Which kind of baggage is better to a peregrination in Italy (Rome, Florence, Venecia and Milan)? <BR>

Better than what?

Baggage that is easy to pick up and carry up and down stairs and over cobble stones. In other words, something light as roller bags don't do much good on stairs.

I travel pretty much every week. I've learned to carry nothing and pull everything, so use a good roll-aboard such as Travelpro. Buy the ordinary version that hasn't all the bells and whistles, just space and 3 or 4 outer pockets. Take a bottle of Woolite (wash in cold water in the sink) and thus minimize the amount of stuff you have to bring. You can travel an unlimited number of days just washing out your stuff every few nights and starting over. Bring wash n' wear and a second pair of walking shoes. <BR>Avoid sneakers and burmudas if you want to minimize the dumb American tourist look. Jeans are okay if you're svelte.

Dear Love to Travel (don't we all?): I've done a TON of traveling by plane, Eurorail, and even ferries using 21-inch wheeled cases I buy at Wal-Mart. So far I'm still using the originals--and they were so inexpensive I could easily afford to replace them if necessary. Just follow the advice about packing light. Joan

smaller, lighter <BR>As my husband will attest, each person carries their own lugggae. We packed light, but he carried and hauled and lifted it into busses, trams, taxis and up alot of stairs! believe me I will be carrying my own bag next time (and will pack EVEN lighter)

I have traveled many times to Europe and this most recent trip in Dec. was the first time I really felt that I finally had a handle on packing. I'm 56 years old and took a small wheeled bag and a backpack that I bought at Wilson's Leather. It was advertised as a laptop case, but I used it for makeup, magazines, books, jewelry, tickets, camera, a change of clothes, etc. My husband has since used it on a business trip with his laptop.

When I was in London, I often dragged my "roller" suitcase up and down stairs, escalators etc in the tube, whilst wearing a small backpack and carring another bag...dumb!. I was really lucky as usually some kind person would offer to assist me, funny it was usually a business man in a beautiful suit! I always said no thanks, but my experience was that if you really need help in an emergency with luggage someone offers. This time around I am just taking my suitcase and a large satchel to wear diagonally over my front to keep my back and other hand free!The secret is to pack light!

Carry on size bag with wheels AND backpack straps works best. You really can wheel many places you might not think you could (up and down curbs, some cobblestones,etc) so having the wheels as an option is important. But having the backpack straps (and of course handles) for those times you can't wheel is wonderful. As a person who generally buys things as cheap as possible, this is one time when I do spend the money as they tend to have better wheels (can go places some of the wal-mart brands can't) and are less likely to break - the retractable handle is one area that does tend to break.