Pack It In

Thank you for bringing Susan Spano to The Times. Honest and insightful, her column brings out the intrepid traveler in all us gals. I’d like to add two items to her list (“Luggage Lessons for Women,” Her World, July 26):

First is the inflatable neck pillow, indispensable for long overseas flights, especially for women of diminutive stature whose heads are in direct conflict with the airplane seat-back’s contours.

Second, Spano mentions bringing tea bags but admits to preferring coffee. Brands such as Folger’s make instant coffee packaged tea bag-style. They are convenient to use and take up almost no space. I have found them to be morning lifesavers in places such as China that are almost entirely without coffee!

ANGELINA MEANY

Venice, Calif.