I'm traveling to Europe for a little over 5 weeks and want

>>3135917
>Are camera inserts good to have here?
No.
They take up way too much space.
Just wrap your second lens in a T-shirt or something.

The only "special" requirement is you won't want a bag that is super easy to pickpocket from.
So no messenger bag or crap like that.

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>>3135917
>Does /p/ have any recommendations for bags (both personal item & carry-on) that are good for photography gear?
Sure, a typical backpack that could sit on your lap if necessary. Can be the typical smaller Chinese Lowepro, National Geographic, Caden yadda yadda (or the more expensive non-Chinese packs). Or if you prefer, just any mid-sized backpack.

Augment with a mid-sized rolling piece of luggage. That's just what you usually can put in a train or bus (one piece of the largest checked baggage also usually works SOMEHOW but is a lot less fun to stow away most of the time - try if you can't make do with a mid-sized one, it's not like you need srs provisions and gear to get around safely and comfortably in Europe).

> Are camera inserts good to have here?
Matter of taste. I generally don't bother with them myself. Not even for the $1k each lenses.

>>3136130
PS: "Pure" camera backpacks aren't advisable for most people. Would definitely suggest a mixed backpack that only allocates like half of its space to padded honeycomb structures for photography gear, rest should be normal compartments if you ask me.

Food, drink (have a beer on a mountain river or in a park or in a train or such, eh), plastic bag for temporary trash storage, sun cream, lightweight rain/wind coat & other basic day trip needs are good to just have ready in the other segment(s) of that backpack with the camera.

The rolling luggage will be often somewhat annoying to access or inaccessible during transit in buses and trains. And you might leave it in the hotel, too.