Best bags for travelling

My owners have the same mindset as you when it comes to bags.
For each trip they have made a kind of template with all the important things except clothes, but things that should not be forgotten. Things like ticket, passport, insurance company's blue card, cyclops and snorkel, torch etc. It's a list of about 25 things that they then tick off.
Well, at least sometimes the owners are structured...?

We have two soft bags, it just happened. One of them is lockable but we don't lock it, we put an extra strap around it. That bag was expensive (we got the other one) and I think it's better they break the strap than the whole suitcase if they want to get in, staff and/or thief. The strap also makes the suitcase more identifiable. But of course, I was a bit confused last time when the strap was on someone else's bag! Presumably it had come off and they had just snapped it on. Have to buy a new one ...

We have two larger suitcases if we go all three, then we alternate so half of the pinals are in each bag so you don't get completely lost if one disappears. We each have a backpack and I also have my handbag (on my stomach) where passports, etc. are stored, do not want it in the backpack.

I have a great need for control, so I have lists I tick off and make sure the others have their things too. This applies both to things to be done and things to be packed.

We always have a rucksack for our computer and medicines, among other things. The husband also carries a rucksack here. He is a diabetic and has to carry snacks and so on.
We have two relatively recently purchased large "hockey trunks" with sturdy wheels. The reason we went with soft bags again is because we are tricked into being able to fit more things than in a hard bag. They are each labelled with a fun orange "tag" and lime green "padlock". Depending on the time of day we go, the bags are packed the night before or the same day. We make or rather I make a list that I tick off. Otherwise you forget half;-)

A very interesting topic. I also prefer hard bags. They must have four wheels that all spin, so you can pull the bag in a vertical position. It should be light as well. I am very happy with my Epic Phantom I bought a year or so ago. However, I thought that a red suitcase would stand out on the baggage carousel, but I guess other people thought the same thing. 😉 I have fixed it with some personalised decorations like gold laces. 🙂

I pack well in advance and meticulously write down every little thing I might need. I now have several ready-made lists for different types of trips.

We're a bit of a backpacking freak, but in the storage room there are hard suitcases, hard cabin bags, hiking backpacks and backpacks you pack like a suitcase.
I've probably been thinking for 20 years about making lists of these good-to-have things you shouldn't forget, but somehow most of them work out anyway!

I love handbags, backpacks and suitcases and perhaps have a little too many... I have a large (or several really but only one that I use) suitcase that goes with me when I go on trips that are a week or longer and then in combination with a backpack and a smaller handbag. On weekend trips, it is the cabin bag that applies and then also preferably in the company of a backpack because it can be practical to have at the destination itself. However, I usually add a small shoulder strap bag for my passport, wallet and mobile phone so that I don't have to unhook my backpack every time I have to take these things to the airport. And only hard suitcases, I agree that it feels like the contents are better protected then. Preferably colourful as well, the big suitcase is bright pink and easy to recognise on the luggage belt 🙂 I pack several days before the trip while the partner prefers to do it the night before... Also have long lists where I check off that everything is included.