MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Your luggage should make travel easier, not harder, so Consumer Reports has some tips on what to look for before you buy.

For lifestyle content creator and busy mom Rebeca Nieves Huffman, heading from Chicago to warmer weather means packing for the whole family.

"Every holiday season, my family and I typically travel to Florida," she said. "We have a lot of family there."

When it comes to luggage, Huffman said she has her preferences.

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"My favorite, hands down, especially after a bad travel experience, was switching over to a hard shell," she said. "And so, the hard shell contains all of the things that we're going to need for the trip."

Consumer Reports says hard-shell luggage can

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