Just don't fall into the trap we did last year. We didn't have enough room in the suitcases after my chipping and Cindy's shopping. They wanted $50 or $75 to ship the added stuff home so we did the "smart" thing - went to Goodwill on Sunday and bought a used suitcase for $5 or so. Just had the airline ship it as luggage. We ended up about 2 pounds under the max weight for our main suitcase so we were lucky the stuff didn't fit.