If you have clean socks, there's no reason not to just take off your boots when you are in your seat. I do this on long flights even when I am wearing comfy slip-ons! Boots will fit under the seat in front of you.

I heartily recommend the Scorpion Exo-Tech - it works as both a fullface/modular, and as a jet if you fold the chinbar to the back. LS2 makes one like that, and the Shark Evoline is the original in this category, but in my experience the Exo-Tech has a smaller overall shell (I wear an XL) and the extra-large jet-sized visor is also good for riding with the chinbar closed. Anyway, if your holiday is entirely bike-based, then yes, bringing your own helmet is worthwhile.

If you really travel like you describe - flying into a place, renting a bike, riding around, returning it and flying out - then I think minimizing your in-flight luggage is actually not where the value is. I'd invest in a good gear bag (I like the Ogio Rig 9800) where you can pack your helmet, boots, suit, etc. - and a folded drybag/duffel - and just store the gear bag at the rental place. No reason at all why you should travel on the bike with the same luggage that you travel with on the plane! I've even left a large wheeled suitcase in a truck cargo terminal while I was riding my bike for two weeks, and it wasn't a problem.

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