MEI Voyageur a Great Travel Bag

i luv my bach (overland)

This looks just like what I would have thought would be ideal for your kind of travel (if I were doing it). I would love it if you could get a hold of one of these and look at it closely. It looks a little weak in the seams in a few places, but it is just a picture after all.Personally, I would rather not have the complication of a stow pocket for the straps, I would want a simpler bag with removable shoulder straps that I would just put in the bag.Personally, if this were to be my only bag (no small under seat bag) I would sew a pocket on the outside for a book, water or other clumsy things. Even if I had a second bag, I would want a pocket like that, 6"x9"x3" or so for whatever.But then, I have never done that kind of travel so my preferences would be expected to be different.Bob L

hmm, I luv my bag.. Overland, really a nothing to do with anything comment which is typical, I want list of reasons and the specific bag.Ct BOBI need a second bag, if I can get someone in the USA to ship the bag to me, then I would be willing to purchase the bag and pay to have it shipped to Thailand.If you wished to see it, I am willing to ship to you so you can see it, then have it shipped onto me. I will try to call the company after this comment.

I bought this bag from the people at the address you have listed http://www.meipacks.com/ about 1.5 years ago. Great bag, traveled 5 weeks with it, held everything i needed. Great construction, strong bag.

I am not especially interested in seeing the bag myself, as I am not currently in the market for one. For any travel that I currently do, a duffel bag works fine (and a big drybag if I am on a bike). I am more interested in your take on it since you have a very critical eye for a bag's usefulness. I would not be able to look at it and see all the potential flaws for serious travel.If you need someone to ship it to you, I would not mind. I would need some guidance on how to do it though. Let me know.Bob L

This is Andy of HoboTravler.com, I have been trying to call the Genuine Bag company now for a week, they seemt to only have an answering machine and nobody answering the phone.I guess a perosn has to purchase from this site if they wish to buy.http://www.meipacks.com/ I have no idea on how to buy, seem very loose and not sure safe.I wrote an email to the email above on September 26, received a reply today on October 2nd saying:Dear Andy Hobotraveler:I am quite busy at this time. I will respond in the next several days.Sincerely,Ahmed HassanMEINot sure what to say, it looks to be a good bag with some really question marks as far as service.

I decided to order one of these bags a few days ago, but the production lag seems to be around 8 weeks. No need to pay immediately though, as indicated in their reply. I will have it shipped to Indonesia.Dear MEI Customer:Thank you for the order for MEI Voyageur Pack. Due to a long back log of orders and Bag demand exceeding supply, it will ship in about 7 -8 weeks from order date.Should you need any further assistance, please contact me.Sincerely,Ahmed HassanMEIINTERNATIONALDear MEI Customer:Thank you for your interest in MEI Travel Packs. The following information and MEI Website is forwarded to you. We hope this will help you in making decision to buy MEI Voyageur Travel Pack(s).Please review our: www.meipacks.comYou may look at www.onebag.com, this website has excellent information for traveling in general and especially light travel. It has good tips on what to pack and what not to pack.For more pictures you may look at www.meivoyageur.com . They are a reseller of our MEI Packs. We receive their orders directly from the customer and we ship those along with our orders on a first come first basis.We will sell the Travel Pack(s) directly to you and in the past we have been selling and shipping MEI Packs to Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Slovak Republic, UK and so forth. The Voyageur's price is $136.00. We allow a discount of US $21.00 to our foreign customers. Your cost would be $115.00 plus shipping charges. Shipping & Handling Charges: Please add $25.00 for 2nd Pack1) Via priority mail - $55.00 approximately, Delivery in about 6 - 10 business days. Your total cost would be $170.00. 2) Via Express mail- $60.00 approximately, Delivery in about 5 business days. Your total cost would be $175.00.Payment: You may pay by using Papal or by credit cards, Visa or MasterCard. In case of Papal, you can use our e-mail address: mei-legacy@netscape.com . Otherwise please provide us with the credit card information via fax 559 266 0700 or by telephone call. The best time to call us is between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM California time at 559 266 0192. I believe you are about 15 hours ahead of us.Colors Available: Out of stock.Colors Available (In about 7 -8 weeks): black, burgundy, coffee, hunter green, navy blue and steel grayFortunately Voyageur Pack is selling quite well. So the Pack production is lagging the orders. We suggest you place your order via e-mail, you can pay later, ASAP and indicate as to when you would like to receive it. Should you need any further assistance, please contact me.Thank you.Sincerely,Ahmed HassanMEI by Genuine Gear, Inc. PS: You may communicate or place the order via e-mail: MEI-LEGACY@NETSCAPE.COM You may look at the following links. They have very helpful comments and pictures.http://onebagger.squarespace.com/blog/2007/12/1/mei-executive-overnighter-reader-review.htmlhttp://boards.bootsnall.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3883000737/m/81400599316http://www.travelgearreview.com/

Hello Rune, I am glad someone is making progress, the 7-8 weeks makes this bag difficult for me to purchase. Maybe I will have it sent to my parents in the USA and pick it up after Christmas.

michele said on Friday May 1st, 2009 09:34:36 AM

TAKE CARE !!! BE CAREFUL !!!

After 4 and 1/2 months I did not receive the bag from MEI.

Till now (May 1th 2009) I didnt receive the Voyageur bag that I ordered (and paid) on December 2008!!!

I called them and there is an answering machine !!!

I wrote several times to MEI at mei-legacy@netscape.com but they do not answer !!!

This is the first (and LAST) email that I received from MEI
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Dear MEI Customer:

Thank you for the order for MEI Voyageur Pack. We apologize for acknowledging late the receipt of the order.
The bag demand exceeds supply and due to a long backlog of orders and Pack production lagging behind,
it will ship in about 6 -7 weeks from order date.

Should you need any further assistance, please contact me.

Sincerely,
Ahmed Hassan
MEI
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Till now my experience with MEI suggests me to NOT trust !!!

Goog luck,
michele (italy)