How Many Pipes For Travel?

[homeatsea]

1 pipe and one blend. I enjoy the self-imposed monogamy on a trip. Lets me really spend time getting to know the blend I took.

I couldn't agree more for that reason to only take one blend on a vacation. I enjoy looking back on a trip and remembering it as "ah, the Dunhill Flake trip to Costa Rica". I usually am lucky to smoke once per day even on vacation, though, so I can easily see how others would disagree.
That said, I have historically brought two pipes with me just in case I happen to squeeze in an evening smoke back-to-back days. If its a camping trip, I bring more than one tobacco just because I will almost certainly smoke every evening by the fire.

 

[seanv]

We just went away for two weeks and didn’t stay in traditional hotels so I brought six pipes and I think seven blends. I ended up buying a few more and came back with two bags of bulk and three more tins

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Twelve pipes gives me a days worth, without repeating. An aromatic for breakfast, a Virginia, a VaBur, and a strong blend to ready me for bed.

 

[jpmcwjr]

We just went away for two weeks and didn’t stay in traditional hotels so I brought six pipes and I think seven blends. I ended up buying a few more and came back with two bags of bulk and three more tins

Now that's a trip I could get behind!

 

[madox07]

For 3-4 days, I can survive with two pipes and one blend. I have a double pipe case just for that, especially since these kind of trips are my most often. If I go on holiday, for a week or so, I throw in another two pipes and another blend, in a canvas roll up. Tobacco I usually carry in tins that I have saved, stuff them in the roll up, or if the trip is short I use the leather pouch that I got with the case.

 

[mtwaller]

I don’t smoke a ton, but I travel a ton. I find it hard to sufficiently relax and enjoy pipes outside of hotels for the most part. If I smoke, it’s a half bowl at night. That said, I like 2 pipes and 2 blends. One a Va or VaPer and one English. Enough to be able to switch up the pipe/blend each day if I decide to smoke that much, if not then I don’t want to haul around a bunch of pipes for no reason. My Briarworks C61 is the most travel sized pipe, but often times I feel most happy with my darling pair of Rosslare Royal Irish’s near at hand.