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Why take the food. When you get your rental car (or car service), have them stop at the grocery store. The fee for the extra stop would be most likely less than paying for extra suitcase.
If you all stick to a 26" suitcase and keep it about 47 lbs (I believe limit is 50), AND pack your carry-on carefully, you should be fine.
I've had issues (not going to Aruba) with airlines "trying" to charge for excess weight when I knew that I was not overweight. Once I fell for it (La Romana, DR), and next time I KNEW the case, and refused to pay. Another time in Cancun they tried to tell me overwieght, turns out they "conveniently" had not zeroed out the scale from last Pax.
I now carry an ACCURATE hand-scale (within 8 oz) and make sure nothing goes over 47 lbs. I take the scale WITH ME, and weigh cases again when I'm ready to come home. They wont get me again for that.
Also it's cheaper to pay for a second suitcase than pay overweight for one.
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