Here we go!

Have a fabulous trip. and be sure to write a report when you return...

Totally understand the vacuuming! I wash my sheets before I go and clean the bathroom. So nice to get home and have everything fresh!

Have a wonderful time. Since it is the weekend after Thanksgiving, I vote to carry on if you have to change planes at a US airport.

Have a great trip!! I also totally understand the cleaning and several repacks. Who wants to come home to a dirty house. I think for me the repacking is all of my pretrip nerves coming out in the one thing I can control at that time. Enjoy!

Have a great time Sue! I usually opt for checking my luggage, but I didn't think about the Holiday rush. Maybe carryon is the way to go. When you get back, be sure to let us know who won that tiff :). Cheers!

Have a great time. Enjoy exploring as a duo.

Sue,
Have a great trip!
I'm just impressed your husband packs his own things. I've been packing my husband's rollaboard for just about as long as we've been traveling.....not so much to spoil him (although he deserves spoiling), but it reduces the stress of his (otherwise) waiting until departure morning to pack and my then worrying we'd be late. I'm also a 'list maker,' which reduces the likelihood we'd forget something he would really want.

You'll likely find that you also enjoy traveling as just a couple. It allows for more flexibility.

Sue,

Hope you both have a wonderful trip.

Buon Viaggio!

Love the Amazing Race! Getting lost is an opportunity to ask a local (or another tourist) for help.

Sue,

Why not do both with regards to the checking in. All it takes is for your luggage to get lost once and you will probably re-evaluate checking in.

i can feel your pain about getting lost even with a map. I found out the hard way my internal compass is defective. Its one of the reasons i got a phablet to try. I also bought a small keychain compass just in case, but i usually leave that on my pack.

Happy trails.

Have a great trip. I'm always happy carrying on so I can get out of the airport quickly when I arrive. I'm not as adamant about carrying on for the return flight; if it's lost, you have clothes at home. Your bag always seems to expand while traveling, plan some time to purge and reorganize regularly.

The fewer people, the more efficiently things go, which also reduces potential friction.

Hope you are having a good trip!

I also completely understand the cleaning before leaving thing. I too like to clean the bathroom, wash my sheets, organize the rooms, and vacuum before leaving so that I can come back and relax before going back to work the next day!

Sue:

Opposites always attract, don't they? We are always at loggerheads as well.

Love the Amazing Race. Hate that they moved from (ideal) Sundays to Fridays. We have a conflict on Fridays. Yet to watch a single episode this season - don't even know if the season is over or not! Hopefully, they will keep the videos around on CBS for some time, so we (i.e., my family) can catch up.

Would love to hear about your trip. I've shared about ours in bits and pieces. Maybe I need to put up a blog then share it here.

Porcupyn