文章分享了一家之主在带着三个孩子旅行时，成功避免托运行李的经验。通过为孩子们准备可爱的行李箱，并采取极简主义的打包策略，作者一家在意大利度过了16天愉快的旅程。文章强调了轻装出行的便利性，尤其是在住宿条件和交通方式多变的旅行中。作者认为，虽然需要更多的前期规划，但轻装出行在旅途中带来了显著的优势，例如更轻松的搬运行李，以及避免了行李丢失的风险。文章最终总结，告别托运是带娃旅行更明智的选择。

🧳作者一家在意大利旅行16天，全程未托运行李。为了实现这一目标，作者为孩子们购买了可爱的行李箱，激发了他们自己整理行李的兴趣。

👕作者采取了极简主义的打包策略，每人只准备了五套衣服和两双鞋，并提前规划了洗衣的安排。这种策略为行李箱节省了空间，也为旅途中购买纪念品和新衣服留出了余地。

🏘️携带小行李箱让出行更加便捷。作者一家在意大利的旅程中，经常需要上下楼梯，或者乘坐渡轮。小巧的行李箱让他们在这些情况下行动更加自如。

✅除了行李箱，作者一家还每人携带一个背包，用于存放护照、零食等常用物品。这样，一旦行李箱拉上拉链，就不需要频繁打开，方便了旅途中的移动。

Before having kids, my husband and I would travel carry-on only.With kids, we felt like we needed more space and often checked luggage.We took a trip through Sicily with carry-ons, and we are never going back to checking bags.

"Your bag didn't make it to this airport," the woman behind the counter told me in 2023. We had just arrived in Madrid, jetlagged, delayed, and exhausted.

Before having kids, my husband and I were experts at traveling with carry-on only, but since we had three kids in two years, our packing situation has become a little more, well, complicated.

That is, until this year, when I decided that we were going to try to travel without any checked baggage to Italy for over two weeks. It was a success, and I'm never going back to check luggage.

We got our kids cute roller suitcases

With my kids, everything new we do depends on the delivery. Knowing that they would moan if I simply said, "Everyone needs to roll their own carry-on," I decided to invest in cute, fun bags for them.

I got three Away kids' carry-ons in different colors. I figured they'd be into them because they are fun and smaller than a regular carry-on. I was correct.

They all practiced rolling their bags around the house and watched me pack their things into the separate compartments. We then talked about how they were responsible for their own bag at the airport and that we couldn't leave them behind.

I packed very light

We were in Italy for 16 days, and I decided to pack extremely light. Not just so the carry-ons wouldn't be super heavy, but also to have room for treasures I knew we would find in some of our magical destinations, and for new outfits.

I checked the listings for our Airbnbs and planned where and when we would be doing laundry. I ended up packing five outfits for each of us and bringing two pairs of shoes each.

In the end, because we spent so much time at the beach, I felt like I could've packed even lighter on clothes for the kids since they mostly wore bathing suits and flip-flops.

Having small bags made moving around Italy easier

Most of the places we stayed had stairs, which we didn't know in advance. The first house in Taormina had about three flights of stairs right as you walked in, on a flimsy staircase not for the faint of heart.

Bringing small bags made it easier to check in and out of places like these. We also took a trip to a remote island by ferry, and navigating the cobblestone streets and port was much easier with our carry-ons.

We each had a backpack to access things like passports, snacks, and stuffed animals. That way, once the carry-ons were zipped, I didn't need to get into them until the next location.

I'm not going back to checked bags

Now that my kids are older and we don't need to bring things like diapers, formula, car seats, and all the stuff that comes with babies, I'm ready to never check a suitcase again.

While it requires more planning pre-trip, I felt like it paid off significantly during our travels. My husband and I did, at certain points, take over our kids' carry-ons, especially when rushing to catch a connection or getting on and off escalators. Since our bags had four wheels, it wasn't super hard to do so.

And the idea of never losing a bag and having to track it with an AirTag from a different country sounds quite appealing to me.