Mailing purchases home from Las Vegas...
My roommate is a typical female...
She over packed.
Maybe I'm like a guy because I bring the necessities... Four pairs of socks, one pair of flip flops, four shirts, etc. She brought (besides the basics) a pair of shorts, a skirt, a pair of sandals, concealer, eyebrow pencil, a hot water maker, instant coffee, a cup, etc.
LOL!
So - after we shopped at Trader Joe's, she realized that she didn't have enough space in her suitcase. I offered to carry her purchases in my super large backpack, but she refused. I offered to take her to a dollar store so she could get a cheap duffle bag to check through, but she said she didn't want to carry anything extra because she recently had shoulder surgery.
I told her what Peter Y. does. He mails his omiyage home. She thought about it for a while and decided she wanted to do that. She went to the bell desk and got Medium sized Flat Rate boxes. She actually wanted the medium boxes with self-adhesive sides. She asked where the nearest post office was - a 15 minute walk from the hotel.
Hah!
Of course, the medium sized boxes were too small and the bell desk didn't have the type with self-adhesive sides - so she needed to buy tape anyway.
Of course, the post office that was a 15-minute walk was closed for renovations!
OMG!
So, I used my Android phone (she has an Apple phone which cannot search and doesn't have the current location on it) to find the second closest post office where she got large sized Flat Rate boxes. Then, I drove her to buy a permanent marker and sealing tape.
After we packed one large sized Flat Rate box, my Android phone directed me to this little post office on Bonanza Street. It's inside a store called Sun Drugs. They close between 1pm and 1:30pm for lunch, so plan your visit wisely.
The good things about this post office was that: 1. there's free shared parking in the open lot and
2. there was no line.
The not so good thing was that the female worker wasn't able to weigh the box. We just wanted to know how much the box weighed - even though we stuffed the box until the top was curved and not flat anymore... Haha!
Oh, well... Thanks to Peter Y. for the great suggestion! We will be better prepared next time! read more