I was very glad not to have taken my beloved Strat with me when we landed and I was told that my luggages weren't on the plane. They arrived a few days later, but I can't imagine the anxiety if it had been my Fender.
The Epiphone survived the operation to and from Spain and again to and from Moscow. Wrote a few decent songs on it. I still have it in a closet somewhere.
That's just being lazy...
I didn't have that option when we went to Spain and Russia, and I wouldn't have wanted to take an expensive guitar or one that had any sentimental value with me, so I opted for the creative option...