Fonzie may tell you what he does but I can tell you what I don't do, which is to take the cameras I depend on for my living on a non work trip. If you're going to take an SLR take one that you can afford to lose or break or have stolen.
I tend to be 60:40 take an SLR on a trip as without exception I've been disappointed in the results from the range of compacts I have available, but it does depend on where I'm going. A quick trip through France would be compact territory (probably :confused1  but overland through Africa or India I'd be taking an SLR. I've got enough last generation lenses lying about that I can pick and choose what to pack but anything physically big is out on a bike trip so no 300/2.8 in the tank bag.
Looking back over the trips I've done in the last 20yrs or so the best images (with a couple of exceptions) have all come from SLRs that I've taken the trouble to use (as opposed to leave in the pannier and pull out the compact in my pocket). Things could be worse though; I used to take a Mamiya 6x7 on trips in the 80's.
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