I bought this as an alternate for a purse for a trip to Europe. It worked great. This is my first experience with the Travelon make  and I was very satisified with it. It's well made, with lots of zipped pockets and little slots for credit cards. I bought a very small change purse and used the credit card slots for my cards and it lightened the load considerably! The side zipped pockets I had destined for my sunglass case,which contains my clip-ons and is quite small, but unfortunately,  didn't fit.  The only small hitch is that it's a little too short in the length to hold the usual important travel paraphenelia like airplane tickets and other papers without folding, though passports, of course, fit fine.  I am even using it now occassionally when I want to have my hands free. Just watch the snacks and on the go eating! I already have a small grease spot on it, which I don't know how to remove.