Hello, my wife and I are going to several locations in Italy this Fall. However, our luggage is the old, soft nylon style with two wheels and a handle.


I noticed when I took a trip recently that many people in the airline terminals have "hard shell"/four wheel luggage, and I'm wondering (a) should we purchase hard shell luggage, and (b) if so, what manufacturer should be buy from?


Any thoughts/advice on this would be appreciated.