The Journal

Laptop Bag With a Luggage Sleeve: Will It Fit Your Suitcase?

A luggage sleeve lets a bag ride on your suitcase handle. Three quick checks decide whether it will work on yours, and when the feature is not worth paying for.

Does a Laptop Bag Count as a Carry-On or a Personal Item?

A laptop bag is usually a personal item rather than a carry-on, but that depends entirely on its dimensions. Here is the 40 x 30 x 15 cm box that decides it, what each European airline actually all...

Do You Still Have to Take Your Laptop Out at Airport Security?

At a growing number of European airports your laptop can stay in your bag. Not everywhere, and not at every checkpoint in the same airport. Here is what changed, where it still applies, and how to ...

Backpack vs Briefcase for Work: Which One Suits Your Day?

Backpack or briefcase for work? A practical comparison of weight, capacity, access, formality and travel, using real specs rather than habit.

Laptop Sleeve vs Folio vs Briefcase: What Actually Protects Your Laptop

A sleeve, a folio and a briefcase protect a laptop in different ways. What each format actually does, where each one stops, and how to match the choice to what else you carry.