I can see both points of view, if I had my way we would have somebody in a "support vehicle" carrying all the luggage and some spares, so we could have the benefit of both.
But, as they say, "you've got 2 chances of that happening, slim and none, and slim just left town...."
I would be interested to know who voted on the poll but didn't leave a message

If your gonna vote, you must have a reson why, so say so.
Confucious he say "
Without input you can't get output"