Dorothy

I do. I regularly travel for a week or more for work/university committments and take carry on only. And it always weighs less than the 10kg allowed and fits in the QANTAS carry on size checker thingy.

Last year I went to Europe (from Australia) for 4 weeks with one suitcase and no carry on.

scrubbedexpat091

When I went to Australia for 2 weeks, carried everything in a standard 22 inch carry on.

It's amazing what you can fit in a carry on when you only take essentials.

Oh and I never travel with more then 5 days of clothes, I just do laundry if staying more then 5 days.

Dorothy

Yup. Me too.

Shard

There is something to be said for that. Although it is easier when travelling to warmer climes (tshirt instead of sweaters, etc).

BristolUK

I always found the less I took, the more space there was for the one coming with me to use.

Oakvillian

I try not to take a checked bag if I'm travelling on business and staying less than a week. It does depend on season and occasion, though. If I have to pack suits, sweaters, winter boots, etc it's not as easy to avoid checked bags as if it's a "business casual" thing in summertime.

On a number of occasions, flying on piddly little aircraft that don't have full-size overhead bins, airline staff will ask for volunteers to check baggage at the gate. If I have a regulation-size carryon bag and a laptop bag that'll sit on the floor in front of me, that's an easy way to curry favour with gate staff, and means I get the bag back at the door of the plane, rather than having to wait at a baggage carousel. And, of course, you don't have to pay extra fees as it's still classed as cabin baggage.