LJ, we had room in our luggage to carry some breakfast and snack food items and had no problem with it. I even carried the ready to bake chocolate chip cookies...which smelled great baking...and cheeses in a small insulated bag. We didn't have to shop for those items after getting there and it was there when we were! It was an easy way for us to have some of the things we knew that we wanted. We were staying close to town and grocery shopped there, too, but often had to go to several stores to find what we needed/wanted and sometimes made do with what we found. No one complained! Have fun.