If being home for the holidays means trekking from your newfound metropolis back to the Land of the Feathered Bangs, you’ll need to find some luggage that won’t inspire embarrassment on arrival. Showing up in the boonies or suburbia with a steamer trunk in tow is sure to make you the object of family ridicule (or worse, suggest that you’re moving back in), so consider packing lightly for your excursion with a space-saving wheelie and one of the season’s stylish travel bags or totes. Eddie Bauer’s durable Extra-Large Rolling Duffel ($98; eddiebauer.com) houses two pairs of well-fitting jeans, a luxurious sweater, and almost anything else you throw in it, while Banana Republic’s Tumbled Leather Travel Bag ($278; bananarepublic.com) and Tumi’s Cargo Satchel ($180; tumi.com, above) are ideal for housing carry-on items and taking not-so-late-night trips to the diner or drugstore. And once you’ve found a fashionable storage solution, don’t forget to start packing—looking effortless still requires some work (but thankfully not for your Sherpa uncle Leroy). —Eliana Meirowitz