I just came from - well not just - a couple months ago, I went from Florida to California and went on a five-day road trip  

and I really thought about all the best travel luggage I could take with me and how to maneuver everything solo with my dog

so we wanted to share what I took and what I recommend and also what Candy recommends too because we're going on a road trip together.

A very long road trip from here back to Florida - California to Florida.

We're going to go over all sorts of awesome travel luggage that's really great. 

Yes, and I do want to note that the reason why we're particular about being able to carry everything easily from the car to hotels

is because we don't leave anything in the car when we're staying overnight somewhere.

You just never know.

It's a little bit of a hassle, but if you have the right luggage, it's not that bad.  

That's the reason why we really want  to make sure we have the most convenient luggage  

to be able to haul everything in and out every day  from the car to the hotel.

Also want to note that these are our favorite products. We truly love them. We're not sponsored by them at all.  

We have been gifted Pacsafe bags and the Vessel bag we're about to show but we truly do love these  bags and we use them daily or on all of our travels.

First, I'm going to go over what I took on this road trip from Florida to California.

It was a total of five days and as Candy said, every day I would take in my luggage into the hotel room by myself with my dog

so it's a little bit of work, but if you have the right luggage, it's really not that bad.

What you want is luggage that will move smoothly with you

and the Away suitcase is our go-to when it comes to suitcases because they have the best wheels.

They have the 360 wheels. You can stand up the suitcase and stand upright and push your suitcase

or you can drag it like a regular suitcase.

We also like to get tote bags  or backpacks that have a sleeve in the back  

so that you can just plop it on top and it'll  be easy to take with you.

It's also good to have a backpack so you could put it on your back

like Candy has, but you could also put it behind because behind cause this has a sleeve as well so you can put it on your suitcase too.

Those are like top level what we really love,  but we're going to dig in and show you the details of each bag.

This is the Lo & Son's canvas tote. I recently just got this. 

I really wanted this because I knew it would be easy to carry around with me.

It's soft, the zippers work great, and I've always loved Lo & Son's products.

The first thing I love about this is how easily the zippers unzip and zip. It's so smooth.

I know that sounds like it's such a simple thing  

but after I show you my other tote bag,  you'll see why it's such a big thing for me. 

Again, another reason why I love this was that there is a sleeve

and this one even gives you an option - if you don't want to use the sleeve you can zip it up

and use it as another pocket to store your things.

I think that is genius.

Another great thing about this bag is that  on the bottom you can store your shoes.

It doesn't have to be shoes but it's made  for shoes compartment.

It's down here.

I like to store my shoes in separate bags.

I actually just saved these plastic bags from clothes or other shoes that I get.

In the main compartment, I could fit quite a lot  

and in this bag I would take things that I needed right away in the hotel room that I was staying overnight in.

I would take some toiletries, my sunglasses case or glasses case,

my curling iron, some of my camera batteries and gear,

and some sweaters just in case I got cold.

So those are some of the extra things.

The rest of the stuff, I would put my in my Away suitcase, which I will show in a bit.

It's so easy to carry this and maneuver around  

and it's very sturdy and there's also another  pocket up here that you can use.

I would use this a lot for storing Wet Wipes and such.

You can also unhook these if you wanted to.

Another new product that i got recently was an Away suitcase.

I've always had Away suitcases but this one was different.

They just came out with this not too long ago where it's a canvas suitcase.

Previously, all their suitcases were hard cases, which again are great suitcases but there's something missing with them

where I wanted a front compartment.

They had attachments where you could put a front compartment on it

but I didn't like the way it looked. They looked kind of cheap that way.

So finally, they came out with this canvas suitcase and they have a front pocket.

Now if you need to store things like your toiletries or your laptop, you can just put it on the inside here

and it's kind of padded so it's perfect.

This really comes in handy.

It is a regular Away carry-on size, but it expands, so if you  want more room in your suitcase, you can expand it...

...with this zipper down here.

You just unzip this.

See? It gives you more room, like that much more room.

It's definitely helped me out.

I feel like it ends up being just about the same size as their Bigger Carry-on Suitcase

which that's the one I usually use, but lately I have been using this expandable canvas Away suitcase.

This side, I usually put all my clothes and of course you can put all your little things in here too like I put my medicine, more wet wipes...

In here, I have all my Pacsafe travel cubes.

I like to use travel cubes to separate all my things and to locate things easier

especially when you have a lot of stuff with you, it's better to have organization like this.

I also like that it has a handle up here.

I recently started using this handle to hang up on hangers in closets so that I could just easily just open it up a little bit and grab my stuff.

In here, I put a lot of my toiletries.

I like to have a clear toiletry bag so I can easily identify what's in here.

I also like to have a hanging makeup case. I've had this for years.

It actually broke a little bit up here, so I had to sew it up.

I do like that it's three compartments and that I can see everything.

I also have another bag of toiletries.

This is my jewelry case.

Same thing, I can hang it up and same thing, it broke so I had to sew it up.

Terrible sewing job.

You can easily look at your jewelry.

This is the Vessel duffel bag. We were actually gifted this. It is very durable.

The only thing about this is that - remember when I was saying the zipper on the other tote was very easy to zip and unzip?

