Did I expect this bag to hold up, nope. When my child said it wasn't a vacation with out a rolling suitcase and backpacks were just carrying your junk from place to place, I gave in and got her this bag. I fully expect I was going to be balancing it on my head as we traveled though 9 countries in under 3 weeks on and off trains, planes and long walks across cobble roads. To my surprise this was the little bag that could. We stacked backpacks food bags and weighed down this little wheelie case and it just kept on going. Much to my surprise this bag held up to heavy abuse we put it though and is ready to keep traveling. Also unique design made it easy to pick out of all the other bags when checked it easily fit on the planes and into the overhead bins of even the tiny planes.