag of liquids and makeup was placed on top for ease to take out at security.

"With no issues at security, it wasn't long until I was on my £8 flight to Ireland - and that's when I decided that I will never pay for extra luggage again."

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