After 2001 - Suitcases and Hotels

Suitcases:
After 911, we managed to put everything into the 21 inch and backpack and still carry everything on.

Hotels:  At some point, as we get older, we decided to upgrade our hotels, to something like 3 stars - still wanting to save money on hotels to apply to days traveling.  And an occasional 4 or 5 star to splurge or when there was only high end or low end and nothing in between.  And an occasional no/low star when that was necessary, for example - jumping ahead in time - a couple of places in China, Tingri in Tibet, and near the Sundarbans in India.