When I travel I have several small Olfa cutting mats that I just lay together to make a larger one when I get to my destination. I travel a lot with them and have not had any problems with them warping or shifting when I cut on them when they are laid together.

I bought a white mat at our quilt show that rolls up for storage or travel. I like it better than the hard green ones. It comes in all sizes and I have a huge one for my cutting table and a standard size for my "move" about cutting. It is a Sew fit 1-800-547-4739 or Sewfit.com. Have had them for several years and prefer to Omnigrid.

At the price of those mats I would not chance the folding of it...I would buy a cheap mat when I arrived in FL.

I'm sure if you pack a mat in your suitcase so that it's flat, you should be all right. Have fun on your visit to FL.

Left this one car lying in car for a short time and it warped!

Thanks, everyone. Can't wait to finish up school so I can start gathering my sewing stuff for the trip!

I've hung mine on a skirt hanger and put it in my suit bag.

I did the same thing. So on a really hot day I placed the warped mat on the asphalt sidewalk, put some heavy irons on the corners and left it there for a couple of hours. It is much better now.

We're off tomorrow! I've packed twice. Had to take out a bunch of clothes so more projects would fit! My mat was too long for the suitcase so I'm going to get another one down there with a Joann's coupon. But I was able to use Jan's idea to make a foam core pocket for the rulers I'm taking. That worked really well. Have a good night!