But a different brand of moisturizer for a few days does damage the skin on my face! I get unattractive dry spots if I change face creams and I will only use my organic shampoo and conditioner. However, over the years I have collected the perfect size jars and bottles to fit all my favorite lotions and potions in that 3-oz bag. So I can still travel with just my rollerboard and backpack for long vacation trips, and duffel and backpack for short solo business trips. I still wear makeup and bring plenty of outfits, I just don't go crazy packing things that take up too much space like boots and odd shaped purses. No one believes us that we did our 2 week honeymoon in Greece with carry-ons only. I had to buy overpriced sunscreen in Europe because I ran out of my 3 oz sunscreen but oh well.

On our summer trip this year, packing with carry-ons only literally saved me from missing my flight to Europe when the Air Train to JFK decided to break down and got me to the airport too late to check a bag. I did have a small bag I wanted to check that had nothing except 2 bottles of sunscreen in it since I ran out last time, but I tossed it into the nearest trashcan to rid myself of any checked luggage and ran to catch the plane. So I wound up having to buy the overpriced European sunscreen again, but oh well, that was better than missing 1.5 days of an itinerary that had no room to spare.

I've never done laundry in a hotel except for a rinse and scrub in the sink. A 22" rollerboard is quite generous and fits a lot of stuff if you pack it well.

We check our bags on the way home though. My husband likes to buy wine and other local liquors wherever we visit so we pack and cushion them well and check the roller boards.