This one's a little bit harder. I feel like it takes me some effort to unzip it.

But it is very durable. They use very good material.

Another reason why the zipper is like this is because it's waterproof.

Also, they made this bag so it's structured very well.

The reason why I like to use this bag is I like to put all my camera equipment in here

or the ones that I'm not going to take out immediately because it'll be much more protected.

I feel like the canvas or my other totes, it's not as well structured like this.

It doesn't have harder material like this so when I put it in this tote,

like if you have more valuables or things that are more fragile, it's better to put it in like a more durable tote like this.

There's actually lots and lots of room in here.

I can put so much stuff, so it's great.

There's another compartment back here where you can put extra things.

Here is an internal key attachment so you can find your keys easily if you want to put it in here.

Also on the other side, there are two other pockets.

This is a another pouch back here or pocket and it's a  magnetic closure which I really think is cool.

This is the same thing as the Lo & Son's tote where if you  don't want to use it as a sleeve, you can zip it up

and use it as a pocket or storage.

Or if you do want to use it as a sleeve for your suitcase, then you can open it up and it'll go through.

Also, like the Lo & Son's canvas tote, on the bottom, you can  store your shoes.

This is a bigger bag, so you can probably store another pair of shoes.

I have two pairs right now, but I'm sure you can store flip flops in here too or something.

This one also has vents in the back for your shoes so  it doesn't stink up your bag.  

This is a Pacsafe travel tote that we recently got and I'm in love with this.

I've been using it a lot for my camera gear and also my dog gear and Candy's been doing the same.

It's very durable like Pacsafe usually makes their travel bags.

I usually put my camera gear like my extra lenses.

My camera is usually in here but we're using it right now.

I usually put it in a protective travel wrap. Something like this.

There's actually a lot more that I put in here usually

but that's what I'm going to use it for is all my extra camera gear and some dog stuff.

I also like this pouch up front that they have

where you could put your wallet and stuff. It's also RFID-safe.

It's also detachable if you want to take it off but most likely I won't for this trip. 

This also has a sleeve in the back.

It's not structured as well as the other  bags that we have, but it's there and it works so if you need that, you can use it. 

This is also a packable travel tote so  it actually folds up into a little square  

kind of like this size if you're not going to use it.

Last but not least, this is my ultimate favorite travel bag and it is the Pacsafe Citysafe CX Anti-Theft Travel Backpack

and it is excellent for traveling.

Candy and I use this all the time; almost daily whenever we go somewhere.

They have the suitcase sleeve.

We also love the side pockets where we could put our water in here so that it doesn't make the contents inside of our bag wet.

The front pouch actually fits a lot as well.

I can put a whole bunch more things but I put like napkins, sanitizer, wet wipes, cables, gum...

I mean you name it. I put a lot of stuff up here.

The reason why I love this bag the most too is because it fits my 15 inch laptop.

It's a little snug, so if you put a lot of stuff, it kind of gets hard to close

but if you don't fill it up over here, your laptop will fit just fine and it has a padded sleeve which is great.

It also has the RFID- safe pouch and I put my passport in here so that my information doesn't get stolen and some other things

like credit cards and such so I put like my wallet with my credit cards in here.

I can also put in my iPad, some batteries for my cameras and everything

and then this is the pouch with all my other goods like chapstick and stuff.

Oh, sunglasses case...

So yeah, it fits a good amount of stuff.

Okay, so that is all my favorite travel luggage that I take with me on my road trips.

Now it's my turn to show you what I take on my road trips and it's pretty similar to Crystal's.

We kind of copy off each other or one of us buys something and then we start liking each other's stuff.

I just wanted to show you the little sleeve here and this is the suitcase that I have been using recently.

I haven't been cross country yet.

Well, I have in the past but not with Crystal and I haven't recently

but we have been making a ton of weekend getaway road trips here within California.

The Pacsafe suitcase that I have been using on our weekend getaway road trips is this one

and it is the hard case; whereas Crystal has been using the soft case.

This one is a little bit different as far as the way it opens.

There is no zipper; it is these little buttons here.

The great thing about these Away suitcases is the...

charger here.

I always use this because I'm always uploading stories on Instagram or using my phone a lot and I run out of batteries a lot

so this comes in super handy whenever I need that extra charge.

The only difference with this one is that Crystal's actually has a zipper here; whereas this one actually clips right here.

The other side is the same where it has these little buckles right here.

While we were on our weekend getaway road trips, I found myself carrying coats and dresses that I would just kind of toss in the back of the car

because I didn't really want to get them wrinkled

so when I went on Away's website recently, I saw that they had this accessory, which I thought was great to add to my collection of Away luggage.

It doesn't come with the suitcase, so this is a separate accessory that you purchase and I think it's well worth it.

What's great about it is it has an attachment here so you can easily attach it to your suitcase

and once you get to your hotel, you can easily remove it and it's got a handle here

but you can also hang it in your closet like this.

What I love about this is I can easily store or hang my own hangers in here

and there's my dress and I can put like a jacket or if you're a male, your suits

and it fits three different hangers.

I like that you can keep everything organized  and flat and it won't get as wrinkled  

as if you just kind of like threw it in your suitcase

and what's also great about this is it has side pockets.