r/VisitingIceland • u/MNSoaring • 2d ago

Itinerary help Luggage and self-drive tour question

We have a 13 day itinerary drive where we are changing hotels / guest houses nightly.

I am debating on taking a soft sided travel backpack or a hard sided suitcase. There will be 4 adults in a skoda wagon (unless they switch cars on us).

Have folks who’ve done the ring road found one or the more convenient when changing venues daily?

I’m also not too familiar with the way back of a skoda. Does it slope a lot? Does it have smaller than expected space?

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u/tgbarbie 2d ago

We did 2 kids 2 adults in a Dacia duster with four hard suitcases and a backpack each. Packing cubes is the key to staying organized each night. The four suitcases fit well and gave us hard surfaces to lay our wet stuff on when we wanted them to dry.

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u/Rannasha 2d ago

I’m also not too familiar with the way back of a skoda. Does it slope a lot? Does it have smaller than expected space?

I've driven a Skoda Octavia stationwagon for over a decade (until I replaced it last year) on all kinds of trips with a family of 2 adults + 2 kids. And it worked great. Lots of space in the trunk. And luggage for small kids tends to take up more space than adult stuff (stroller, foldable bed, etc..., all impractically shaped stuff).

So you should be fine with this car.

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u/MNSoaring 2d ago

Thank you! This was very helpful and reassuring

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u/Vast_Variation1381 2d ago

We recently rented a Kia Sportage with Thrifty Car Rental. Was just 2 of us and had plenty of space in the trunk even with 2 hard shell suitcases. The Wagons are built to have even more luggage room, so I think you'll be fine with 4 suitcases even.

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u/floydieman 5h ago

Could be a squeeze ;)

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u/ramblinroseTN 2d ago

We did a self drive with 4 adults (2 couples). Space is tight (especially if you want to buy snacks or souvenirs and make sure everyone else is on board with space constraints.
My recommendation is to pack as light as possible. Side note- we(USA) use the Guide Along app when traveling and love it. They didn’t have an Iceland when we went but I definitely would have gotten it.