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Are you on team “carry-on only” or team “check a bag” when you fly?
For a long time, travel writers and influencers went all-in on encouraging people to travel only with carry-on luggage as much as possible. And to be sure, I still do this myself. I try to avoid checking a bag whenever I can, both for convenience (who wants to wait at baggage claim after a flight?) and for price (who wants to pay a bag fee?).
But now, new data suggests us rollaboard warriors may be losing ground to the heavy packers.
A search trends report released by Google last summer provided a hint of how things are changing.
