[cornishfrogboy]

We are 2 adults plus boys of 16 and 13.

We are currently in the middle of a 3 week vacation on hand luggage only. The reason is that we have a good deal of travelling.
London - Boston
Boston - NY (by train)
NY - Dayton OH
Cincinatti - Orlando
Miami -London.

With 4 x flights, Norwegian, American, Delta, Norwegian, then the cost of hold baggage would have been rather high, so we took the plunge. We have only averaged around 12kg recently with standard suitcases, so it was never going to be too difficult.

We knew that we had no clothes washing in Boston or NY, but that day 7 was in Dayton where the hotel had a washing room. First morning we put all washing in as soon as dressed, tumbled it over breakfast and it was all dry and ready before we went out that morning.

Arriving in Orlando, it was a night in the Ramada and a night in Royal Pacific.. before moving to our Villa where we were able to catch up with washing once more and are now ‘back on top’.

We used standard cabin luggage cases and carried the following.
We stood up in our heavier clothing and shoes/Vans, Chinos etc.
All clothing taken could be tumble dried.
Basic 100ml compliant liquids such as toothpaste, cosmetics etc.
Toothbrushes, stick deodorant etc in wash bags.
DSLR Camera, 3 underwater cameras.
2 x IPads plus 1 x kindle
Satnav
Lots of plugs and wires.
Book of paperwork.
Mandie’s scrapbook. (She does it as we go along).
Flip flops.
8x pants each and a few socks (we flip flop).

No towels (we used hotel ones until arriving in Orlando where we bought 4 cheapies for $36).

We are at day 14 and it has worked brilliantly.. and on a more complex plan than your own. We would most certainly do it again.

We do have hold luggage booked for the flight home. With Norwegian, 50pp purchased allocated seats (2x exit and 2 behind), In flight meals and hold baggage. We may be buying one bag to fill with Jeans and Vans to put in the hold.. or we may not! It gives us options coming home.

Hope it reassures you! ( and you can see how it affected us (positively) on our ongoing trip report.