Originally Posted by
thaliajen
Great suggestions, and of course, a great partner.

I wish, as one other person here put it, that I was as skinny as some of the people traveling (including my partner!) but 3 years of fertility treatments messed with my skinny figure. I'm not huge, but I don't have the figure I had in my 20's.
I don't think any of us do.
I use a Victorinox 22" bag for my travels - it's expandable and qualifies as a carryon. Relatively lightweight but I'm sure there's lighter bags out there.