Should I carry-on my bags or check them?
The question about carrying on and checking is really up to the individual traveler. One of the things about carrying on is that it is convenient. However, you do have to take all of your stuff through security, so it depends on what you have in your bag. For instance, if you have a bottle of wine, just one bottle, if you have just a small bag, you're not going to be able to get through security, so then you're going to have to check in your bags. It depends, also, on how long your trip is. If you're going away for two weeks, you're probably going to have a lot of stuff in your bags, and probably a bigger bag, so then you're going to want to check in. But if it's a simple trip, maybe getting away for the weekend, or if it's a short business trip, try to get everything into that one bag so that you can carry it on, so that you can get on the plane and off the plane very quickly.