I bring a regular sized guitar with me and most times it counts as carry on, usually you get to take 2 pieces of hand luggage. Other times it goes with the surfboards and ski-equipment. In any case I can’t ever remember paying extra to bring it with me.

When I’m travelling around it can be quite awkward but I can’t go without having a guitar to hand. It really helps to fill up the time waiting around for transport.

This time round I’m based in one location so I don’t have that hassle of lugging it around.

You can get very cheap guitars here in Asia, the action is usually horrible and they’re difficult to keep in tune but they serve their purpose.

I feel pretty similarly – the last time I went more than a day or two without playing was on my last trip last summer and withdrawal is a bitch.

Question is: Do I take a decent travel guitar or pick up an almost disposable cheap instrument whenever I’m in a single place? I know if I don’t do it I’ll wish I had and I also suspect there’ll be times I wish I’d left it behind.

Still undecided.

It is designed to fit in overhead compartments on planes, so we never had a problem with this. It’s also small enough not to be too much of a pain to carry around.We’ll be taking it with us again when we head off to South America indefinitely in March.

@Gordie Harmonica is a good choice. I wonder what other instruments are easy to travel with. Flute, banjo, mandolin?