I know I wouldn't check my machine with the baggage. I also would not want to UPS the machine. If I were going to visit and I wanted to have a machine to use when I got there, I would either look for a low cost machine that was light weight that I could use as a back up when I got home or I would look to rent one when I got there. If you could afford a low cost machine and then decided that you really didn't want to keep it, you could always sell it afterward.